Last Frost Day

Frost history / Diversion Dam, WY

Diversion Dam, WY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00482595, 1951 to 2023, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 5,578 ft, 43.234, -108.913. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 27Sep 17
EarliestApr 29 (1957)Aug 13 (2002)
LatestJun 25 (1985)Oct 21 (1963)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data5656

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 12 and the median first fall date is Sep 26.

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 29Jul 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Jun 81952: May 271953: May 141954: Jun 81955: May 291956: May 141957: Apr 291958: May 21959: May 281960: Jun 211961: May 81962: Jun 71963: May 131964: May 241965: May 271966: May 231967: May 141968: May 201969: Jun 131970: May 151971: May 201973: Jun 41974: Jun 11975: May 291976: Jun 151977: May 301978: May 131979: Jun 91980: May 141981: Jun 151982: Jun 91983: May 311984: Jun 91985: Jun 251986: May 181991: May 131994: Jun 101995: Jun 101996: May 291997: May 201998: Jun 51999: May 182000: Jun 172002: Jun 112003: May 212007: May 262008: Jun 112009: May 162010: May 302011: May 302015: May 212017: May 232018: May 122019: May 222020: May 232023: May 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 121952: Sep 21953: Sep 211954: Sep 191955: Sep 231956: Aug 311957: Sep 111958: Sep 211959: Sep 291960: Sep 91961: Sep 31962: Aug 241963: Oct 211964: Sep 31965: Sep 161966: Oct 11967: Oct 71968: Sep 41970: Sep 101971: Sep 151972: Sep 141973: Sep 161974: Sep 31975: Sep 191976: Sep 91977: Sep 91979: Sep 141980: Sep 221981: Sep 261982: Sep 141983: Sep 191984: Sep 221985: Sep 191986: Sep 61987: Oct 91990: Oct 31994: Sep 221995: Sep 201996: Sep 191997: Sep 181998: Oct 71999: Sep 132001: Oct 52002: Aug 132004: Sep 222006: Sep 172007: Sep 102008: Sep 22010: Sep 72011: Sep 212014: Sep 92015: Aug 232017: Sep 172018: Sep 212019: Sep 262023: Sep 30

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
2023May 7Sep 30Apr 26Oct 14
2020May 23no dataMay 23no data
2019May 22Sep 26May 4Oct 3
2018May 12Sep 21May 1Sep 25
2017May 23Sep 17May 14Sep 20
2015May 21Aug 23May 11Oct 15
2014no dataSep 9no dataSep 12
2011May 30Sep 21May 4Oct 19
2010May 30Sep 7May 13Oct 13
2009May 16no dataMay 9no data
2008Jun 11Sep 2May 3Sep 2
2007May 26Sep 10May 24Oct 21
2006no dataSep 17no dataOct 12
2004no dataSep 22no dataSep 23
2003May 21no dataMay 21no data
2002Jun 11Aug 13May 25Aug 13
2001no dataOct 5no dataOct 7
2000Jun 17no dataMay 13no data
1999May 18Sep 13May 18Sep 28
1998Jun 5Oct 7Apr 28Oct 11
1997May 20Sep 18May 4Oct 5
1996May 29Sep 19May 12Sep 23
1995Jun 10Sep 20May 14Sep 21
1994Jun 10Sep 22May 3Sep 22
1991May 13no dataMay 6no data
1990no dataOct 3no dataOct 9
1987no dataOct 9no dataOct 9
1986May 18Sep 6May 18Sep 27
1985Jun 25Sep 19Jun 25Sep 19
1984Jun 9Sep 22May 8Sep 22
1983May 31Sep 19May 15Sep 19
1982Jun 9Sep 14May 31Oct 6
1981Jun 15Sep 26May 9Oct 15
1980May 14Sep 22Apr 18Sep 22
1979Jun 9Sep 14May 11Oct 22
1978May 13no dataMay 9no data
1977May 30Sep 9Apr 21Oct 2
1976Jun 15Sep 9Apr 24Oct 5
1975May 29Sep 19May 25Sep 19
1974Jun 1Sep 3May 16Sep 13
1973Jun 4Sep 16May 28Oct 5
1972no dataSep 14no dataSep 25
1971May 20Sep 15May 19Sep 15
1970May 15Sep 10May 15Sep 13
1969Jun 13no dataMay 1no data
1968May 20Sep 4May 19Sep 17
1967May 14Oct 7May 6Oct 7
1966May 23Oct 1May 19Oct 1
1965May 27Sep 16May 27Sep 16
1964May 24Sep 3May 12Sep 27
1963May 13Oct 21May 13Oct 27
1962Jun 7Aug 24Apr 29Sep 8
1961May 8Sep 3May 8Sep 3
1960Jun 21Sep 9May 20Oct 14
1959May 28Sep 29May 7Sep 30
1958May 2Sep 21May 1Oct 1
1957Apr 29Sep 11Apr 28Sep 22
1956May 14Aug 31May 14Sep 22
1955May 29Sep 23Apr 28Sep 23
1954Jun 8Sep 19May 3Oct 1
1953May 14Sep 21May 14Sep 25
1952May 27Sep 2Apr 14Sep 14
1951Jun 8Sep 12Jun 3Sep 12

"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.