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Frost history / Echeta 2 Nw, WY

Echeta 2 Nw, WY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00482881, 1965 to 2005, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,000 ft, 44.483, -105.899. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 22Sep 18
EarliestMay 2 (1972)Aug 22 (1966)
LatestJun 20 (1986)Oct 10 (1986)
Trend0.9 days earlier per decade4.5 days later per decade
Years with data2829

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919701980199020001965: May 271966: Jun 161967: May 111968: May 201969: Jun 141972: May 21973: May 221974: Jun 11975: May 251976: May 171977: May 51978: Jun 21980: May 131983: May 161986: Jun 201987: May 211988: May 211989: May 261990: Jun 21991: May 51992: May 161993: May 241995: May 251996: May 211997: May 281999: May 172000: May 182005: May 28

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719701980199020001965: Sep 51966: Aug 221969: Sep 151970: Sep 141971: Sep 151973: Sep 151974: Sep 11975: Sep 121976: Sep 201979: Oct 31980: Sep 161981: Sep 271983: Sep 181986: Oct 101987: Sep 181988: Sep 211989: Sep 111990: Sep 221991: Sep 181992: Aug 301993: Sep 131995: Sep 211996: Sep 241997: Oct 62000: Sep 222001: Oct 52002: Sep 222003: Sep 182005: Sep 26

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
2005May 28Sep 26May 12Oct 5
2003no dataSep 18no dataSep 27
2002no dataSep 22no dataOct 12
2001no dataOct 5no dataOct 5
2000May 18Sep 22May 13Sep 22
1999May 17no dataMay 7no data
1997May 28Oct 6May 3Oct 9
1996May 21Sep 24May 11Sep 26
1995May 25Sep 21Apr 27Sep 21
1993May 24Sep 13May 1Sep 14
1992May 16Aug 30May 2Sep 14
1991May 5Sep 18May 5Sep 18
1990Jun 2Sep 22May 14Oct 3
1989May 26Sep 11May 26Sep 11
1988May 21Sep 21May 21Oct 6
1987May 21Sep 18May 4Sep 18
1986Jun 20Oct 10May 10Oct 12
1983May 16Sep 18May 15Sep 19
1981no dataSep 27no dataOct 9
1980May 13Sep 16May 7Sep 22
1979no dataOct 3no dataOct 8
1978Jun 2no dataMay 7no data
1977May 5no dataMay 5no data
1976May 17Sep 20Apr 24Sep 28
1975May 25Sep 12May 21Sep 12
1974Jun 1Sep 1May 23Sep 13
1973May 22Sep 15May 12Sep 17
1972May 2no dataMay 1no data
1971no dataSep 15no dataSep 17
1970no dataSep 14no dataSep 14
1969Jun 14Sep 15Jun 14Oct 4
1968May 20no dataMay 20no data
1967May 11no dataMay 11no data
1966Jun 16Aug 22May 19Aug 22
1965May 27Sep 5May 27Sep 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.