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Frost history / Devils Twr #2, WY

Devils Twr #2, WY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00482466, 1959 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,862 ft, 44.583, -104.715. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 30Sep 11
EarliestMay 6 (1991)Aug 3 (1974)
LatestJul 12 (1987)Oct 8 (2022)
Trend2.0 days earlier per decade2.7 days later per decade
Years with data6058

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 17 and the median first fall date is Sep 22.

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 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 2919601970198019902000201020201959: May 251960: May 291961: May 91962: Jun 51963: May 221964: Jun 21965: Jun 81966: May 241967: May 191968: Jun 261969: Jun 161970: Jun 21971: May 251972: Jul 41973: Jun 181974: Jun 111975: Jun 111976: Jun 181977: May 311978: Jun 21979: Jun 101980: May 271981: May 241982: Jun 91983: Jun 61984: Jun 21985: Jun 281986: May 261987: Jul 121988: Jun 131989: Jun 141990: May 191991: May 61992: May 271993: Jun 41994: Jun 91995: Jun 301996: May 211997: May 191999: May 182000: Jun 22002: May 242003: May 142004: May 252007: May 242008: May 112009: May 162010: May 152011: May 292013: May 122014: Jun 102015: May 212016: Jun 22017: May 302018: May 202020: May 172021: May 132022: Jun 22024: Jun 192025: May 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201959: Sep 21960: Sep 91961: Sep 31962: Sep 41963: Oct 81964: Aug 121965: Sep 11966: Aug 131967: Aug 261968: Sep 51969: Sep 71970: Sep 101971: Sep 151972: Sep 151973: Sep 151974: Aug 31975: Aug 251976: Sep 91977: Sep 91978: Sep 201979: Sep 111980: Sep 41981: Sep 161982: Sep 191983: Sep 61984: Sep 221985: Sep 201986: Sep 71987: Sep 121988: Aug 281989: Sep 111990: Sep 141991: Sep 161994: Sep 221995: Sep 211996: Sep 241997: Sep 201999: Sep 82000: Sep 232003: Sep 142004: Sep 232005: Sep 202006: Sep 192007: Sep 102009: Sep 232010: Sep 32011: Sep 42012: Sep 132013: Sep 202014: Sep 62015: Aug 232016: Oct 52017: Sep 52020: Sep 92021: Sep 172022: Oct 82023: Oct 52024: Sep 22

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
2025May 22no dataMay 22no data
2024Jun 19Sep 22May 4Sep 22
2023no dataOct 5no dataOct 6
2022Jun 2Oct 8May 22Oct 8
2021May 13Sep 17May 13Oct 13
2020May 17Sep 9May 10Sep 9
2018May 20no dataApr 27no data
2017May 30Sep 5May 2Oct 3
2016Jun 2Oct 5May 17Oct 6
2015May 21Aug 23May 21Oct 15
2014Jun 10Sep 6May 16Sep 15
2013May 12Sep 20May 11Oct 4
2012no dataSep 13no dataOct 6
2011May 29Sep 4May 13Sep 21
2010May 15Sep 3May 15Oct 13
2009May 16Sep 23May 16Sep 28
2008May 11no dataMay 11no data
2007May 24Sep 10Apr 27Sep 14
2006no dataSep 19no dataSep 28
2005no dataSep 20no dataOct 5
2004May 25Sep 23May 14Oct 2
2003May 14Sep 14May 11Sep 30
2002May 24no dataMay 23no data
2000Jun 2Sep 23May 18Sep 24
1999May 18Sep 8May 17Sep 13
1997May 19Sep 20May 19Sep 20
1996May 21Sep 24May 21Sep 27
1995Jun 30Sep 21May 25Sep 21
1994Jun 9Sep 22May 1Sep 22
1993Jun 4no dataMay 10no data
1992May 27no dataMay 10no data
1991May 6Sep 16May 5Sep 18
1990May 19Sep 14May 17Oct 3
1989Jun 14Sep 11May 25Sep 11
1988Jun 13Aug 28May 22Oct 6
1987Jul 12Sep 12May 4Sep 18
1986May 26Sep 7May 17Sep 29
1985Jun 28Sep 20Jun 4Sep 23
1984Jun 2Sep 22May 28Sep 24
1983Jun 6Sep 6Jun 2Sep 20
1982Jun 9Sep 19Jun 1Sep 20
1981May 24Sep 16Apr 14Oct 1
1980May 27Sep 4May 15Sep 22
1979Jun 10Sep 11May 12Sep 14
1978Jun 2Sep 20May 13Sep 20
1977May 31Sep 9May 5Sep 10
1976Jun 18Sep 9May 16Sep 9
1975Jun 11Aug 25May 29Sep 12
1974Jun 11Aug 3Jun 1Sep 13
1973Jun 18Sep 15May 22Oct 3
1972Jul 4Sep 15May 4Sep 21
1971May 25Sep 15May 20Sep 15
1970Jun 2Sep 10May 25Sep 10
1969Jun 16Sep 7Jun 13Oct 5
1968Jun 26Sep 5May 20Sep 23
1967May 19Aug 26May 11Sep 27
1966May 24Aug 13May 24Oct 1
1965Jun 8Sep 1May 27Sep 5
1964Jun 2Aug 12Jun 2Sep 12
1963May 22Oct 8May 22Oct 16
1962Jun 5Sep 4May 1Sep 4
1961May 9Sep 3May 7Sep 3
1960May 29Sep 9May 29Sep 9
1959May 25Sep 2May 22Sep 2

"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.