Frost history / Rosalia, WA
Rosalia, WA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00457180, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 2,420 ft, 47.235, -117.364. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 13 | Sep 27 |
| Earliest | Apr 17 (2020) | Aug 29 (1980) |
| Latest | Jul 11 (2008) | Nov 2 (2022) |
| Trend | little change (less than half a day per decade) | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 57 | 60 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 9.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 5 | Oct 14 | Apr 23 | Oct 18 |
| 2024 | May 4 | Sep 30 | Apr 18 | Sep 30 |
| 2023 | no data | Oct 23 | no data | Oct 26 |
| 2022 | May 20 | Nov 2 | Apr 17 | Nov 8 |
| 2021 | May 8 | Oct 7 | Apr 21 | Oct 11 |
| 2020 | Apr 17 | Oct 15 | Apr 16 | Oct 22 |
| 2019 | Apr 30 | Sep 29 | Apr 29 | Oct 2 |
| 2018 | Apr 23 | Oct 3 | Apr 4 | Oct 3 |
| 2017 | May 1 | Oct 9 | Apr 16 | Oct 9 |
| 2016 | Apr 25 | Sep 9 | Mar 18 | Dec 2 |
| 2015 | May 3 | Sep 27 | Apr 16 | Sep 27 |
| 2014 | May 12 | Sep 14 | Mar 24 | Nov 10 |
| 2013 | May 24 | Oct 3 | May 1 | Oct 13 |
| 2012 | May 13 | Sep 12 | May 11 | Oct 6 |
| 2011 | Jul 9 | Sep 3 | May 17 | Oct 25 |
| 2010 | May 24 | Sep 22 | May 24 | Oct 12 |
| 2009 | May 13 | Oct 6 | Apr 26 | Oct 6 |
| 2008 | Jul 11 | Sep 1 | May 9 | Sep 23 |
| 2007 | Jun 26 | Sep 19 | Apr 21 | Sep 19 |
| 2006 | May 13 | Sep 15 | May 13 | Sep 15 |
| 2004 | no data | Sep 19 | no data | Oct 28 |
| 2001 | no data | Oct 4 | no data | Nov 6 |
| 1999 | no data | Sep 1 | no data | Sep 2 |
| 1998 | May 16 | Oct 11 | Apr 20 | Oct 16 |
| 1997 | Apr 21 | Oct 5 | Apr 12 | Oct 11 |
| 1988 | May 2 | no data | Apr 25 | no data |
| 1987 | May 20 | no data | May 20 | no data |
| 1986 | May 16 | Oct 3 | Apr 30 | Oct 12 |
| 1985 | May 13 | Sep 22 | May 12 | Sep 28 |
| 1984 | May 6 | Sep 24 | Apr 25 | Oct 15 |
| 1983 | May 11 | no data | Apr 14 | no data |
| 1982 | no data | Oct 1 | no data | Oct 18 |
| 1981 | May 7 | Sep 23 | Apr 13 | Sep 24 |
| 1980 | Jun 3 | Aug 29 | Apr 8 | Oct 9 |
| 1979 | Jun 7 | Oct 3 | Jun 7 | Nov 2 |
| 1978 | May 31 | Sep 16 | May 30 | Oct 4 |
| 1977 | Jun 2 | Sep 22 | May 16 | Oct 3 |
| 1976 | May 19 | Sep 7 | Apr 21 | Sep 8 |
| 1975 | Jun 8 | Sep 19 | Apr 29 | Oct 23 |
| 1974 | May 16 | Sep 27 | May 16 | Sep 27 |
| 1973 | May 27 | Sep 16 | Apr 28 | Oct 3 |
| 1972 | no data | Sep 25 | no data | Sep 25 |
| 1971 | Jul 7 | Sep 14 | Apr 19 | Sep 14 |
| 1970 | Apr 29 | Sep 12 | Apr 28 | Sep 13 |
| 1969 | May 4 | Oct 3 | Mar 24 | Oct 3 |
| 1968 | May 5 | Oct 2 | May 2 | Oct 2 |
| 1967 | May 1 | Oct 24 | Apr 21 | Nov 4 |
| 1966 | May 22 | Oct 3 | Apr 29 | Oct 9 |
| 1965 | May 18 | Sep 16 | May 6 | Sep 17 |
| 1964 | May 25 | Sep 27 | Apr 19 | Oct 16 |
| 1963 | May 4 | Oct 19 | Mar 17 | Oct 19 |
| 1962 | May 5 | Oct 5 | Mar 28 | Nov 14 |
| 1961 | May 4 | Sep 26 | Apr 19 | Sep 26 |
| 1960 | Apr 26 | Sep 21 | Apr 16 | Oct 29 |
| 1959 | May 12 | Oct 1 | May 6 | Oct 29 |
| 1958 | Apr 29 | Sep 24 | Mar 27 | Oct 9 |
| 1957 | Apr 20 | Sep 19 | Mar 26 | Nov 1 |
| 1956 | May 13 | Oct 22 | Apr 6 | Nov 2 |
| 1955 | May 14 | Sep 22 | May 6 | Nov 1 |
| 1954 | May 2 | Sep 30 | May 2 | Sep 30 |
| 1953 | May 11 | Sep 24 | Apr 15 | Sep 24 |
| 1952 | May 30 | Oct 14 | Apr 9 | Oct 14 |
| 1951 | Jun 1 | Sep 26 | May 29 | Sep 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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.