Last Frost Day

Frost history / Charmany Farm, WI

Charmany Farm, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00471416, 1959 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,046 ft, 43.060, -89.482. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 11
EarliestMar 27 (1999)Sep 17 (1984)
LatestMay 29 (1984)Nov 12 (2016)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decade2.4 days later per decade
Years with data5252

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 12 and the median first fall date is Oct 22.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 141960197019801990200020101964: Apr 151965: Apr 281966: May 111967: May 121968: Apr 251969: Apr 301971: May 31972: Apr 251973: Apr 141974: May 81975: Apr 221976: May 181977: May 101978: May 61979: May 11981: May 111982: Apr 281983: May 261984: May 291985: Apr 101986: May 31987: May 51988: May 251989: May 81990: May 101991: Apr 221992: Apr 271993: Apr 261994: May 21995: Apr 251996: Apr 301997: Apr 191998: Apr 171999: Mar 272000: Apr 132001: Apr 182002: May 192003: Apr 102004: May 32005: May 32006: May 112007: Apr 132009: Apr 132010: Apr 102011: May 42012: Apr 172013: Apr 212014: Apr 192015: Apr 282016: May 162017: Apr 282018: Apr 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101959: Oct 111963: Nov 11964: Oct 61965: Oct 241966: Oct 161967: Sep 291968: Oct 51969: Oct 141970: Sep 281971: Nov 11972: Oct 151973: Nov 11974: Sep 221975: Oct 21976: Sep 221977: Oct 111978: Oct 81980: Oct 51981: Oct 21982: Oct 161983: Sep 221984: Sep 171985: Oct 61986: Oct 61987: Oct 21989: Sep 231990: Oct 111991: Sep 201992: Sep 291993: Sep 301994: Oct 271995: Sep 231996: Oct 111997: Oct 201998: Oct 221999: Oct 42001: Oct 72002: Oct 132003: Oct 22004: Oct 52005: Oct 272006: Oct 122007: Nov 72009: Oct 102010: Oct 292011: Nov 42012: Oct 122013: Oct 202014: Oct 222015: Oct 172016: Nov 122017: Oct 29

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
2018Apr 29no dataApr 23no data
2017Apr 28Oct 29Mar 23Oct 29
2016May 16Nov 12Apr 12Nov 20
2015Apr 28Oct 17Apr 4Oct 17
2014Apr 19Oct 22Apr 16Nov 1
2013Apr 21Oct 20Apr 21Oct 22
2012Apr 17Oct 12Apr 11Oct 28
2011May 4Nov 4Apr 1Nov 5
2010Apr 10Oct 29Apr 10Oct 29
2009Apr 13Oct 10Apr 7Oct 11
2007Apr 13Nov 7Apr 10Nov 7
2006May 11Oct 12Apr 10Oct 12
2005May 3Oct 27Mar 27Nov 10
2004May 3Oct 5Apr 14Nov 12
2003Apr 10Oct 2Apr 10Oct 2
2002May 19Oct 13Apr 6Oct 16
2001Apr 18Oct 7Apr 17Oct 7
2000Apr 13no dataApr 11no data
1999Mar 27Oct 4Mar 27Oct 24
1998Apr 17Oct 22Mar 24Nov 4
1997Apr 19Oct 20Apr 17Oct 27
1996Apr 30Oct 11Apr 10Oct 31
1995Apr 25Sep 23Apr 11Nov 3
1994May 2Oct 27Apr 7Nov 1
1993Apr 26Sep 30Apr 18Oct 13
1992Apr 27Sep 29Apr 13Oct 17
1991Apr 22Sep 20Apr 22Oct 7
1990May 10Oct 11Apr 18Oct 11
1989May 8Sep 23May 8Sep 24
1988May 25no dataApr 29no data
1987May 5Oct 2Apr 8Oct 3
1986May 3Oct 6Apr 23Oct 10
1985Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Nov 5
1984May 29Sep 17May 4Sep 26
1983May 26Sep 22Apr 19Oct 13
1982Apr 28Oct 16Apr 21Oct 21
1981May 11Oct 2Apr 21Oct 2
1980no dataOct 5no dataOct 5
1979May 1no dataMay 1no data
1978May 6Oct 8May 6Oct 14
1977May 10Oct 11May 9Oct 12
1976May 18Sep 22May 9Oct 8
1975Apr 22Oct 2Apr 12Nov 14
1974May 8Sep 22Apr 10Sep 22
1973Apr 14Nov 1Apr 13Nov 4
1972Apr 25Oct 15Apr 25Oct 17
1971May 3Nov 1Apr 24Nov 4
1970no dataSep 28no dataNov 14
1969Apr 30Oct 14Apr 3Oct 22
1968Apr 25Oct 5Apr 6Oct 25
1967May 12Sep 29Apr 23Oct 12
1966May 11Oct 16May 10Oct 30
1965Apr 28Oct 24Apr 3Oct 29
1964Apr 15Oct 6Apr 9Oct 10
1963no dataNov 1no dataNov 2
1959no dataOct 11no dataOct 28

"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.