Last Frost Day

Frost history / Juneau Dwtn, AK

Juneau Dwtn, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00504094, 1966 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 50 ft, 58.299, -134.411. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 22Oct 19
EarliestMar 14 (2016)Sep 13 (1992)
LatestMay 19 (1992)Nov 11 (1980)
Trend3.5 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data2829

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 and the median first fall date is Nov 2.

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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301970198019902000201020201967: Apr 201968: May 41969: May 131977: Apr 211979: Apr 281980: Apr 171981: Apr 271982: May 31983: Apr 111984: May 71985: Apr 231986: May 101987: Apr 231988: Apr 201989: Apr 221992: May 191993: Apr 122007: Apr 202009: Apr 232012: Apr 92013: May 12014: Apr 142015: Apr 222016: Mar 142018: Apr 172019: Apr 112020: Apr 122021: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261970198019902000201020201966: Oct 121967: Nov 11968: Oct 121969: Oct 261976: Oct 231978: Nov 21979: Nov 21980: Nov 111981: Oct 41982: Oct 161983: Sep 271984: Oct 201985: Oct 151986: Oct 291987: Oct 301989: Oct 141990: Oct 51991: Oct 161992: Sep 131993: Oct 231996: Sep 292004: Oct 192005: Nov 52011: Nov 32012: Oct 192016: Oct 102018: Nov 32019: Oct 82020: Oct 17

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
2021Apr 22no dataApr 11no data
2020Apr 12Oct 17Apr 11Nov 2
2019Apr 11Oct 8Mar 8Nov 27
2018Apr 17Nov 3Apr 4Nov 7
2016Mar 14Oct 10Feb 19Nov 19
2015Apr 22no dataMar 17no data
2014Apr 14no dataApr 13no data
2013May 1no dataApr 29no data
2012Apr 9Oct 19Apr 1Oct 27
2011no dataNov 3no dataNov 3
2009Apr 23no dataApr 3no data
2007Apr 20no dataApr 4no data
2005no dataNov 5no dataNov 6
2004no dataOct 19no dataOct 23
1996no dataSep 29no dataOct 1
1993Apr 12Oct 23Apr 7Nov 18
1992May 19Sep 13Apr 9Oct 14
1991no dataOct 16no dataOct 16
1990no dataOct 5no dataOct 31
1989Apr 22Oct 14Apr 9Oct 27
1988Apr 20no dataFeb 23no data
1987Apr 23Oct 30Mar 21Dec 15
1986May 10Oct 29Apr 13Oct 31
1985Apr 23Oct 15Apr 11Nov 5
1984May 7Oct 20Feb 10Oct 27
1983Apr 11Sep 27Apr 10Sep 27
1982May 3Oct 16Apr 14Oct 28
1981Apr 27Oct 4Mar 19Nov 19
1980Apr 17Nov 11Mar 16Nov 30
1979Apr 28Nov 2Apr 2Nov 6
1978no dataNov 2no dataNov 8
1977Apr 21no dataMar 24no data
1976no dataOct 23no dataOct 24
1969May 13Oct 26Mar 19Nov 11
1968May 4Oct 12Apr 11Oct 30
1967Apr 20Nov 1Mar 31Nov 12
1966no dataOct 12no dataOct 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.