Frost history / Eielson Fld, AK
Eielson Fld, AK: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00502707, 1951 to 2010, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 547 ft, 64.667, -147.100. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 15 | Sep 3 |
| Earliest | May 3 (1981) | Aug 10 (1969) |
| Latest | Jun 22 (2002) | Sep 22 (1982) |
| Trend | little change (less than half a day per decade) | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 49 | 50 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 5 and the median first fall date is Sep 15.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | May 14 | Aug 21 | May 14 | Sep 15 |
| 2009 | May 18 | Aug 11 | May 17 | Aug 11 |
| 2006 | no data | Sep 3 | no data | Sep 25 |
| 2004 | May 14 | Sep 4 | Apr 24 | Sep 4 |
| 2002 | Jun 22 | Sep 3 | May 5 | Sep 10 |
| 2001 | May 15 | Sep 16 | May 15 | Sep 22 |
| 1999 | May 9 | Sep 7 | May 6 | Sep 28 |
| 1998 | May 13 | no data | May 12 | no data |
| 1997 | no data | Sep 15 | no data | Sep 20 |
| 1996 | May 18 | Aug 28 | May 8 | Aug 28 |
| 1995 | May 22 | Sep 4 | Apr 17 | Oct 1 |
| 1994 | May 8 | Sep 6 | Apr 18 | Sep 22 |
| 1993 | May 3 | Sep 17 | Apr 25 | Sep 22 |
| 1992 | May 18 | Sep 2 | May 16 | Sep 8 |
| 1991 | May 13 | Aug 29 | Apr 28 | Sep 22 |
| 1990 | May 7 | Sep 8 | Apr 25 | Sep 26 |
| 1989 | May 12 | Sep 15 | May 12 | Sep 16 |
| 1988 | May 3 | Sep 8 | May 2 | Sep 27 |
| 1987 | May 5 | Aug 30 | Apr 27 | Aug 31 |
| 1986 | May 22 | Aug 23 | Apr 30 | Aug 23 |
| 1985 | May 21 | Sep 12 | May 11 | Sep 13 |
| 1984 | May 12 | Aug 28 | May 12 | Aug 29 |
| 1983 | May 22 | Sep 2 | May 21 | Sep 3 |
| 1982 | May 5 | Sep 22 | May 5 | Oct 3 |
| 1981 | May 3 | Aug 18 | May 3 | Sep 26 |
| 1980 | May 13 | Sep 1 | Apr 25 | Sep 2 |
| 1979 | May 9 | Sep 17 | Apr 23 | Sep 17 |
| 1978 | no data | Sep 7 | no data | Sep 7 |
| 1977 | May 17 | no data | May 9 | no data |
| 1976 | May 25 | Sep 4 | Apr 25 | Sep 4 |
| 1975 | no data | Aug 29 | no data | Sep 27 |
| 1974 | May 17 | Aug 22 | May 6 | Aug 22 |
| 1973 | May 12 | Sep 3 | Apr 29 | Sep 24 |
| 1972 | no data | Sep 7 | no data | Sep 7 |
| 1971 | May 18 | Sep 11 | May 1 | Sep 13 |
| 1970 | May 5 | Sep 6 | May 4 | Sep 8 |
| 1969 | May 27 | Aug 10 | Apr 23 | Sep 16 |
| 1968 | May 13 | Aug 30 | May 1 | Sep 3 |
| 1967 | May 17 | Sep 8 | May 17 | Sep 29 |
| 1966 | May 19 | Sep 4 | May 3 | Sep 4 |
| 1965 | May 16 | Aug 30 | May 16 | Sep 28 |
| 1964 | May 21 | Sep 4 | May 11 | Sep 16 |
| 1963 | Jun 6 | Aug 28 | May 6 | Sep 16 |
| 1962 | May 18 | Aug 31 | May 10 | Sep 8 |
| 1961 | May 13 | no data | May 4 | no data |
| 1960 | Jun 2 | Sep 1 | May 11 | Sep 7 |
| 1959 | no data | Sep 5 | no data | Sep 8 |
| 1958 | May 18 | no data | May 11 | no data |
| 1957 | May 14 | Sep 19 | May 4 | Sep 20 |
| 1956 | May 9 | Sep 2 | Apr 28 | Sep 20 |
| 1955 | May 18 | Aug 14 | May 11 | Sep 25 |
| 1954 | May 16 | Sep 7 | May 14 | Sep 13 |
| 1953 | May 11 | no data | Apr 24 | no data |
| 1952 | May 17 | Aug 23 | May 12 | Aug 23 |
| 1951 | May 5 | Sep 7 | Apr 24 | Sep 24 |
"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.