Last Frost Day

Frost history / Stanley Wwtp, WI

Stanley Wwtp, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00478110, 1951 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,080 ft, 44.953, -90.927. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 17Sep 25
EarliestApr 25 (1999)Aug 14 (1964)
LatestJun 21 (1992)Oct 16 (1982)
Trend1.7 days earlier per decade2.3 days later per decade
Years with data5457

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 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 291960197019801990200020101951: May 111953: May 141954: Jun 51955: May 171956: May 241957: May 241958: May 231959: May 161960: May 121961: May 271962: May 21963: May 231964: Jun 161965: May 291966: May 291967: May 221968: May 101969: May 181971: May 271976: May 181977: May 91978: May 21979: May 41980: May 151981: May 191982: Apr 281983: May 261984: May 291985: Jun 31986: Jun 21987: May 81988: May 171990: May 101991: May 31992: Jun 211993: Jun 11994: May 271995: May 61997: May 161998: Apr 281999: Apr 252000: May 192001: May 122002: May 212003: Apr 262004: May 152005: May 122006: May 212007: May 172008: May 202009: May 112010: May 92011: May 42013: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101952: Sep 241953: Sep 131954: Sep 221955: Sep 111956: Sep 71957: Sep 261958: Sep 281959: Sep 111960: Sep 281961: Sep 251962: Sep 61963: Sep 131964: Aug 141965: Sep 261966: Sep 261967: Sep 101968: Oct 41969: Sep 281970: Sep 281971: Sep 241972: Sep 221973: Sep 181974: Sep 11975: Sep 131976: Sep 221977: Oct 111978: Oct 81979: Oct 71980: Oct 41981: Sep 281982: Oct 161983: Sep 231984: Sep 151985: Sep 251986: Sep 71987: Sep 251988: Sep 61990: Oct 91991: Sep 201993: Sep 301994: Oct 101996: Oct 31997: Oct 141998: Oct 11999: Sep 212000: Sep 242001: Sep 242002: Oct 72003: Sep 292004: Sep 292005: Oct 72006: Sep 202007: Sep 152008: Oct 32009: Sep 302010: Oct 32013: Sep 17

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
2013May 14Sep 17May 4Oct 20
2011May 4no dataMay 4no data
2010May 9Oct 3May 9Oct 3
2009May 11Sep 30Apr 15Sep 30
2008May 20Oct 3Apr 30Oct 4
2007May 17Sep 15Apr 16Sep 15
2006May 21Sep 20May 6Sep 21
2005May 12Oct 7May 4Oct 27
2004May 15Sep 29May 15Oct 2
2003Apr 26Sep 29Apr 22Sep 29
2002May 21Oct 7May 20Oct 13
2001May 12Sep 24Apr 19Oct 6
2000May 19Sep 24May 19Oct 6
1999Apr 25Sep 21Apr 13Oct 3
1998Apr 28Oct 1Apr 10Oct 22
1997May 16Oct 14May 13Oct 22
1996no dataOct 3no dataOct 3
1995May 6no dataApr 25no data
1994May 27Oct 10May 6Oct 10
1993Jun 1Sep 30Apr 26Oct 2
1992Jun 21no dataMay 6no data
1991May 3Sep 20Apr 22Sep 27
1990May 10Oct 9May 10Oct 10
1988May 17Sep 6Apr 26Oct 3
1987May 8Sep 25Apr 30Oct 3
1986Jun 2Sep 7May 3Oct 6
1985Jun 3Sep 25Apr 28Sep 27
1984May 29Sep 15May 2Sep 26
1983May 26Sep 23May 15Oct 9
1982Apr 28Oct 16Apr 27Oct 21
1981May 19Sep 28May 11Oct 19
1980May 15Oct 4Apr 24Oct 5
1979May 4Oct 7Apr 16Oct 7
1978May 2Oct 8May 2Oct 8
1977May 9Oct 11Apr 8Oct 16
1976May 18Sep 22May 6Sep 24
1975no dataSep 13no dataOct 2
1974no dataSep 1no dataSep 23
1973no dataSep 18no dataSep 20
1972no dataSep 22no dataSep 30
1971May 27Sep 24May 12Oct 12
1970no dataSep 28no dataOct 14
1969May 18Sep 28May 12Oct 17
1968May 10Oct 4May 5Oct 24
1967May 22Sep 10May 22Sep 28
1966May 29Sep 26May 10Sep 26
1965May 29Sep 26May 29Sep 26
1964Jun 16Aug 14Apr 15Sep 28
1963May 23Sep 13May 23Oct 29
1962May 2Sep 6Apr 20Sep 20
1961May 27Sep 25May 10Sep 26
1960May 12Sep 28May 12Oct 18
1959May 16Sep 11May 15Sep 17
1958May 23Sep 28May 21Oct 1
1957May 24Sep 26May 16Sep 27
1956May 24Sep 7May 16Sep 7
1955May 17Sep 11May 17Sep 12
1954Jun 5Sep 22May 20Oct 18
1953May 14Sep 13May 13Sep 13
1952no dataSep 24no dataOct 5
1951May 11no dataMay 11no data

"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.