Last Frost Day

Frost history / Hartline, WA

Hartline, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00453529, 1953 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,906 ft, 47.689, -119.106. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 12Oct 3
EarliestMar 26 (1990)Aug 22 (1960)
LatestJul 14 (1983)Nov 3 (1986)
Trend1.8 days earlier per decade2.0 days later per decade
Years with data4443

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 26 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 291960197019801990200020101953: May 221956: May 131957: Apr 261958: May 131959: Jun 101960: May 221961: May 111962: Jun 41967: May 291968: May 51969: Apr 261970: May 121971: Apr 281972: Apr 301973: May 111974: May 161975: May 191976: Jun 21977: May 291978: May 231979: May 71980: Apr 101981: May 81982: May 41983: Jul 141984: May 311985: May 41986: May 141987: May 191988: May 21989: May 241990: Mar 261991: Jun 171993: Apr 61995: Apr 191996: May 81998: May 161999: Jun 72000: May 122002: May 82014: May 102015: Apr 262017: May 142019: May 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101953: Sep 291954: Oct 11955: Sep 301956: Oct 131957: Sep 191958: Sep 241959: Oct 71960: Aug 221961: Sep 241962: Oct 51967: Oct 231968: Sep 181969: Oct 121970: Sep 131971: Oct 131972: Sep 191973: Oct 21974: Oct 31975: Oct 81976: Oct 191977: Sep 221978: Oct 131979: Oct 201980: Oct 231981: Sep 291982: Oct 71983: Sep 191984: Sep 231985: Oct 61986: Nov 31987: Oct 201988: Sep 171990: Oct 71991: Oct 181992: Oct 71993: Oct 181994: Oct 231999: Sep 282000: Sep 222013: Oct 12014: Oct 272018: Oct 32019: Sep 30

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
2019May 3Sep 30Mar 18Oct 1
2018no dataOct 3no dataNov 7
2017May 14no dataApr 15no data
2015Apr 26no dataApr 26no data
2014May 10Oct 27Apr 5Nov 11
2013no dataOct 1no dataOct 29
2002May 8no dataMay 8no data
2000May 12Sep 22May 8Nov 2
1999Jun 7Sep 28May 10Oct 27
1998May 16no dataApr 13no data
1996May 8no dataMay 8no data
1995Apr 19no dataApr 17no data
1994no dataOct 23no dataOct 31
1993Apr 6Oct 18Mar 17Nov 5
1992no dataOct 7no dataOct 14
1991Jun 17Oct 18Apr 26Oct 22
1990Mar 26Oct 7Mar 26Oct 8
1989May 24no dataApr 4no data
1988May 2Sep 17May 2Sep 18
1987May 19Oct 20May 19Nov 17
1986May 14Nov 3Apr 30Nov 6
1985May 4Oct 6Apr 23Oct 8
1984May 31Sep 23May 31Oct 18
1983Jul 14Sep 19Apr 15Nov 4
1982May 4Oct 7May 4Oct 19
1981May 8Sep 29May 3Oct 2
1980Apr 10Oct 23Apr 7Oct 27
1979May 7Oct 20Apr 21Nov 1
1978May 23Oct 13Apr 23Oct 25
1977May 29Sep 22May 27Oct 26
1976Jun 2Oct 19Jun 1Oct 19
1975May 19Oct 8Apr 21Oct 24
1974May 16Oct 3May 16Oct 5
1973May 11Oct 2May 9Oct 3
1972Apr 30Sep 19Apr 29Sep 21
1971Apr 28Oct 13Apr 11Oct 26
1970May 12Sep 13May 9Oct 6
1969Apr 26Oct 12Mar 23Oct 12
1968May 5Sep 18Apr 21Oct 30
1967May 29Oct 23Apr 30Oct 24
1962Jun 4Oct 5May 4Oct 7
1961May 11Sep 24Apr 21Oct 8
1960May 22Aug 22May 22Oct 29
1959Jun 10Oct 7May 4Oct 10
1958May 13Sep 24Mar 18Sep 24
1957Apr 26Sep 19Mar 28Sep 19
1956May 13Oct 13Apr 6Oct 22
1955no dataSep 30no dataOct 6
1954no dataOct 1no dataOct 12
1953May 22Sep 29May 22Oct 2

"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.