Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mellen 4 Ne, WI

Mellen 4 Ne, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00475286, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,300 ft, 46.369, -90.642. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 30Sep 21
EarliestMay 10 (1977)Aug 22 (1967)
LatestJun 24 (1979)Oct 7 (2005)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decade2.2 days later per decade
Years with data5457

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 16 and the median first fall date is Sep 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101951: Jun 41952: May 181954: May 261955: May 171957: Jun 71959: May 241960: Jun 171961: Jun 151962: Jun 121963: Jun 121964: Jun 41965: May 291966: May 311967: May 301968: May 191969: Jun 131970: May 171971: Jun 91972: Jun 231973: May 301974: May 131975: May 121976: May 251977: May 101978: May 211979: Jun 241980: Jun 161982: Jun 31983: May 261984: May 291985: Jun 31986: May 211987: May 261989: Jun 161990: Jun 41992: Jun 211993: Jun 41994: Jun 81995: May 251996: May 311997: May 281998: Jun 51999: May 262000: Jun 52001: May 122002: May 212003: May 252004: May 282005: May 162006: Jun 102007: May 202008: May 292009: Jun 62010: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 121960197019801990200020101951: Sep 71952: Sep 241954: Oct 11956: Sep 71958: Oct 11959: Sep 111960: Sep 181961: Sep 231962: Sep 201963: Sep 131964: Sep 121965: Sep 111967: Aug 221968: Sep 281969: Sep 91970: Sep 141971: Sep 161972: Sep 221973: Sep 181974: Sep 31975: Sep 81976: Aug 291977: Oct 11978: Sep 251979: Sep 191980: Sep 171981: Sep 221982: Sep 191983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 111986: Sep 71988: Sep 61989: Sep 131990: Sep 171991: Sep 271992: Sep 231993: Sep 301994: Sep 291995: Sep 81996: Oct 31997: Oct 11998: Oct 11999: Sep 212000: Sep 242001: Sep 242002: Sep 242003: Sep 292004: Oct 22005: Oct 72006: Sep 202008: Oct 32009: Sep 302010: Sep 262012: Sep 182013: Sep 162015: Sep 30

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 30no dataOct 2
2013no dataSep 16no dataOct 20
2012no dataSep 18no dataSep 27
2010May 14Sep 26May 10Sep 26
2009Jun 6Sep 30May 4Sep 30
2008May 29Oct 3May 27Oct 3
2007May 20no dataMay 17no data
2006Jun 10Sep 20May 21Oct 10
2005May 16Oct 7May 13Oct 11
2004May 28Oct 2May 15Oct 5
2003May 25Sep 29May 3Sep 29
2002May 21Sep 24May 21Sep 25
2001May 12Sep 24Apr 24Sep 25
2000Jun 5Sep 24May 19Sep 24
1999May 26Sep 21Apr 29Oct 3
1998Jun 5Oct 1Apr 28Oct 2
1997May 28Oct 1May 26Oct 16
1996May 31Oct 3May 12Oct 3
1995May 25Sep 8Apr 30Sep 23
1994Jun 8Sep 29May 7Oct 10
1993Jun 4Sep 30May 16Sep 30
1992Jun 21Sep 23Jun 21Sep 29
1991no dataSep 27no dataSep 27
1990Jun 4Sep 17Jun 4Sep 17
1989Jun 16Sep 13Jun 15Sep 24
1988no dataSep 6no dataOct 5
1987May 26no dataMay 25no data
1986May 21Sep 7May 21Sep 16
1985Jun 3Sep 11May 1Sep 26
1984May 29Sep 26May 29Sep 29
1983May 26Sep 23May 26Sep 23
1982Jun 3Sep 19May 22Sep 21
1981no dataSep 22no dataSep 22
1980Jun 16Sep 17Apr 28Sep 26
1979Jun 24Sep 19May 1Oct 10
1978May 21Sep 25May 7Oct 8
1977May 10Oct 1May 9Oct 7
1976May 25Aug 29May 7Sep 22
1975May 12Sep 8May 12Oct 2
1974May 13Sep 3May 13Sep 23
1973May 30Sep 18May 17Sep 20
1972Jun 23Sep 22Jun 10Sep 22
1971Jun 9Sep 16May 21Sep 19
1970May 17Sep 14May 6Oct 11
1969Jun 13Sep 9May 25Oct 12
1968May 19Sep 28May 19Oct 5
1967May 30Aug 22May 15Sep 29
1966May 31no dataMay 30no data
1965May 29Sep 11Apr 28Sep 26
1964Jun 4Sep 12Jun 1Sep 15
1963Jun 12Sep 13May 23Sep 13
1962Jun 12Sep 20May 9Oct 20
1961Jun 15Sep 23May 10Oct 2
1960Jun 17Sep 18May 12Sep 30
1959May 24Sep 11May 16Sep 17
1958no dataOct 1no dataOct 1
1957Jun 7no dataMay 16no data
1956no dataSep 7no dataSep 20
1955May 17no dataMay 17no data
1954May 26Oct 1May 19Oct 5
1952May 18Sep 24May 16Sep 26
1951Jun 4Sep 7May 13Sep 29

"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.