Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mt Adams Rs, WA

Mt Adams Rs, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00455659, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,950 ft, 46.000, -121.540. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 1Sep 14
EarliestApr 19 (1993)Aug 25 (1992)
LatestJul 7 (1971)Nov 1 (2014)
Trend2.9 days earlier per decade2.5 days later per decade
Years with data4042

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 7 and the median first fall date is Oct 3.

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)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Jun 11952: Jun 231953: Jun 51954: Jul 31955: Jul 21956: May 121959: Jun 151960: May 221961: May 111962: Jul 21963: May 161965: May 211969: May 81970: May 211971: Jul 71972: Jul 31973: Jun 181974: May 311976: Jun 261977: May 251978: May 301979: Jun 71984: Jun 11985: May 151986: May 221987: Jun 21988: Jun 111989: May 291991: Jun 41993: Apr 191994: Jun 21995: May 222013: May 22014: May 122016: Jun 202017: May 182018: Jun 132019: Jun 102020: May 82023: May 8

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 261953: Sep 171954: Sep 291955: Sep 211958: Sep 31959: Sep 161960: Sep 61962: Sep 91964: Sep 91968: Sep 201969: Aug 291970: Sep 91971: Sep 121972: Sep 101973: Sep 11974: Sep 131976: Sep 81977: Sep 221978: Sep 191981: Sep 241982: Sep 141983: Sep 141984: Sep 21985: Sep 71986: Sep 111987: Sep 171988: Sep 111989: Sep 31990: Oct 61991: Sep 141992: Aug 251993: Sep 132010: Oct 52012: Sep 112014: Nov 12016: Sep 212018: Sep 182019: Sep 282020: Sep 102022: Oct 222023: Sep 302024: 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
2024no dataSep 30no dataSep 30
2023May 8Sep 30Apr 16Oct 27
2022no dataOct 22no dataNov 3
2020May 8Sep 10May 8Oct 22
2019Jun 10Sep 28May 1Oct 1
2018Jun 13Sep 18Apr 23Oct 3
2017May 18no dataApr 29no data
2016Jun 20Sep 21Apr 18Oct 12
2014May 12Nov 1Apr 21Nov 8
2013May 2no dataMay 2no data
2012no dataSep 11no dataOct 4
2010no dataOct 5no dataOct 13
1995May 22no dataApr 24no data
1994Jun 2no dataMay 3no data
1993Apr 19Sep 13Apr 19Sep 21
1992no dataAug 25no dataSep 7
1991Jun 4Sep 14Apr 30Sep 21
1990no dataOct 6no dataOct 6
1989May 29Sep 3Apr 23Oct 3
1988Jun 11Sep 11May 7Sep 18
1987Jun 2Sep 17May 20Oct 10
1986May 22Sep 11May 16Oct 12
1985May 15Sep 7May 13Sep 23
1984Jun 1Sep 2May 5Sep 24
1983no dataSep 14no dataSep 29
1982no dataSep 14no dataSep 16
1981no dataSep 24no dataOct 21
1979Jun 7no dataApr 25no data
1978May 30Sep 19May 23Oct 13
1977May 25Sep 22May 12Oct 4
1976Jun 26Sep 8Jun 3Oct 18
1974May 31Sep 13Apr 17Oct 6
1973Jun 18Sep 1May 26Oct 3
1972Jul 3Sep 10May 25Sep 25
1971Jul 7Sep 12Apr 23Sep 12
1970May 21Sep 9May 11Sep 13
1969May 8Aug 29Apr 30Sep 15
1968no dataSep 20no dataOct 2
1965May 21no dataMay 7no data
1964no dataSep 9no dataOct 5
1963May 16no dataMay 13no data
1962Jul 2Sep 9May 14Oct 5
1961May 11no dataApr 19no data
1960May 22Sep 6May 22Oct 10
1959Jun 15Sep 16May 11Oct 19
1958no dataSep 3no dataOct 21
1956May 12no dataApr 30no data
1955Jul 2Sep 21May 9Sep 22
1954Jul 3Sep 29May 28Sep 30
1953Jun 5Sep 17May 31Sep 24
1952Jun 23no dataMay 9no data
1951Jun 1Sep 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.