Last Frost Day

Frost history / La Barge, WY

La Barge, WY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00485252, 1963 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,598 ft, 42.264, -110.195. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 24Aug 30
EarliestMay 22 (2009)Aug 7 (1996)
LatestJul 31 (1995)Sep 25 (1998)
Trend2.8 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data3133

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 31 and the median first fall date is Sep 9.

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)

May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 13197019801990200020101964: Jun 201967: Jun 241968: Jul 11969: Jul 41970: Jun 101971: Jun 301972: Jun 191973: Jul 21977: May 311978: Jul 11979: Jul 71980: Jun 151987: Jul 191988: Jun 301989: Jun 221990: Jul 71991: Jul 11994: Jun 271995: Jul 311996: Jun 21998: Jun 281999: Jun 282001: Jun 162002: Jun 122003: Jun 42004: Jun 12005: Jun 132006: Jun 252009: May 222010: Jun 182011: Jun 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12197019801990200020101963: Sep 151967: Sep 131968: Aug 161969: Aug 311971: Sep 51972: Sep 71973: Sep 21976: Aug 271977: Aug 231978: Aug 151985: Aug 101986: Sep 11987: Aug 161988: Aug 181989: Aug 151990: Aug 281991: Sep 131993: Aug 271994: Aug 301995: Aug 91996: Aug 71997: Sep 161998: Sep 251999: Sep 52000: Sep 62001: Sep 72002: Aug 92003: Sep 122004: Aug 262005: Aug 302009: Aug 162010: Aug 242011: Sep 18

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
2011Jun 17Sep 18May 20Sep 21
2010Jun 18Aug 24May 30Sep 7
2009May 22Aug 16May 21Sep 9
2006Jun 25no dataMay 31no data
2005Jun 13Aug 30Jun 10Aug 30
2004Jun 1Aug 26May 31Aug 26
2003Jun 4Sep 12May 20Sep 12
2002Jun 12Aug 9Jun 11Sep 18
2001Jun 16Sep 7Jun 13Sep 7
2000no dataSep 6no dataSep 6
1999Jun 28Sep 5May 17Sep 8
1998Jun 28Sep 25May 24Oct 5
1997no dataSep 16no dataSep 28
1996Jun 2Aug 7May 21Sep 6
1995Jul 31Aug 9May 19Sep 21
1994Jun 27Aug 30May 21Sep 15
1993no dataAug 27no dataAug 27
1991Jul 1Sep 13Jun 22Sep 15
1990Jul 7Aug 28Jul 7Sep 22
1989Jun 22Aug 15Jun 22Aug 27
1988Jun 30Aug 18Jun 1Sep 9
1987Jul 19Aug 16Jun 8Sep 6
1986no dataSep 1no dataSep 11
1985no dataAug 10no dataAug 10
1980Jun 15no dataApr 26no data
1979Jul 7no dataJun 9no data
1978Jul 1Aug 15Jun 1Aug 18
1977May 31Aug 23May 30Sep 9
1976no dataAug 27no dataSep 8
1973Jul 2Sep 2Jun 19Sep 14
1972Jun 19Sep 7May 23Sep 14
1971Jun 30Sep 5Jun 30Sep 15
1970Jun 10no dataMay 22no data
1969Jul 4Aug 31Jun 29Sep 5
1968Jul 1Aug 16Jul 1Sep 16
1967Jun 24Sep 13May 20Sep 13
1964Jun 20no dataMay 24no data
1963no dataSep 15no dataOct 13

"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.