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Frost history / Douglas 1 Se, WY

Douglas 1 Se, WY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00482685, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,870 ft, 42.747, -105.360. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 20Sep 14
EarliestMay 1 (1962)Sep 2 (1952)
LatestJun 8 (2007)Oct 12 (2015)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.1 days later per decade
Years with data2223

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 12 and the median first fall date is Oct 4.

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 141960197019801990200020101951: Jun 41952: May 101953: May 211954: Jun 81961: May 91962: May 11996: May 291997: May 191998: Jun 61999: May 182000: May 192002: May 252003: May 202004: Jun 22005: May 282006: May 152007: Jun 82008: May 142010: May 142011: May 212012: May 142013: May 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101951: Sep 131952: Sep 21953: Sep 211961: Sep 141995: Sep 201996: Sep 261997: Sep 281998: Oct 71999: Sep 132001: Sep 92002: Sep 222003: Sep 142004: Oct 22005: Sep 132006: Sep 32007: Sep 112008: Sep 142010: Sep 32011: Sep 212012: Sep 142013: Sep 272014: Sep 122015: Oct 12

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
2015no dataOct 12no dataOct 24
2014no dataSep 12no dataSep 12
2013May 5Sep 27May 3Oct 5
2012May 14Sep 14May 12Oct 6
2011May 21Sep 21May 13Sep 21
2010May 14Sep 3May 14Oct 20
2008May 14Sep 14May 14Oct 7
2007Jun 8Sep 11Apr 20Oct 15
2006May 15Sep 3May 12Sep 28
2005May 28Sep 13May 13Oct 6
2004Jun 2Oct 2May 14Oct 31
2003May 20Sep 14May 20Sep 30
2002May 25Sep 22May 13Sep 22
2001no dataSep 9no dataOct 7
2000May 19no dataMay 12no data
1999May 18Sep 13May 12Sep 13
1998Jun 6Oct 7May 3Oct 12
1997May 19Sep 28May 19Oct 9
1996May 29Sep 26May 5Sep 26
1995no dataSep 20no dataSep 21
1962May 1no dataMay 1no data
1961May 9Sep 14May 6Sep 14
1954Jun 8no dataMay 29no data
1953May 21Sep 21May 15Oct 4
1952May 10Sep 2Apr 24Sep 14
1951Jun 4Sep 13Apr 25Sep 16

"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.