Last Frost Day

Frost history / Campbell Creek Sci Ctr, AK

Campbell Creek Sci Ctr, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00501220, 2000 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 258 ft, 61.164, -149.778. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 3Sep 19
EarliestMay 23 (2018)Aug 16 (2000)
LatestJul 1 (2008)Sep 23 (2011)
Trend11.0 days earlier per decade10.8 days later per decade
Years with data1111

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 20 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)

May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14200020102001: Jun 82005: Jun 32006: Jun 62008: Jul 12009: Jun 12010: Jun 42011: May 242012: May 282013: Jun 52018: May 232019: May 23

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12200020102000: Aug 162001: Sep 82008: Sep 222009: Sep 222010: Sep 192011: Sep 232012: Sep 72013: Sep 152014: Aug 292017: Sep 202019: Sep 22

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
2019May 23Sep 22May 6Sep 24
2018May 23no dataMay 13no data
2017no dataSep 20no dataOct 2
2014no dataAug 29no dataSep 21
2013Jun 5Sep 15May 20Sep 19
2012May 28Sep 7May 18Sep 7
2011May 24Sep 23May 12Sep 25
2010Jun 4Sep 19May 22Sep 23
2009Jun 1Sep 22May 23Sep 22
2008Jul 1Sep 22May 26Sep 27
2006Jun 6no dataJun 5no data
2005Jun 3no dataMay 11no data
2001Jun 8Sep 8May 27Sep 10
2000no dataAug 16no dataAug 23

"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.