Last Frost Day

Frost history / Richland Ctr, WI

Richland Ctr, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00477158, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 728 ft, 43.331, -90.389. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 10Sep 29
EarliestApr 17 (1955)Sep 6 (1988)
LatestMay 30 (1984)Oct 28 (1963)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)0.7 days later per decade
Years with data6060

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 26 and the median first fall date is Oct 11.

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: Apr 261952: May 291953: Apr 271954: May 201955: Apr 171956: May 161957: May 61958: May 71959: Apr 221960: May 121961: May 271962: Apr 241963: May 241964: Apr 251965: May 291966: May 111967: May 221968: May 61969: May 121970: May 61971: May 271972: May 101973: May 171974: May 131975: May 11976: May 81977: May 101978: May 61979: May 251980: May 91981: May 201982: May 71983: May 281984: May 301985: May 21986: May 31988: Apr 301989: May 111992: May 71993: Apr 231994: May 71995: Apr 261996: May 141997: May 211998: Apr 291999: Apr 252000: May 152001: Apr 252002: May 222003: May 32006: May 72007: Apr 172008: May 122009: May 172010: May 102011: May 172012: Apr 272013: May 142014: May 182015: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 281952: Oct 31953: Sep 131954: Oct 71955: Sep 111956: Sep 201957: Sep 271958: Oct 11959: Sep 181960: Oct 81961: Sep 281962: Sep 201963: Oct 281964: Sep 281965: Oct 41966: Sep 261967: Sep 291968: Oct 41969: Oct 141970: Oct 41971: Oct 71972: Sep 301973: Oct 171974: Sep 221975: Sep 131976: Sep 221977: Oct 41978: Oct 81979: Sep 221980: Oct 41981: Sep 281982: Sep 211983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 251986: Sep 71988: Sep 61991: Sep 201992: Sep 291993: Sep 291994: Oct 101995: Sep 231996: Oct 31997: Oct 141998: Oct 141999: Oct 12000: Oct 62001: Sep 252002: Sep 242003: Sep 292005: Oct 82006: Oct 62007: Sep 152008: Oct 42009: Oct 102010: Oct 32011: Oct 22012: Sep 232013: Oct 142014: Oct 5

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

"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.