Last Frost Day

Frost history / Foxboro, WI

Foxboro, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00472889, 1964 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 932 ft, 46.486, -92.287. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 2Sep 15
EarliestMay 10 (1977)Aug 15 (1976)
LatestJul 14 (1987)Oct 7 (2005)
Trend2.9 days earlier per decade3.8 days later per decade
Years with data4046

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 19 and the median first fall date is Sep 25.

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)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29197019801990200020101965: Jun 171966: Jun 101967: Jun 11968: May 231969: Jun 201970: May 291971: Jun 91972: Jun 171973: May 301974: May 131975: May 161976: Jun 21977: May 101978: May 211979: Jun 241980: Jun 191981: May 311983: Jun 81984: May 291985: Jun 121986: Jun 51987: Jul 141988: Jul 121989: Jun 161990: Jun 41991: May 201992: Jun 211993: Jun 41994: Jun 81995: Jun 91996: May 301999: May 262001: Jun 42002: May 212004: May 142006: May 222007: May 122010: May 152012: Jun 22014: May 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12197019801990200020101964: Sep 121965: Aug 281966: Sep 141967: Aug 221968: Aug 271969: Sep 171970: Sep 131971: Sep 171972: Sep 221973: Sep 201974: Sep 11975: Sep 91976: Aug 151977: Aug 231978: Sep 251979: Sep 191980: Sep 171982: Sep 61983: Sep 141984: Sep 51985: Sep 111986: Aug 271987: Aug 241988: Sep 61989: Sep 131990: Sep 231991: Sep 201992: Sep 191993: Sep 231994: Sep 291995: Sep 81996: Sep 131998: Sep 222000: Sep 152003: Sep 292004: Sep 292005: Oct 72006: Sep 202007: Sep 122008: Oct 32010: Sep 262011: Sep 142012: Sep 182013: Sep 162014: Sep 132015: Sep 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
2015no dataSep 29no dataSep 30
2014May 17Sep 13May 17Oct 9
2013no dataSep 16no dataOct 20
2012Jun 2Sep 18Apr 27Sep 18
2011no dataSep 14no dataSep 15
2010May 15Sep 26May 10Sep 26
2008no dataOct 3no dataOct 3
2007May 12Sep 12May 12Sep 15
2006May 22Sep 20Apr 27Oct 10
2005no dataOct 7no dataOct 7
2004May 14Sep 29May 14Oct 4
2003no dataSep 29no dataOct 1
2002May 21no dataMay 21no data
2001Jun 4no dataApr 26no data
2000no dataSep 15no dataSep 24
1999May 26no dataMay 9no data
1998no dataSep 22no dataOct 1
1996May 30Sep 13May 30Oct 2
1995Jun 9Sep 8May 26Sep 22
1994Jun 8Sep 29May 10Oct 2
1993Jun 4Sep 23Apr 26Oct 2
1992Jun 21Sep 19Jun 21Sep 23
1991May 20Sep 20May 19Sep 26
1990Jun 4Sep 23May 30Oct 7
1989Jun 16Sep 13May 13Sep 13
1988Jul 12Sep 6Jul 1Sep 6
1987Jul 14Aug 24May 23Sep 24
1986Jun 5Aug 27Jun 2Sep 16
1985Jun 12Sep 11Jun 12Sep 21
1984May 29Sep 5May 29Sep 15
1983Jun 8Sep 14May 28Sep 23
1982no dataSep 6no dataSep 21
1981May 31no dataMay 19no data
1980Jun 19Sep 17May 16Sep 26
1979Jun 24Sep 19May 25Oct 7
1978May 21Sep 25May 21Oct 14
1977May 10Aug 23May 10Oct 1
1976Jun 2Aug 15May 26Sep 23
1975May 16Sep 9May 12Sep 13
1974May 13Sep 1May 13Sep 22
1973May 30Sep 20May 17Sep 20
1972Jun 17Sep 22Jun 10Sep 22
1971Jun 9Sep 17May 27Sep 19
1970May 29Sep 13May 6Sep 28
1969Jun 20Sep 17May 25Oct 12
1968May 23Aug 27May 13Oct 5
1967Jun 1Aug 22May 22Aug 22
1966Jun 10Sep 14Jun 10Sep 25
1965Jun 17Aug 28Apr 28Sep 26
1964no dataSep 12no dataSep 13

"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.