Last Frost Day

Frost history / Harrington, WA

Harrington, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00453515, 1962 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,159 ft, 47.483, -118.252. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 15Sep 11
EarliestMay 3 (1969)Aug 6 (1969)
LatestJul 31 (2006)Oct 18 (1963)
Trend3.5 days earlier per decade1.1 days later per decade
Years with data5254

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 and the median first fall date is Sep 27.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131970198019902000201020201962: Jul 181963: Jul 231964: Jun 281965: May 311966: Jun 251967: May 251968: Jun 141969: May 31970: May 141971: Jul 71972: May 251973: Jul 11974: Jun 91975: Jun 281976: Jun 261977: Jul 61978: Jun 151979: May 301981: Jul 81982: May 301983: May 191984: Jun 11985: Jun 241986: Jul 161987: Jun 231988: Jun 111989: Jul 21990: Jun 51991: Jun 171992: Jun 31993: Jun 291994: Jul 31995: May 141996: Jun 191997: Jun 271998: May 281999: Jul 32000: Jul 152001: Jun 182002: Jul 52003: May 182005: May 252006: Jul 312007: May 262008: Jun 72009: May 212010: May 252011: Jul 92014: Jun 32015: May 62019: May 32020: May 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201962: Aug 271963: Oct 181964: Sep 81965: Aug 291966: Aug 281967: Sep 121968: Sep 191969: Aug 61970: Sep 91971: Aug 231972: Sep 71973: Aug 181974: Sep 271975: Oct 81976: Sep 71977: Sep 211978: Sep 161979: Oct 171980: Aug 291981: Sep 201982: Sep 151983: Sep 101985: Sep 201986: Sep 111987: Sep 161988: Sep 111989: Sep 161990: Oct 61991: Sep 151992: Aug 231993: Aug 241994: Oct 31995: Aug 131996: Aug 181997: Oct 61998: Oct 31999: Sep 72000: Aug 192001: Sep 292002: Sep 42003: Sep 132004: Sep 202005: Sep 42006: Aug 312007: Sep 202008: Aug 112009: Sep 82011: Sep 12013: Sep 272014: Oct 22015: Sep 272016: Sep 32018: Oct 32019: Sep 27

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
2020May 7no dataApr 16no data
2019May 3Sep 27Apr 30Oct 1
2018no dataOct 3no dataOct 3
2016no dataSep 3no dataSep 24
2015May 6Sep 27May 6Oct 23
2014Jun 3Oct 2Apr 29Oct 12
2013no dataSep 27no dataOct 13
2011Jul 9Sep 1May 6Sep 28
2010May 25no dataMay 24no data
2009May 21Sep 8May 13Sep 30
2008Jun 7Aug 11May 9Aug 31
2007May 26Sep 20May 6Sep 20
2006Jul 31Aug 31May 13Aug 31
2005May 25Sep 4Apr 30Sep 20
2004no dataSep 20no dataSep 21
2003May 18Sep 13May 8Oct 9
2002Jul 5Sep 4Jun 7Sep 4
2001Jun 18Sep 29May 30Oct 4
2000Jul 15Aug 19May 6Sep 9
1999Jul 3Sep 7May 26Sep 27
1998May 28Oct 3Apr 26Oct 3
1997Jun 27Oct 6Apr 22Oct 7
1996Jun 19Aug 18Jun 19Sep 5
1995May 14Aug 13Apr 30Oct 19
1994Jul 3Oct 3May 3Oct 3
1993Jun 29Aug 24May 8Aug 25
1992Jun 3Aug 23May 21Sep 6
1991Jun 17Sep 15Jun 17Oct 7
1990Jun 5Oct 6May 8Oct 6
1989Jul 2Sep 16May 20Oct 3
1988Jun 11Sep 11May 19Sep 18
1987Jun 23Sep 16Jun 2Sep 16
1986Jul 16Sep 11May 16Sep 11
1985Jun 24Sep 20May 13Sep 28
1984Jun 1no dataMay 17no data
1983May 19Sep 10Apr 16Sep 20
1982May 30Sep 15May 30Oct 3
1981Jul 8Sep 20Jul 8Sep 22
1980no dataAug 29no dataSep 21
1979May 30Oct 17May 30Oct 17
1978Jun 15Sep 16May 4Sep 16
1977Jul 6Sep 21May 29Oct 4
1976Jun 26Sep 7Jun 1Sep 7
1975Jun 28Oct 8May 4Oct 23
1974Jun 9Sep 27May 16Sep 27
1973Jul 1Aug 18Jun 1Oct 1
1972May 25Sep 7May 1Sep 20
1971Jul 7Aug 23May 14Oct 1
1970May 14Sep 9May 14Sep 9
1969May 3Aug 6Apr 26Sep 14
1968Jun 14Sep 19May 5Sep 19
1967May 25Sep 12Apr 26Oct 15
1966Jun 25Aug 28May 24Oct 3
1965May 31Aug 29May 18Sep 16
1964Jun 28Sep 8Jun 28Sep 18
1963Jul 23Oct 18May 4Oct 19
1962Jul 18Aug 27May 4Sep 12

"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.