Last Frost Day

Frost history / Goldendale, WA

Goldendale, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00453222, 1951 to 2022, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,640 ft, 45.808, -120.843. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 26Sep 22
EarliestApr 26 (1957)Aug 28 (1960)
LatestJul 3 (1962)Oct 27 (2014)
Trend2.3 days earlier per decade2.3 days later per decade
Years with data3944

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 7 and the median first fall date is Oct 5.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 291953: Jun 231954: Jun 181955: Jun 191956: May 261957: Apr 261958: May 141959: May 201960: Jun 211961: May 61962: Jul 31963: May 311964: May 261965: Jun 131966: Jun 11967: May 251968: Jun 121969: May 41970: May 281971: Jun 151996: May 201997: May 71999: Jun 102000: May 112001: May 292002: Jun 82003: May 192004: Apr 292010: May 252011: May 282013: May 32014: May 112016: Jun 192017: May 152018: May 302019: May 22020: May 82021: May 202022: May 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 261952: Sep 131953: Sep 241954: Sep 301955: Sep 211956: Sep 221957: Sep 191958: Sep 201959: Sep 91960: Aug 281961: Sep 211962: Sep 91963: Oct 181964: Sep 91965: Sep 171966: Oct 31967: Sep 131968: Sep 201969: Sep 141970: Sep 91971: Sep 211996: Sep 211997: Oct 61998: Oct 51999: Sep 262000: Sep 232001: Oct 72002: Sep 222003: Oct 102004: Sep 192005: Sep 222009: Sep 282010: Oct 52012: Sep 112013: Oct 32014: Oct 272015: Sep 232016: Sep 142017: Oct 42018: Sep 182019: Sep 282020: Oct 152021: Oct 72022: Oct 21

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2022May 30Oct 21May 12Oct 23
2021May 20Oct 7Apr 22Oct 7
2020May 8Oct 15May 8Oct 22
2019May 2Sep 28May 2Oct 1
2018May 30Sep 18Apr 25Oct 12
2017May 15Oct 4May 7Oct 4
2016Jun 19Sep 14Apr 16Oct 12
2015no dataSep 23no dataSep 23
2014May 11Oct 27Apr 14Nov 8
2013May 3Oct 3May 1Oct 14
2012no dataSep 11no dataOct 4
2011May 28no dataMay 4no data
2010May 25Oct 5May 9Oct 13
2009no dataSep 28no dataOct 6
2005no dataSep 22no dataOct 27
2004Apr 29Sep 19Apr 19Oct 26
2003May 19Oct 10May 6Oct 31
2002Jun 8Sep 22May 8Oct 1
2001May 29Oct 7Apr 15Oct 10
2000May 11Sep 23May 7Sep 23
1999Jun 10Sep 26May 10Sep 27
1998no dataOct 5no dataOct 16
1997May 7Oct 6May 2Oct 20
1996May 20Sep 21May 10Oct 16
1971Jun 15Sep 21Apr 24Sep 30
1970May 28Sep 9May 14Sep 13
1969May 4Sep 14May 4Oct 3
1968Jun 12Sep 20Apr 27Oct 2
1967May 25Sep 13Apr 28Oct 19
1966Jun 1Oct 3May 23Oct 9
1965Jun 13Sep 17May 7Sep 17
1964May 26Sep 9May 25Oct 3
1963May 31Oct 18Apr 22Oct 19
1962Jul 3Sep 9May 12Oct 5
1961May 6Sep 21May 4Sep 22
1960Jun 21Aug 28May 22Sep 21
1959May 20Sep 9May 11Oct 1
1958May 14Sep 20May 13Sep 24
1957Apr 26Sep 19Apr 26Oct 4
1956May 26Sep 22May 13Oct 22
1955Jun 19Sep 21May 31Oct 26
1954Jun 18Sep 30May 2Sep 30
1953Jun 23Sep 24May 11Oct 2
1952no dataSep 13no dataOct 14
1951May 29Sep 26May 29Sep 26

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.