Last Frost Day

Frost history / Ridgeland 1NNE, WI

Ridgeland 1NNE, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00477174, 1961 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,080 ft, 45.214, -91.888. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 16Sep 25
EarliestApr 23 (1962)Aug 28 (1986)
LatestJun 21 (1992)Oct 22 (2021)
Trend2.5 days earlier per decade2.5 days later per decade
Years with data6063

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 5 and the median first fall date is Oct 3.

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 291970198019902000201020201962: Apr 231963: May 231964: Jun 51965: May 291966: May 311967: May 221968: May 101969: May 181970: May 171971: May 271972: Jun 101973: May 301974: May 131975: May 161977: Jun 91978: Jun 81980: May 161981: May 191982: May 11983: May 261984: May 271985: Jun 21986: Jun 21987: May 151988: May 251989: May 91990: May 111991: May 31992: Jun 211993: May 171994: May 271995: May 181996: May 141997: May 212000: May 192001: May 122002: May 212003: May 32004: May 152005: May 162006: May 222007: May 172008: May 132009: May 112010: May 102011: May 162012: Apr 282013: May 242014: May 162015: May 212016: May 192017: May 72018: May 122019: May 112020: May 132021: May 122022: May 42023: May 32024: May 102025: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201961: Sep 251962: Sep 201963: Sep 131964: Sep 121965: Sep 261966: Sep 251967: Sep 241968: Oct 41969: Sep 281970: Sep 281971: Sep 171972: Sep 221973: Sep 181974: Sep 11975: Sep 131976: Aug 291977: Oct 21978: Sep 221979: Sep 191980: Sep 261981: Sep 171982: Sep 211983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 241986: Aug 281987: Sep 251988: Oct 31989: Sep 231990: Oct 21991: Sep 201993: Sep 301994: Oct 101995: Sep 211996: Oct 31997: Oct 101998: Oct 22000: Sep 242001: Sep 252002: Sep 232003: Sep 292004: Sep 292005: Sep 32006: Sep 212007: Sep 152008: Oct 32009: Sep 302010: Sep 262011: Sep 152012: Sep 232013: Oct 142014: Oct 52015: Oct 32016: Oct 82017: Oct 102018: Sep 292019: Oct 122020: Sep 182021: Oct 222022: Sep 282023: Oct 92024: Oct 42025: 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
2025Apr 30Oct 8Apr 26Oct 24
2024May 10Oct 4Apr 24Oct 15
2023May 3Oct 9Apr 26Oct 29
2022May 4Sep 28Apr 28Sep 28
2021May 12Oct 22May 11Oct 22
2020May 13Sep 18May 12Oct 3
2019May 11Oct 12May 3Oct 25
2018May 12Sep 29Apr 29Oct 13
2017May 7Oct 10Apr 12Oct 29
2016May 19Oct 8May 16Nov 9
2015May 21Oct 3Apr 26Oct 17
2014May 16Oct 5Apr 23Oct 10
2013May 24Oct 14May 13Oct 20
2012Apr 28Sep 23Apr 28Sep 26
2011May 16Sep 15May 4Oct 1
2010May 10Sep 26May 9Oct 3
2009May 11Sep 30Apr 28Sep 30
2008May 13Oct 3Apr 30Oct 4
2007May 17Sep 15Apr 17Sep 15
2006May 22Sep 21Apr 9Oct 10
2005May 16Sep 3May 4Sep 23
2004May 15Sep 29May 5Oct 5
2003May 3Sep 29Apr 22Oct 2
2002May 21Sep 23May 20Oct 13
2001May 12Sep 25Apr 19Oct 6
2000May 19Sep 24May 19Sep 25
1998no dataOct 2no dataOct 22
1997May 21Oct 10May 14Oct 20
1996May 14Oct 3May 13Oct 3
1995May 18Sep 21Apr 25Sep 23
1994May 27Oct 10May 6Oct 10
1993May 17Sep 30Apr 26Sep 30
1992Jun 21no dataMay 6no data
1991May 3Sep 20Apr 22Sep 27
1990May 11Oct 2May 11Oct 9
1989May 9Sep 23May 6Sep 24
1988May 25Oct 3May 17Oct 5
1987May 15Sep 25May 5Oct 3
1986Jun 2Aug 28May 21Oct 6
1985Jun 2Sep 24Apr 11Sep 25
1984May 27Sep 26May 2Sep 26
1983May 26Sep 23May 15Sep 23
1982May 1Sep 21Apr 29Oct 16
1981May 19Sep 17May 19Sep 28
1980May 16Sep 26May 15Oct 5
1979no dataSep 19no dataOct 7
1978Jun 8Sep 22May 6Oct 8
1977Jun 9Oct 2Apr 29Oct 4
1976no dataAug 29no dataSep 23
1975May 16Sep 13Apr 22Oct 2
1974May 13Sep 1May 6Sep 22
1973May 30Sep 18May 13Sep 20
1972Jun 10Sep 22Apr 27Sep 30
1971May 27Sep 17May 12Oct 12
1970May 17Sep 28May 6Oct 14
1969May 18Sep 28May 12Oct 12
1968May 10Oct 4May 6Oct 4
1967May 22Sep 24May 12Sep 28
1966May 31Sep 25May 10Sep 26
1965May 29Sep 26May 29Sep 26
1964Jun 5Sep 12Apr 20Sep 15
1963May 23Sep 13May 23Sep 13
1962Apr 23Sep 20Apr 23Sep 20
1961no dataSep 25no dataSep 26

"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.