Last Frost Day

Frost history / Packwood, WA

Packwood, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00456262, 1954 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,060 ft, 46.609, -121.674. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 11Oct 3
EarliestApr 6 (1993)Aug 18 (1973)
LatestJun 11 (1962)Nov 11 (2014)
Trend4.3 days earlier per decade4.1 days later per decade
Years with data5554

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101954: May 271957: Apr 201958: May 141959: May 121960: May 151961: May 241962: Jun 111963: May 161965: May 101966: Jun 11967: May 251974: May 311975: Jun 71976: Jun 31977: Jun 91978: May 301979: May 301980: May 31981: May 121982: May 61983: Apr 281984: May 71985: May 151986: May 161987: May 201988: Apr 261990: Apr 301991: May 21992: May 121993: Apr 61994: May 31995: May 191996: May 101997: May 21998: Apr 201999: May 112000: May 72001: May 62002: May 162003: May 192004: Apr 92005: Apr 192006: May 132007: May 142008: Apr 262010: May 92011: May 132012: May 122013: May 12014: Apr 152015: May 72016: Apr 162017: Apr 162018: Apr 232019: May 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101956: Sep 41957: Sep 191958: Oct 211959: Aug 291961: Sep 81964: Oct 191965: Aug 301966: Oct 31972: Sep 251973: Aug 181975: Sep 181976: Sep 81977: Oct 31978: Sep 191979: Oct 311980: Oct 91981: Oct 101982: Oct 51983: Sep 281984: Oct 161985: Sep 291986: Oct 21987: Sep 271988: Sep 111989: Sep 181990: Oct 71991: Oct 41992: Sep 71993: Sep 211994: Oct 31995: Aug 291996: Sep 231997: Oct 191998: Oct 191999: Sep 282001: Oct 102002: Oct 22003: Oct 252004: Oct 252005: Sep 202006: Oct 102007: Oct 262008: Oct 112009: Oct 52010: Oct 162011: Oct 172012: Sep 262013: Oct 152014: Nov 112015: Sep 272016: Oct 122017: Oct 32018: 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 5Sep 30May 4Oct 9
2018Apr 23Oct 3Mar 21Nov 8
2017Apr 16Oct 3Mar 19Oct 31
2016Apr 16Oct 12Mar 17Oct 12
2015May 7Sep 27Mar 7Nov 21
2014Apr 15Nov 11Mar 22Nov 12
2013May 1Oct 15May 1Oct 29
2012May 12Sep 26Apr 13Nov 9
2011May 13Oct 17Apr 23Oct 26
2010May 9Oct 16Apr 14Nov 21
2009no dataOct 5no dataOct 11
2008Apr 26Oct 11Apr 6Oct 11
2007May 14Oct 26Apr 3Oct 26
2006May 13Oct 10Apr 22Oct 10
2005Apr 19Sep 20Mar 22Nov 9
2004Apr 9Oct 25Apr 2Nov 5
2003May 19Oct 25Apr 26Nov 1
2002May 16Oct 2Apr 23Oct 12
2001May 6Oct 10Apr 4Nov 7
2000May 7no dataMar 30no data
1999May 11Sep 28Apr 29Oct 16
1998Apr 20Oct 19Mar 30Oct 19
1997May 2Oct 19May 2Oct 20
1996May 10Sep 23Apr 4Oct 31
1995May 19Aug 29Apr 16Oct 19
1994May 3Oct 3Mar 26Oct 12
1993Apr 6Sep 21Mar 26Nov 5
1992May 12Sep 7Apr 8Nov 23
1991May 2Oct 4Apr 11Oct 30
1990Apr 30Oct 7Mar 29Oct 7
1989no dataSep 18no dataOct 15
1988Apr 26Sep 11Apr 26Sep 18
1987May 20Sep 27Apr 20Oct 11
1986May 16Oct 2Apr 24Oct 15
1985May 15Sep 29Mar 28Oct 8
1984May 7Oct 16Apr 27Oct 17
1983Apr 28Sep 28Apr 14Oct 7
1982May 6Oct 5May 5Oct 19
1981May 12Oct 10Apr 13Oct 12
1980May 3Oct 9Apr 11Oct 22
1979May 30Oct 31Apr 7Oct 31
1978May 30Sep 19Mar 19Oct 23
1977Jun 9Oct 3May 12Oct 4
1976Jun 3Sep 8Jun 3Oct 16
1975Jun 7Sep 18May 8Nov 8
1974May 31no dataApr 17no data
1973no dataAug 18no dataSep 1
1972no dataSep 25no dataSep 26
1967May 25no dataApr 15no data
1966Jun 1Oct 3May 31Oct 10
1965May 10Aug 30May 9Sep 17
1964no dataOct 19no dataOct 20
1963May 16no dataMay 4no data
1962Jun 11no dataApr 16no data
1961May 24Sep 8Apr 7Sep 22
1960May 15no dataMay 15no data
1959May 12Aug 29Apr 21Oct 30
1958May 14Oct 21May 13Oct 21
1957Apr 20Sep 19Mar 27Oct 15
1956no dataSep 4no dataNov 14
1954May 27no dataMay 1no data

"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.