Last Frost Day

Frost history / Sheboygan, WI

Sheboygan, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00477725, 1951 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 648 ft, 43.750, -87.717. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 25Oct 21
EarliestApr 4 (1987)Sep 22 (1974)
LatestMay 13 (1996)Nov 16 (1994)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)0.9 days earlier per decade
Years with data5556

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Nov 2.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30196019701980199020001951: Apr 201952: Apr 151953: Apr 281954: May 71955: Apr 71956: Apr 301957: Apr 151958: Apr 301959: Apr 211960: Apr 191961: May 21962: Apr 201963: May 11964: Apr 151965: Apr 281966: May 101967: May 31968: Apr 251969: Apr 291970: May 61971: Apr 241972: Apr 251973: Apr 141974: May 71975: Apr 221976: Apr 271977: Apr 291978: May 11979: Apr 111980: Apr 241981: Apr 211982: Apr 271983: May 101984: Apr 71985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 41988: Apr 211989: May 71990: Apr 181991: Apr 121992: May 61993: Apr 261994: May 21995: Apr 101996: May 131997: Apr 182000: Apr 222001: Apr 192003: Apr 282004: May 32005: May 22006: Apr 82007: Apr 152008: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001951: Oct 81952: Oct 31953: Nov 41954: Oct 301955: Oct 251956: Nov 81957: Oct 251958: Nov 71959: Oct 271960: Oct 201961: Oct 21962: Oct 241963: Nov 21964: Oct 101965: Oct 281966: Oct 251967: Oct 121968: Oct 291969: Oct 141970: Oct 161971: Nov 41972: Oct 91973: Nov 31974: Sep 221975: Oct 21976: Oct 171977: Nov 111978: Nov 11979: Oct 141980: Oct 51981: Oct 31982: Oct 211983: Nov 41984: Oct 291985: Nov 81986: Nov 21987: Oct 81988: Oct 121989: Oct 181990: Oct 191991: Oct 161992: Oct 171993: Oct 101994: Nov 161995: Oct 261996: Oct 311997: Oct 221999: Oct 42000: Oct 72001: Oct 242002: Oct 92003: Oct 22004: Oct 52005: Oct 282006: Oct 122007: Nov 7

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
2008Apr 30no dataApr 2no data
2007Apr 15Nov 7Apr 8Nov 7
2006Apr 8Oct 12Apr 8Oct 12
2005May 2Oct 28Mar 27Oct 28
2004May 3Oct 5Apr 13Nov 12
2003Apr 28Oct 2Apr 9Nov 6
2002no dataOct 9no dataNov 1
2001Apr 19Oct 24Apr 18Nov 6
2000Apr 22Oct 7Apr 12Oct 10
1999no dataOct 4no dataOct 24
1997Apr 18Oct 22Apr 18Oct 22
1996May 13Oct 31Apr 15Oct 31
1995Apr 10Oct 26Apr 6Nov 3
1994May 2Nov 16Apr 7Nov 19
1993Apr 26Oct 10Apr 5Oct 30
1992May 6Oct 17Apr 13Oct 18
1991Apr 12Oct 16Mar 29Oct 19
1990Apr 18Oct 19Apr 12Nov 8
1989May 7Oct 18Apr 13Nov 3
1988Apr 21Oct 12Apr 15Oct 29
1987Apr 4Oct 8Apr 4Oct 29
1986Apr 23Nov 2Apr 22Nov 2
1985Apr 10Nov 8Apr 9Nov 20
1984Apr 7Oct 29Mar 24Nov 2
1983May 10Nov 4Apr 20Nov 12
1982Apr 27Oct 21Apr 10Nov 13
1981Apr 21Oct 3Mar 25Oct 23
1980Apr 24Oct 5Apr 24Oct 27
1979Apr 11Oct 14Apr 10Nov 7
1978May 1Nov 1May 1Nov 16
1977Apr 29Nov 11Apr 8Nov 12
1976Apr 27Oct 17Apr 12Oct 17
1975Apr 22Oct 2Apr 13Nov 14
1974May 7Sep 22Apr 9Nov 13
1973Apr 14Nov 3Apr 13Nov 4
1972Apr 25Oct 9Apr 25Oct 17
1971Apr 24Nov 4Apr 24Nov 6
1970May 6Oct 16Apr 10Nov 16
1969Apr 29Oct 14Apr 3Oct 22
1968Apr 25Oct 29Apr 6Nov 9
1967May 3Oct 12Apr 11Oct 28
1966May 10Oct 25May 9Nov 2
1965Apr 28Oct 28Apr 3Nov 14
1964Apr 15Oct 10Apr 8Nov 18
1963May 1Nov 2Apr 10Nov 23
1962Apr 20Oct 24Apr 20Oct 24
1961May 2Oct 2Apr 8Nov 6
1960Apr 19Oct 20Apr 18Oct 21
1959Apr 21Oct 27Mar 30Oct 28
1958Apr 30Nov 7Apr 29Nov 7
1957Apr 15Oct 25Apr 14Oct 25
1956Apr 30Nov 8Apr 23Nov 10
1955Apr 7Oct 25Mar 29Nov 3
1954May 7Oct 30Apr 4Oct 30
1953Apr 28Nov 4Apr 18Nov 5
1952Apr 15Oct 3Apr 8Oct 6
1951Apr 20Oct 8Apr 16Nov 1

"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.