Last Frost Day

Frost history / Minong 5 Wsw, WI

Minong 5 Wsw, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00475525, 1962 to 2004, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,075 ft, 46.067, -91.867. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 22Sep 23
EarliestMay 3 (2003)Aug 14 (1964)
LatestJun 23 (1972)Oct 7 (2002)
Trend5.7 days earlier per decade4.0 days later per decade
Years with data3233

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 15 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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919701980199020001963: Jun 121966: Jun 101967: May 291969: Jun 221970: May 171971: Jun 91972: Jun 231973: May 301974: May 251975: May 161976: May 241977: May 91978: May 211979: May 251980: May 151981: May 191982: Jun 31983: May 261984: May 291991: May 71992: Jun 211993: May 161994: May 101995: May 71996: May 131997: May 271999: May 92000: May 192001: May 302002: May 202003: May 32004: May 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 1219701980199020001962: Sep 201963: Sep 131964: Aug 141966: Sep 151967: Sep 221968: Oct 41969: Sep 91970: Sep 281971: Sep 171972: Sep 221973: Sep 181974: Sep 11975: Sep 121976: Sep 221977: Oct 21978: Sep 251979: Oct 51980: Sep 171981: Sep 281982: Sep 211983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 211991: Sep 261992: Sep 231993: Sep 301995: Sep 201996: Oct 31999: Sep 232000: Sep 242001: Sep 252002: Oct 72003: 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
2004May 15no dataMay 15no data
2003May 3Sep 29May 2Oct 1
2002May 20Oct 7May 20Oct 7
2001May 30Sep 25Apr 18Oct 6
2000May 19Sep 24May 19Sep 24
1999May 9Sep 23Apr 24Oct 2
1997May 27no dataMay 13no data
1996May 13Oct 3May 12Oct 3
1995May 7Sep 20May 3Sep 22
1994May 10no dataMay 6no data
1993May 16Sep 30May 16Oct 2
1992Jun 21Sep 23May 26Oct 17
1991May 7Sep 26May 3Sep 27
1985no dataSep 21no dataSep 26
1984May 29Sep 26May 2Sep 29
1983May 26Sep 23May 16Sep 23
1982Jun 3Sep 21Apr 27Sep 21
1981May 19Sep 28May 19Oct 2
1980May 15Sep 17May 15Sep 26
1979May 25Oct 5May 15Oct 7
1978May 21Sep 25May 6Oct 8
1977May 9Oct 2May 9Oct 2
1976May 24Sep 22May 18Sep 23
1975May 16Sep 12May 12Oct 2
1974May 25Sep 1May 13Sep 22
1973May 30Sep 18May 17Sep 20
1972Jun 23Sep 22Jun 10Sep 30
1971Jun 9Sep 17May 21Oct 12
1970May 17Sep 28May 17Sep 28
1969Jun 22Sep 9May 18Oct 12
1968no dataOct 4no dataOct 5
1967May 29Sep 22May 20Sep 24
1966Jun 10Sep 15Jun 10Sep 25
1964no dataAug 14no dataSep 15
1963Jun 12Sep 13May 23Sep 13
1962no dataSep 20no dataSep 20

"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.