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Frost history / Olga 2 Se, WA

Olga 2 Se, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00456096, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 80 ft, 48.612, -122.806. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 22Nov 17
EarliestJan 2 (2015)Oct 4 (2012)
LatestMay 1 (1954)Dec 23 (1974)
Trend4.2 days earlier per decade1.2 days earlier per decade
Years with data6362, 1 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 16 and the median first fall date is Nov 28.

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)

Dec 16Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151960197019801990200020101951: Apr 201952: Apr 81953: Apr 21954: May 11955: Apr 281956: Apr 61957: Mar 271958: Mar 111959: Mar 221960: Mar 141961: Apr 201962: Mar 281963: Apr 11964: Apr 171965: Mar 271966: Mar 221967: Apr 141968: Apr 131969: Mar 241970: Mar 81971: Mar 251972: Apr 221973: Mar 171974: Mar 201975: Apr 51976: Mar 151977: Mar 161978: Mar 31979: Feb 221980: Mar 61981: Feb 111982: Apr 181983: Feb 51985: Apr 221986: Feb 211987: Mar 11988: Mar 261989: Mar 41990: Mar 121991: Mar 51992: Jan 81993: Feb 271994: Mar 221995: Apr 161996: Mar 251997: Mar 151998: Mar 71999: Mar 112000: Feb 192001: Mar 42002: Mar 212003: Mar 92005: Feb 202006: Mar 242007: Apr 32008: Apr 222009: Apr 152010: Apr 102011: Apr 82012: Apr 72013: Apr 122014: Feb 82015: Jan 2

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 101960197019801990200020101951: Nov 151952: Nov 231953: Dec 71954: Nov 291955: Nov 111956: Oct 281957: Nov 201958: Nov 161959: Nov 41960: Nov 211961: Nov 21962: Dec 31963: Nov 201964: Nov 141965: Nov 231966: Nov 111967: Nov 251968: Nov 301969: Nov 161970: Oct 271971: Oct 271972: Oct 301973: Nov 21974: Dec 231975: Nov 171976: Nov 271977: Nov 181978: Nov 111979: Nov 261980: Nov 121982: Nov 101983: Nov 291984: Nov 11985: Nov 101986: Nov 81987: Nov 171988: Dec 151989: Dec 111991: Dec 131992: Nov 241993: Nov 221994: Nov 181995: Dec 41996: Nov 171997: Nov 131998: Dec 192000: Dec 102001: Dec 32002: Oct 312003: Oct 312004: Nov 282005: Nov 282006: Oct 302007: Oct 272008: Oct 102009: Oct 112010: Nov 192011: Nov 22012: Oct 42014: Nov 162015: Nov 28

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
2015Jan 2Nov 28Jan 1Dec 31
2014Feb 8Nov 16Feb 8Nov 29
2013Apr 12no dataFeb 8no data
2012Apr 7Oct 4Mar 7Dec 30
2011Apr 8Nov 2Feb 27Nov 18
2010Apr 10Nov 19noneNov 19
2009Apr 15Oct 11Mar 13Dec 2
2008Apr 22Oct 10Jan 29Dec 13
2007Apr 3Oct 27Mar 2Nov 22
2006Mar 24Oct 30Feb 24Nov 27
2005Feb 20Nov 28Jan 15Dec 8
2004no dataNov 28no datanone
2003Mar 9Oct 31Feb 26none
2002Mar 21Oct 31Mar 20none
2001Mar 4Dec 3Feb 16none
2000Feb 19Dec 10noneDec 11
1999Mar 11nonenonenone
1998Mar 7Dec 19Jan 13Dec 19
1997Mar 15Nov 13Jan 27none
1996Mar 25Nov 17Feb 27Nov 19
1995Apr 16Dec 4Feb 14Dec 5
1994Mar 22Nov 18Feb 25Dec 3
1993Feb 27Nov 22Feb 26Nov 22
1992Jan 8Nov 24noneDec 18
1991Mar 5Dec 13Jan 29none
1990Mar 12no dataFeb 19no data
1989Mar 4Dec 11Mar 3none
1988Mar 26Dec 15Feb 2none
1987Mar 1Nov 17Jan 16Dec 17
1986Feb 21Nov 8Feb 20Nov 10
1985Apr 22Nov 10Feb 9Nov 10
1984no dataNov 1no dataNov 26
1983Feb 5Nov 29Jan 1Dec 1
1982Apr 18Nov 10Feb 9Nov 14
1981Feb 11no dataFeb 11no data
1980Mar 6Nov 12Jan 30Dec 4
1979Feb 22Nov 26Feb 2none
1978Mar 3Nov 11Jan 2Nov 12
1977Mar 16Nov 18Jan 9Nov 20
1976Mar 15Nov 27Mar 6Nov 28
1975Apr 5Nov 17Feb 8Nov 27
1974Mar 20Dec 23Mar 8none
1973Mar 17Nov 2Jan 26none
1972Apr 22Oct 30Feb 4Dec 3
1971Mar 25Oct 27Mar 5Dec 25
1970Mar 8Oct 27Jan 16Nov 21
1969Mar 24Nov 16Mar 12none
1968Apr 13Nov 30Feb 16Dec 26
1967Apr 14Nov 25Mar 13Dec 13
1966Mar 22Nov 11Feb 15Nov 11
1965Mar 27Nov 23Mar 19Dec 14
1964Apr 17Nov 14noneNov 27
1963Apr 1Nov 20Jan 31Nov 20
1962Mar 28Dec 3Mar 4Dec 24
1961Apr 20Nov 2Mar 5Nov 24
1960Mar 14Nov 21Mar 4none
1959Mar 22Nov 4Feb 12Nov 12
1958Mar 11Nov 16noneNov 27
1957Mar 27Nov 20Feb 25Dec 31
1956Apr 6Oct 28Mar 12Nov 19
1955Apr 28Nov 11Mar 24Nov 11
1954May 1Nov 29Mar 29Dec 1
1953Apr 2Dec 7Jan 6none
1952Apr 8Nov 23Mar 2Nov 26
1951Apr 20Nov 15Mar 10Dec 19

"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.