Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mcmillin Rsvr, WA

Mcmillin Rsvr, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00455224, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 579 ft, 47.136, -122.256. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 24Oct 19
EarliestMar 22 (1979)Sep 13 (1970)
LatestJun 3 (1976)Nov 23 (1965)
Trend6.4 days earlier per decade1.3 days later per decade
Years with data6060

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 27 and the median first fall date is Nov 10.

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 141960197019801990200020101951: Apr 241952: May 51953: May 311954: May 281955: Apr 301956: Apr 301957: Apr 201958: May 131959: May 51960: Apr 221961: Apr 201962: May 71963: May 41964: May 251965: May 81966: May 281967: Apr 241968: Apr 261969: May 41970: May 111971: May 171972: May 11973: May 111974: May 171975: Apr 291976: Jun 31977: Apr 201978: Apr 121979: Mar 221980: Apr 161981: Apr 181982: May 51983: Apr 251984: Apr 271985: May 121986: May 41987: Apr 241988: Apr 91989: Apr 171990: Mar 271991: Apr 121992: Apr 91993: Mar 281994: Mar 261995: Apr 161996: Apr 31997: Apr 111998: Apr 141999: Apr 142000: Apr 242001: Apr 142002: Apr 242003: Apr 52004: Apr 32005: Apr 132006: Mar 252007: Apr 32008: Apr 212010: Apr 102012: Apr 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 111960197019801990200020101951: Oct 261952: Oct 141953: Oct 221954: Sep 301955: Oct 231956: Oct 281957: Oct 151958: Oct 211959: Oct 301960: Oct 91961: Oct 181962: Oct 161963: Oct 191964: Oct 181965: Nov 231966: Nov 31967: Nov 21968: Oct 21969: Oct 111970: Sep 131971: Oct 171972: Sep 251973: Oct 41974: Oct 51975: Oct 231976: Oct 171977: Nov 31978: Oct 251979: Oct 311980: Oct 91981: Oct 121982: Oct 181983: Sep 281984: Sep 241985: Sep 291986: Nov 101987: Oct 181988: Oct 271989: Oct 151990: Oct 71991: Oct 281992: Oct 151993: Nov 51994: Nov 31996: Oct 201997: Oct 201998: Oct 301999: Oct 162000: Nov 102001: Oct 282002: Oct 122003: Oct 312004: Nov 42005: Nov 152006: Oct 302007: Oct 262008: Oct 112009: Oct 112010: Oct 172012: Oct 22

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
2012Apr 7Oct 22Mar 8Nov 10
2010Apr 10Oct 17Apr 10Nov 21
2009no dataOct 11no dataDec 2
2008Apr 21Oct 11Apr 3Dec 14
2007Apr 3Oct 26Mar 2Nov 2
2006Mar 25Oct 30Mar 12Oct 30
2005Apr 13Nov 15Feb 23Nov 28
2004Apr 3Nov 4Apr 3Nov 20
2003Apr 5Oct 31Feb 26Oct 31
2002Apr 24Oct 12Mar 18Oct 30
2001Apr 14Oct 28Mar 6Dec 24
2000Apr 24Nov 10Feb 20Nov 10
1999Apr 14Oct 16Mar 7Dec 28
1998Apr 14Oct 30Mar 8Dec 18
1997Apr 11Oct 20Feb 23Dec 6
1996Apr 3Oct 20Mar 26Nov 20
1995Apr 16no dataMar 26no data
1994Mar 26Nov 3Mar 25Nov 3
1993Mar 28Nov 5Mar 11Nov 14
1992Apr 9Oct 15Mar 28Nov 10
1991Apr 12Oct 28Mar 27Oct 30
1990Mar 27Oct 7Mar 1Dec 19
1989Apr 17Oct 15Mar 20Oct 29
1988Apr 9Oct 27Mar 15Nov 14
1987Apr 24Oct 18Mar 28Nov 17
1986May 4Nov 10Feb 20Nov 10
1985May 12Sep 29Apr 21Oct 8
1984Apr 27Sep 24Mar 4Oct 16
1983Apr 25Sep 28Apr 13Nov 29
1982May 5Oct 18Apr 25Oct 18
1981Apr 18Oct 12Mar 6Nov 24
1980Apr 16Oct 9Mar 6Oct 22
1979Mar 22Oct 31Mar 9Nov 9
1978Apr 12Oct 25Mar 3Oct 31
1977Apr 20Nov 3Feb 24Nov 8
1976Jun 3Oct 17Apr 2Nov 27
1975Apr 29Oct 23Apr 21Nov 18
1974May 17Oct 5Apr 13Nov 28
1973May 11Oct 4Apr 29Nov 2
1972May 1Sep 25Apr 22Oct 30
1971May 17Oct 17Apr 12Oct 28
1970May 11Sep 13Mar 31Oct 27
1969May 4Oct 11Mar 24Oct 14
1968Apr 26Oct 2Apr 17Nov 4
1967Apr 24Nov 2Apr 15Nov 4
1966May 28Nov 3Mar 22Nov 11
1965May 8Nov 23Mar 24Nov 23
1964May 25Oct 18Apr 18Nov 16
1963May 4Oct 19Apr 2Nov 28
1962May 7Oct 16Mar 28Nov 28
1961Apr 20Oct 18Apr 20Nov 4
1960Apr 22Oct 9Mar 12Nov 26
1959May 5Oct 30Apr 7Nov 5
1958May 13Oct 21Mar 27Oct 24
1957Apr 20Oct 15Feb 22Nov 2
1956Apr 30Oct 28Apr 6Nov 19
1955Apr 30Oct 23Apr 28Nov 12
1954May 28Sep 30May 1Oct 24
1953May 31Oct 22Apr 2Nov 3
1952May 5Oct 14Apr 29Nov 16
1951Apr 24Oct 26Apr 21Oct 30

"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.