Last Frost Day

Frost history / Leiter 9N, WY

Leiter 9N, WY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00485506, 1965 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,160 ft, 44.850, -106.289. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 14Sep 27
EarliestApr 24 (2023)Sep 8 (2020)
LatestJun 19 (2024)Oct 20 (2024)
Trend0.6 days earlier per decade2.2 days later per decade
Years with data5758

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 1 and the median first fall date is Oct 6.

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 291970198019902000201020201965: May 271966: May 221967: May 131969: Jun 141970: May 81971: May 191972: May 21973: May 21974: May 211975: May 251976: May 161977: May 61979: May 301980: May 131981: May 121982: May 311983: May 161984: May 81985: Apr 271986: May 241987: May 211988: May 41989: May 261990: May 141991: May 51992: May 271993: May 11994: Apr 301995: May 141996: May 111998: May 21999: May 172000: May 132001: May 42002: May 242003: May 202004: May 152005: May 132006: May 112007: May 242008: May 102009: Jun 82010: May 92011: May 152013: May 62014: May 122015: May 222016: May 142017: Apr 302018: Apr 252019: May 222020: May 102021: May 222022: May 212023: Apr 242024: Jun 192025: May 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201965: Sep 161966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Sep 221969: Oct 31970: Sep 121971: Sep 161972: Sep 211973: Sep 151974: Sep 131975: Sep 201976: Oct 51977: Oct 51978: Sep 191981: Oct 61982: Sep 141983: Sep 191984: Sep 231985: Sep 231986: Oct 111987: Oct 91988: Sep 291989: Sep 111990: Oct 61991: Sep 181992: Sep 181993: Sep 131994: Sep 221995: Sep 201996: Sep 261997: Oct 91998: Oct 191999: Sep 272000: Sep 222001: Oct 52002: Sep 262003: Sep 182004: Oct 12005: Oct 42006: Oct 112007: Sep 102008: Oct 92009: Sep 282010: Oct 132011: Sep 212012: Oct 42013: Sep 272014: Sep 112015: Oct 162016: Oct 62017: Oct 32018: Sep 282019: Sep 302020: Sep 82022: Oct 172023: Oct 62024: Oct 202025: Oct 7

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 7Oct 7Apr 18Oct 13
2024Jun 19Oct 20May 5Oct 26
2023Apr 24Oct 6Apr 23Oct 14
2022May 21Oct 17May 21Oct 17
2021May 22no dataApr 24no data
2020May 10Sep 8Apr 18Sep 9
2019May 22Sep 30May 2Oct 3
2018Apr 25Sep 28Apr 25Oct 6
2017Apr 30Oct 3Apr 30Oct 4
2016May 14Oct 6May 14Oct 6
2015May 22Oct 16Apr 10Oct 24
2014May 12Sep 11Apr 15Oct 3
2013May 6Sep 27May 2Oct 5
2012no dataOct 4no dataOct 6
2011May 15Sep 21May 2Oct 19
2010May 9Oct 13May 8Oct 13
2009Jun 8Sep 28May 2Oct 3
2008May 10Oct 9May 3Oct 12
2007May 24Sep 10Apr 23Oct 15
2006May 11Oct 11May 4Oct 11
2005May 13Oct 4May 12Oct 5
2004May 15Oct 1May 13Nov 1
2003May 20Sep 18May 20Oct 30
2002May 24Sep 26May 24Sep 26
2001May 4Oct 5Apr 17Oct 5
2000May 13Sep 22May 13Sep 22
1999May 17Sep 27Apr 17Sep 27
1998May 2Oct 19Apr 20Oct 31
1997no dataOct 9no dataOct 13
1996May 11Sep 26May 5Sep 27
1995May 14Sep 20Apr 27Sep 21
1994Apr 30Sep 22Apr 30Oct 23
1993May 1Sep 13Apr 21Sep 14
1992May 27Sep 18Apr 25Oct 8
1991May 5Sep 18May 4Sep 19
1990May 14Oct 6May 14Oct 8
1989May 26Sep 11May 1Sep 11
1988May 4Sep 29May 3Oct 23
1987May 21Oct 9Apr 21Oct 9
1986May 24Oct 11May 1Oct 11
1985Apr 27Sep 23Apr 24Sep 23
1984May 8Sep 23May 2Sep 23
1983May 16Sep 19May 14Sep 19
1982May 31Sep 14Apr 20Oct 19
1981May 12Oct 6Apr 14Oct 13
1980May 13no dataApr 14no data
1979May 30no dataApr 25no data
1978no dataSep 19no dataOct 4
1977May 6Oct 5Apr 21Oct 10
1976May 16Oct 5May 2Oct 15
1975May 25Sep 20Apr 21Oct 9
1974May 21Sep 13May 21Oct 6
1973May 2Sep 15Apr 22Oct 4
1972May 2Sep 21May 1Sep 25
1971May 19Sep 16Apr 13Sep 18
1970May 8Sep 12Apr 30Sep 13
1969Jun 14Oct 3May 8Oct 11
1968no dataSep 22no dataOct 3
1967May 13Sep 27May 11Oct 20
1966May 22Oct 1May 12Oct 15
1965May 27Sep 16May 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.