Last Frost Day

Frost history / Weyerhaeuser 1N, WI

Weyerhaeuser 1N, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00479144, 1952 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,195 ft, 45.443, -91.418. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 23Sep 22
EarliestApr 23 (1962)Aug 27 (1986)
LatestJun 21 (1992)Oct 10 (1997)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.5 days later per decade
Years with data4748

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 and the median first fall date is Sep 29.

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 29196019701980199020001953: May 161954: May 201955: May 171956: May 191957: Jun 21958: May 231959: May 241960: May 121961: May 261962: Apr 231963: May 231964: Jun 31965: May 291966: May 311967: May 221968: May 171969: May 221970: May 61971: May 271972: Jun 101973: May 301976: May 181977: May 101978: Jun 81979: May 251980: May 161981: May 311984: May 291985: Jun 121986: Jun 171987: Jun 91988: Jun 91989: Jun 151990: Jun 41991: May 81992: Jun 211993: May 291994: May 271995: May 61996: May 131997: May 211998: Apr 291999: Apr 242000: May 202001: May 122002: May 212003: Jun 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27196019701980199020001952: Sep 241953: Sep 131954: Sep 221955: Sep 111956: Sep 71957: Sep 51958: Oct 11959: Sep 111960: Sep 301961: Sep 231962: Sep 201963: Sep 131964: Sep 121965: Sep 261966: Sep 261967: Sep 101968: Oct 41969: Sep 91970: Sep 271971: Sep 171972: Sep 221973: Sep 201976: Sep 221977: Oct 31978: Sep 221979: Sep 191980: Sep 171981: Sep 201984: Sep 151985: Sep 111986: Aug 271987: Sep 251988: Sep 61989: Sep 231990: Sep 301991: Sep 191992: Sep 191993: Sep 241994: Oct 101995: Sep 221996: Oct 31997: Oct 101998: Sep 221999: Sep 212000: Sep 242001: Sep 252002: Sep 242006: Sep 21

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
2006no dataSep 21no dataSep 22
2003Jun 1no dataApr 22no data
2002May 21Sep 24May 20Oct 13
2001May 12Sep 25Apr 18Oct 6
2000May 20Sep 24Apr 22Oct 6
1999Apr 24Sep 21Mar 30Oct 3
1998Apr 29Sep 22Apr 10Oct 22
1997May 21Oct 10May 16Oct 22
1996May 13Oct 3May 13Oct 3
1995May 6Sep 22Apr 25Sep 23
1994May 27Oct 10May 6Oct 10
1993May 29Sep 24Apr 26Sep 30
1992Jun 21Sep 19May 26Sep 29
1991May 8Sep 19May 3Sep 20
1990Jun 4Sep 30May 11Oct 9
1989Jun 15Sep 23May 6Sep 23
1988Jun 9Sep 6May 25Oct 3
1987Jun 9Sep 25Jun 4Oct 3
1986Jun 17Aug 27Jun 17Aug 28
1985Jun 12Sep 11Jun 12Sep 11
1984May 29Sep 15May 29Sep 26
1981May 31Sep 20May 19Oct 2
1980May 16Sep 17May 15Sep 17
1979May 25Sep 19May 3Oct 15
1978Jun 8Sep 22May 2Oct 8
1977May 10Oct 3May 9Oct 7
1976May 18Sep 22May 12Sep 24
1973May 30Sep 20May 15Sep 20
1972Jun 10Sep 22Apr 26Sep 22
1971May 27Sep 17May 3Oct 12
1970May 6Sep 27May 6Oct 16
1969May 22Sep 9May 12Oct 12
1968May 17Oct 4May 5Oct 5
1967May 22Sep 10May 12Sep 28
1966May 31Sep 26May 10Sep 26
1965May 29Sep 26May 29Sep 26
1964Jun 3Sep 12Apr 15Sep 15
1963May 23Sep 13May 23Sep 13
1962Apr 23Sep 20Apr 20Sep 20
1961May 26Sep 23May 26Sep 26
1960May 12Sep 30May 12Oct 18
1959May 24Sep 11May 15Sep 17
1958May 23Oct 1May 9Oct 1
1957Jun 2Sep 5May 16Sep 27
1956May 19Sep 7May 16Sep 20
1955May 17Sep 11May 6Sep 12
1954May 20Sep 22May 9Oct 6
1953May 16Sep 13May 14Sep 22
1952no dataSep 24no dataOct 3

"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.