Frost history / Ester, AK
Ester, AK: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00502870, 2007 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 655 ft, 64.846, -148.026. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 22 | Aug 30 |
| Earliest | May 10 (2016) | Aug 12 (2009) |
| Latest | Jun 15 (2018) | Sep 6 (2020) |
| Trend | 3.8 days later per decade | 8.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 12 | 12 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 16 and the median first fall date is Sep 11.
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | May 24 | no data | May 2 | no data |
| 2020 | May 20 | Sep 6 | May 18 | Sep 13 |
| 2019 | May 14 | Aug 20 | May 7 | Sep 18 |
| 2018 | Jun 15 | Sep 1 | May 17 | Sep 9 |
| 2017 | Jun 14 | Sep 3 | May 8 | Sep 30 |
| 2016 | May 10 | Sep 3 | May 5 | Sep 8 |
| 2015 | Jun 13 | Aug 31 | May 7 | Sep 2 |
| 2014 | Jun 12 | Aug 30 | May 21 | Aug 30 |
| 2012 | no data | Aug 22 | no data | Sep 8 |
| 2011 | no data | Sep 2 | no data | Sep 25 |
| 2010 | May 17 | Aug 27 | May 14 | Sep 19 |
| 2009 | May 19 | Aug 12 | May 17 | Aug 20 |
| 2008 | May 31 | Aug 25 | May 31 | Sep 21 |
| 2007 | May 18 | no data | May 18 | no data |
"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.