Last Frost Day

Frost history / St Germain, WI

St Germain, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00477480, 1972 to 2010, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,643 ft, 45.916, -89.489. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 20Sep 25
EarliestApr 29 (1998)Sep 14 (1989)
LatestJun 10 (1972)Oct 16 (1982)
Trend0.5 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data3634

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 8 and the median first fall date is Oct 9.

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 2919801990200020101972: Jun 101973: May 171974: May 261975: May 161976: May 181977: May 101978: May 211979: May 161980: May 151981: May 191982: May 81983: May 261984: May 271985: May 201986: Jun 21987: Jun 41988: May 251989: May 121990: Jun 41993: May 201994: May 281995: May 181996: May 141997: May 231998: Apr 291999: May 92000: May 192001: May 122002: May 222003: May 212004: May 282005: May 162006: May 232007: May 202009: Jun 42010: May 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719801990200020101972: Sep 221973: Sep 201974: Sep 221975: Sep 251976: Sep 221977: Oct 31978: Oct 81979: Oct 101980: Sep 261981: Sep 221982: Oct 161983: Oct 91984: Sep 261985: Sep 251986: Sep 161987: Sep 251988: Sep 241989: Sep 141990: Sep 171992: Sep 231993: Sep 301994: Oct 21995: Sep 241996: Oct 21997: Oct 11998: Oct 21999: Sep 212000: Sep 232002: Oct 72003: Sep 292005: Oct 92006: Sep 232007: Sep 152008: Oct 3

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
2010May 15no dataMay 12no data
2009Jun 4no dataApr 28no data
2008no dataOct 3no dataOct 21
2007May 20Sep 15Apr 17Sep 15
2006May 23Sep 23May 6Oct 10
2005May 16Oct 9May 12Oct 28
2004May 28no dataMay 15no data
2003May 21Sep 29May 4Oct 2
2002May 22Oct 7May 21Oct 13
2001May 12no dataApr 19no data
2000May 19Sep 23May 19Oct 6
1999May 9Sep 21Apr 25Oct 3
1998Apr 29Oct 2Apr 28Oct 21
1997May 23Oct 1May 16Oct 15
1996May 14Oct 2May 14Oct 7
1995May 18Sep 24May 1Sep 24
1994May 28Oct 2May 6Oct 10
1993May 20Sep 30May 16Sep 30
1992no dataSep 23no dataOct 17
1990Jun 4Sep 17May 30Oct 10
1989May 12Sep 14May 11Sep 23
1988May 25Sep 24May 25Oct 3
1987Jun 4Sep 25May 12Sep 25
1986Jun 2Sep 16May 3Oct 10
1985May 20Sep 25Apr 17Oct 11
1984May 27Sep 26May 4Sep 29
1983May 26Oct 9May 17Oct 29
1982May 8Oct 16Apr 29Oct 22
1981May 19Sep 22May 10Oct 3
1980May 15Sep 26Apr 25Oct 5
1979May 16Oct 10May 5Oct 14
1978May 21Oct 8May 2Oct 14
1977May 10Oct 3May 9Oct 13
1976May 18Sep 22May 12Sep 22
1975May 16Sep 25Apr 22Oct 2
1974May 26Sep 22May 10Sep 22
1973May 17Sep 20May 15Oct 17
1972Jun 10Sep 22May 5Oct 9

"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.