Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mt Mary College, WI

Mt Mary College, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00475474, 1951 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 715 ft, 43.072, -88.029. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 30Oct 13
EarliestApr 8 (1984)Sep 20 (1956)
LatestJun 2 (1956)Nov 12 (2016)
Trend2.0 days earlier per decade2.2 days later per decade
Years with data6768

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 13 and the median first fall date is Oct 26.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 141960197019801990200020101951: May 131952: Apr 251953: May 151954: May 81955: May 91956: Jun 21957: May 51958: May 231959: Apr 221960: May 131961: May 271962: Apr 201963: May 231964: Apr 151965: Apr 281966: May 101967: May 121968: Apr 281969: Apr 301970: Apr 221971: May 31972: Apr 261973: Apr 141974: May 71975: Apr 211976: May 81977: May 101978: May 21979: May 11980: Apr 261981: May 21982: Apr 271983: May 171984: Apr 81985: Apr 101986: May 31987: Apr 91988: Apr 211989: May 71990: Apr 181991: Apr 101992: May 61993: Apr 271994: May 11995: Apr 141996: May 131997: Apr 221999: Apr 252000: Apr 222001: Apr 192002: May 212003: May 42004: May 32005: May 42006: Apr 102007: Apr 162008: Apr 302009: Apr 222010: May 92011: Apr 212012: Apr 272013: May 132014: Apr 232015: Apr 252016: Apr 142017: May 82018: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 31953: Oct 71954: Oct 181955: Oct 11956: Sep 201957: Sep 281958: Oct 11959: Oct 191960: Oct 81961: Sep 291962: Oct 241963: Oct 131964: Sep 281965: Oct 51966: Oct 201967: Oct 121968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 161971: Nov 11972: Oct 91973: Nov 31974: Sep 221975: Oct 21976: Oct 171977: Oct 131978: Oct 81979: Oct 101980: Oct 51981: Oct 191982: Oct 171983: Oct 301984: Oct 231985: Nov 81986: Oct 151987: Oct 31988: Oct 121989: Oct 41990: Oct 111991: Oct 161992: Oct 171993: Sep 301994: Oct 271995: Sep 231996: Oct 111997: Oct 221998: Oct 221999: Oct 182000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 12004: Oct 52005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 282008: Oct 292009: Oct 102010: Oct 222011: Oct 282012: Oct 82013: Oct 222014: Oct 192015: Oct 172016: Nov 122017: Oct 302018: Oct 13

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 30Oct 13Apr 30Oct 14
2017May 8Oct 30Mar 23Nov 7
2016Apr 14Nov 12Apr 13Nov 12
2015Apr 25Oct 17Apr 24Oct 18
2014Apr 23Oct 19Apr 16Nov 2
2013May 13Oct 22Apr 20Oct 23
2012Apr 27Oct 8Mar 10Oct 27
2011Apr 21Oct 28Apr 1Nov 5
2010May 9Oct 22Apr 9Nov 2
2009Apr 22Oct 10Apr 13Oct 11
2008Apr 30Oct 29Apr 3Nov 10
2007Apr 16Oct 28Apr 15Nov 7
2006Apr 10Oct 12Mar 27Oct 15
2005May 4Oct 26Apr 3Nov 14
2004May 3Oct 5May 3Oct 5
2003May 4Oct 1Apr 24Oct 2
2002May 21Oct 14Apr 6Oct 17
2001Apr 19Oct 7Apr 18Oct 7
2000Apr 22Oct 7Apr 13Nov 11
1999Apr 25Oct 18Mar 27Oct 24
1998no dataOct 22no dataNov 5
1997Apr 22Oct 22Apr 18Oct 28
1996May 13Oct 11Apr 17Oct 31
1995Apr 14Sep 23Apr 5Nov 3
1994May 1Oct 27Apr 7Nov 24
1993Apr 27Sep 30Apr 4Oct 30
1992May 6Oct 17Apr 12Oct 19
1991Apr 10Oct 16Apr 2Oct 19
1990Apr 18Oct 11Apr 12Nov 8
1989May 7Oct 4Apr 13Nov 3
1988Apr 21Oct 12Apr 21Oct 13
1987Apr 9Oct 3Apr 4Oct 25
1986May 3Oct 15Apr 22Nov 2
1985Apr 10Nov 8Apr 9Nov 20
1984Apr 8Oct 23Apr 1Nov 2
1983May 17Oct 30Apr 20Nov 12
1982Apr 27Oct 17Apr 9Oct 22
1981May 2Oct 19Apr 6Oct 23
1980Apr 26Oct 5Apr 24Oct 27
1979May 1Oct 10Apr 10Oct 14
1978May 2Oct 8May 1Nov 1
1977May 10Oct 13Apr 29Nov 12
1976May 8Oct 17Apr 12Oct 18
1975Apr 21Oct 2Apr 13Nov 14
1974May 7Sep 22Apr 10Oct 2
1973Apr 14Nov 3Apr 13Nov 5
1972Apr 26Oct 9Apr 25Oct 19
1971May 3Nov 1Apr 24Nov 6
1970Apr 22Oct 16Apr 12Nov 8
1969Apr 30Oct 15Apr 6Oct 23
1968Apr 28Oct 5Apr 6Oct 30
1967May 12Oct 12Apr 25Oct 12
1966May 10Oct 20May 10Oct 25
1965Apr 28Oct 5Apr 3Oct 29
1964Apr 15Sep 28Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 23Oct 13May 1Nov 2
1962Apr 20Oct 24Apr 20Oct 24
1961May 27Sep 29May 2Oct 2
1960May 13Oct 8Apr 18Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 19Apr 22Oct 28
1958May 23Oct 1Apr 29Nov 2
1957May 5Sep 28May 5Oct 25
1956Jun 2Sep 20May 8Sep 20
1955May 9Oct 1Apr 2Oct 22
1954May 8Oct 18Apr 9Oct 19
1953May 15Oct 7Apr 28Oct 7
1952Apr 25Oct 3Apr 11Oct 3
1951May 13Sep 29Apr 20Sep 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.