Last Frost Day

Frost history / Oconto 4 W, WI

Oconto 4 W, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00476208, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 660 ft, 44.892, -87.955. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 13Sep 29
EarliestApr 20 (1962)Aug 13 (1997)
LatestJun 11 (1972)Oct 26 (2017)
Trend1.1 days earlier per decade1.7 days later per decade
Years with data6671

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 and the median first fall date is Oct 13.

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 14Jun 2919601970198019902000201020201951: May 131952: May 71953: May 231954: May 261955: May 171956: May 161957: May 161958: May 261959: May 151960: May 131961: May 271962: Apr 201963: May 231965: May 131966: May 101967: May 221968: May 101970: May 81971: May 141972: Jun 111973: May 151974: May 131975: Apr 271976: May 191977: May 111978: May 61979: May 161980: May 91981: May 191982: May 81983: May 181984: May 41985: May 21986: Jun 21987: May 51991: May 41992: May 71993: May 191994: May 271995: May 61996: May 311997: May 221998: Apr 291999: Apr 252000: May 202001: Apr 282002: May 212003: May 42004: May 52005: May 122006: May 72007: May 132009: May 172010: May 102011: May 272012: Apr 302013: May 132015: May 202017: May 92018: Apr 302019: Apr 282020: May 132021: May 132022: May 62023: May 262024: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 291952: Oct 31953: Sep 131954: Sep 231955: Sep 121956: Sep 201957: Sep 271958: Oct 11959: Sep 171960: Oct 71961: Sep 281962: Sep 291963: Oct 131964: Sep 281965: Sep 261966: Sep 261967: Sep 281969: Oct 141970: Oct 151971: Oct 111972: Sep 221973: Sep 201974: Sep 181975: Sep 141976: Sep 221977: Oct 131978: Sep 281979: Sep 191980: Sep 261981: Sep 221982: Oct 161983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 251986: Sep 71987: Oct 11990: Oct 111991: Sep 271992: Sep 231993: Sep 291994: Oct 101995: Sep 231996: Sep 251997: Aug 131998: Sep 231999: Sep 212000: Sep 252001: Oct 62002: Oct 142003: Sep 292004: Sep 292005: Oct 212006: Oct 122007: Sep 152008: Oct 32009: Oct 12010: Oct 42011: Oct 12012: Sep 192013: Oct 142014: Oct 92015: Oct 172016: Oct 132017: Oct 262018: Sep 292019: Oct 142020: Oct 52021: Oct 232022: Sep 232023: Oct 82024: Oct 8

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 26Oct 8Apr 25Oct 24
2023May 26Oct 8May 2Oct 30
2022May 6Sep 23Apr 28Oct 27
2021May 13Oct 23May 9Oct 25
2020May 13Oct 5May 13Oct 18
2019Apr 28Oct 14Apr 28Oct 26
2018Apr 30Sep 29Apr 29Oct 13
2017May 9Oct 26May 8Oct 29
2016no dataOct 13no dataNov 12
2015May 20Oct 17Apr 26Oct 17
2014no dataOct 9no dataOct 19
2013May 13Oct 14May 13Oct 20
2012Apr 30Sep 19Apr 28Oct 12
2011May 27Oct 1Apr 19Oct 28
2010May 10Oct 4May 9Oct 29
2009May 17Oct 1Apr 23Oct 10
2008no dataOct 3no dataOct 22
2007May 13Sep 15Apr 14Oct 13
2006May 7Oct 12May 6Oct 12
2005May 12Oct 21May 4Oct 28
2004May 5Sep 29May 3Oct 5
2003May 4Sep 29May 4Oct 2
2002May 21Oct 14May 20Oct 14
2001Apr 28Oct 6Apr 18Oct 6
2000May 20Sep 25Apr 22Oct 7
1999Apr 25Sep 21Apr 24Oct 3
1998Apr 29Sep 23Apr 28Oct 22
1997May 22Aug 13May 20Oct 21
1996May 31Sep 25May 31Sep 25
1995May 6Sep 23May 4Sep 23
1994May 27Oct 10May 2Oct 10
1993May 19Sep 29May 19Sep 30
1992May 7Sep 23May 6Sep 29
1991May 4Sep 27Apr 22Sep 27
1990no dataOct 11no dataOct 13
1987May 5Oct 1Apr 9Oct 3
1986Jun 2Sep 7May 3Oct 18
1985May 2Sep 25Apr 17Oct 11
1984May 4Sep 26Apr 9Oct 29
1983May 18Sep 23May 10Oct 30
1982May 8Oct 16Apr 29Oct 17
1981May 19Sep 22May 19Oct 3
1980May 9Sep 26Apr 25Oct 5
1979May 16Sep 19May 1Oct 10
1978May 6Sep 28May 3Oct 8
1977May 11Oct 13May 10Oct 13
1976May 19Sep 22May 12Sep 22
1975Apr 27Sep 14Apr 21Oct 2
1974May 13Sep 18May 8Sep 22
1973May 15Sep 20Apr 14Sep 20
1972Jun 11Sep 22Apr 26Oct 9
1971May 14Oct 11Apr 15Nov 3
1970May 8Oct 15May 7Oct 16
1969no dataOct 14no dataOct 17
1968May 10no dataMay 6no data
1967May 22Sep 28May 12Oct 12
1966May 10Sep 26May 10Oct 20
1965May 13Sep 26Apr 28Oct 4
1964no dataSep 28no dataOct 6
1963May 23Oct 13May 23Nov 2
1962Apr 20Sep 29Apr 20Oct 24
1961May 27Sep 28May 10Sep 29
1960May 13Oct 7May 1Oct 20
1959May 15Sep 17Apr 21Oct 19
1958May 26Oct 1May 9Oct 12
1957May 16Sep 27May 16Oct 25
1956May 16Sep 20May 8Sep 20
1955May 17Sep 12Apr 7Oct 25
1954May 26Sep 23May 8Oct 7
1953May 23Sep 13May 14Oct 7
1952May 7Oct 3Apr 24Oct 3
1951May 13Sep 29Apr 20Oct 27

"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.