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Frost history / Cheyenne Wfo, WY

Cheyenne Wfo, WY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00481676, 2003 to 2023, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,119 ft, 41.152, -104.806. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 13Oct 5
EarliestApr 27 (2018)Sep 7 (2020)
LatestJun 8 (2007)Oct 26 (2004)
Trend5.3 days earlier per decade2.5 days earlier per decade
Years with data1920

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 and the median first fall date is Oct 8.

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 14201020202004: May 252005: May 132006: May 112007: Jun 82008: May 112010: May 132011: May 192012: May 112013: May 62014: May 142015: May 202016: May 172017: May 202018: Apr 272019: May 222020: May 112021: May 112022: May 222023: Apr 28

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11201020202003: Sep 172004: Oct 262005: Oct 62006: Sep 232007: Oct 152008: Oct 102010: Oct 252011: Oct 82012: Oct 32013: Sep 282014: Sep 112015: Oct 232016: Oct 52017: Oct 22018: Oct 52019: Oct 32020: Sep 72021: Oct 122022: Oct 82023: Oct 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
2023Apr 28Oct 7Apr 23Oct 13
2022May 22Oct 8May 22Oct 17
2021May 11Oct 12Apr 23Oct 12
2020May 11Sep 7May 11Sep 8
2019May 22Oct 3May 21Oct 7
2018Apr 27Oct 5Apr 25Oct 9
2017May 20Oct 2May 19Oct 3
2016May 17Oct 5May 2Oct 7
2015May 20Oct 23May 20Oct 28
2014May 14Sep 11May 13Sep 11
2013May 6Sep 28May 3Oct 4
2012May 11Oct 3Apr 20Oct 3
2011May 19Oct 8May 5Oct 19
2010May 13Oct 25May 13Oct 27
2008May 11Oct 10May 10Oct 12
2007Jun 8Oct 15Apr 20Oct 21
2006May 11Sep 23May 11Sep 24
2005May 13Oct 6May 12Oct 6
2004May 25Oct 26May 13Oct 31
2003no dataSep 17no dataSep 18

"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.