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Frost history / Ephraim 1NE-Wwtp, WI

Ephraim 1NE-Wwtp, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00472626, 2008 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 733 ft, 45.171, -87.154. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 15Oct 19
EarliestApr 26 (2024)Sep 19 (2020)
LatestMay 31 (2009)Nov 8 (2015)
Trend6.7 days earlier per decade4.0 days earlier per decade
Years with data1616

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 29.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14201020202009: May 312010: May 102011: May 172012: Apr 292013: May 252014: May 172015: May 222016: May 182017: May 92018: May 212019: May 122020: May 132021: May 122022: May 52023: May 262024: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26201020202008: Oct 42009: Oct 12010: Nov 12011: Oct 282012: Oct 112013: Oct 292014: Oct 192015: Nov 82016: Oct 142017: Oct 262018: Oct 182019: Oct 202020: Sep 192021: Oct 242022: Oct 82023: Oct 9

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
2024Apr 26no dataApr 26no data
2023May 26Oct 9May 1Oct 31
2022May 5Oct 8Apr 28Oct 19
2021May 12Oct 24May 12Nov 10
2020May 13Sep 19May 13Oct 16
2019May 12Oct 20May 4Nov 6
2018May 21Oct 18May 11Oct 18
2017May 9Oct 26May 9Oct 26
2016May 18Oct 14Apr 23Nov 12
2015May 22Nov 8May 20Nov 8
2014May 17Oct 19May 5Oct 19
2013May 25Oct 29May 11Oct 29
2012Apr 29Oct 11Apr 29Oct 11
2011May 17Oct 28May 4Oct 28
2010May 10Nov 1May 10Nov 1
2009May 31Oct 1Apr 23Nov 6
2008no dataOct 4no dataOct 22

"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.