Frost history / Startup 1 E, WA
Startup 1 E, WA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00458034, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 170 ft, 47.866, -121.718. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 24 | Oct 19 |
| Earliest | Mar 11 (2015) | Sep 12 (1982) |
| Latest | Jun 3 (1976) | Dec 6 (2016) |
| Trend | 3.5 days earlier per decade | 1.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 65 | 68 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 19 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.
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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 | Apr 16 | Oct 14 | Mar 6 | Nov 30 |
| 2024 | May 8 | Nov 16 | Mar 7 | Dec 1 |
| 2023 | Apr 14 | Oct 27 | Mar 22 | Oct 27 |
| 2022 | Apr 20 | Nov 9 | Mar 10 | Nov 10 |
| 2021 | Apr 14 | Oct 12 | Apr 13 | none |
| 2020 | Apr 13 | Oct 22 | Mar 19 | Oct 25 |
| 2019 | Apr 28 | Oct 10 | Mar 10 | Oct 31 |
| 2018 | Apr 22 | Oct 14 | Mar 25 | Nov 11 |
| 2017 | Mar 31 | Oct 31 | Feb 13 | Dec 5 |
| 2016 | Mar 30 | Dec 6 | Mar 17 | Dec 7 |
| 2015 | Mar 11 | Nov 20 | Mar 4 | Nov 22 |
| 2014 | Mar 22 | Nov 14 | Mar 2 | Nov 14 |
| 2013 | Apr 22 | Oct 29 | Mar 9 | Nov 20 |
| 2012 | May 11 | Oct 3 | Feb 27 | Nov 10 |
| 2011 | May 4 | Oct 16 | Feb 27 | Nov 6 |
| 2010 | no data | Oct 16 | no data | Nov 22 |
| 2009 | no data | Nov 14 | no data | Dec 5 |
| 2008 | Apr 22 | Oct 11 | Apr 3 | Dec 15 |
| 2007 | Apr 23 | Oct 26 | Feb 3 | Nov 2 |
| 2006 | May 10 | Nov 28 | Mar 19 | Nov 28 |
| 2005 | Apr 9 | Sep 23 | Feb 26 | Sep 23 |
| 2004 | Apr 1 | Oct 27 | Apr 1 | Nov 21 |
| 2003 | May 10 | Oct 30 | Feb 27 | Oct 31 |
| 2002 | Apr 3 | Oct 13 | Mar 7 | Oct 30 |
| 2000 | Apr 24 | no data | Feb 18 | no data |
| 1999 | May 10 | no data | Mar 31 | no data |
| 1998 | Apr 14 | no data | Mar 6 | no data |
| 1997 | Apr 12 | Oct 21 | Apr 3 | Nov 12 |
| 1996 | no data | Oct 20 | no data | Nov 23 |
| 1995 | no data | Oct 29 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 1993 | Mar 27 | Nov 4 | Feb 27 | Nov 8 |
| 1992 | Mar 28 | Oct 14 | Feb 20 | Dec 1 |
| 1991 | Apr 12 | Oct 28 | Mar 27 | Oct 29 |
| 1990 | Apr 5 | Nov 6 | Mar 12 | Dec 19 |
| 1989 | Apr 17 | Oct 15 | Mar 4 | Dec 12 |
| 1988 | Apr 5 | Oct 27 | Mar 12 | Dec 16 |
| 1987 | Apr 25 | Oct 13 | Feb 25 | Nov 28 |
| 1986 | May 15 | Oct 11 | Feb 20 | Dec 2 |
| 1984 | Apr 26 | Oct 14 | Mar 4 | Oct 21 |
| 1983 | Apr 16 | no data | Jan 15 | no data |
| 1982 | no data | Sep 12 | no data | Nov 9 |
| 1981 | Apr 18 | Oct 13 | Feb 12 | Oct 22 |
| 1980 | May 3 | Oct 16 | Feb 21 | Nov 12 |
| 1979 | Mar 23 | Oct 31 | Mar 19 | Nov 8 |
| 1978 | no data | Oct 25 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 1977 | May 12 | Oct 4 | Mar 30 | Nov 8 |
| 1976 | Jun 3 | Oct 17 | Mar 8 | Oct 19 |
| 1975 | May 20 | Nov 18 | Apr 29 | Nov 18 |
| 1974 | May 17 | Oct 5 | Mar 9 | Nov 4 |
| 1973 | Apr 30 | Oct 3 | Mar 23 | Nov 5 |
| 1972 | Apr 30 | Sep 25 | Apr 19 | Oct 30 |
| 1971 | Apr 25 | Oct 16 | Mar 25 | Oct 17 |
| 1970 | May 18 | Sep 13 | Apr 14 | Nov 21 |
| 1969 | Apr 14 | Oct 11 | Mar 20 | Oct 14 |
| 1968 | May 5 | Oct 2 | Apr 17 | Nov 4 |
| 1967 | Apr 24 | Nov 2 | Apr 1 | Nov 19 |
| 1966 | May 28 | Oct 16 | Apr 18 | Oct 16 |
| 1965 | May 8 | Nov 23 | May 6 | Dec 14 |
| 1964 | May 15 | Oct 21 | Apr 19 | Nov 14 |
| 1963 | May 4 | Oct 18 | Apr 2 | Nov 20 |
| 1962 | May 7 | Oct 16 | Apr 11 | Dec 22 |
| 1961 | Apr 20 | Sep 23 | Apr 5 | Nov 2 |
| 1960 | Apr 10 | Oct 9 | Apr 10 | Nov 7 |
| 1959 | May 11 | Oct 30 | Feb 12 | Nov 7 |
| 1958 | May 13 | Oct 28 | Mar 15 | Nov 15 |
| 1957 | Apr 21 | Oct 19 | Mar 27 | Oct 20 |
| 1956 | Apr 18 | Oct 24 | Apr 17 | Nov 19 |
| 1955 | May 9 | Nov 1 | Apr 25 | Nov 1 |
| 1954 | May 6 | Oct 2 | Mar 31 | Oct 26 |
| 1953 | May 31 | Oct 22 | Apr 1 | none |
| 1952 | May 5 | Oct 14 | May 5 | Oct 15 |
| 1951 | no data | Oct 26 | no data | Oct 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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.