Last Frost Day

Frost history / Lazy Mtn, AK

Lazy Mtn, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00505464, 1985 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 733 ft, 61.627, -149.036. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 24Sep 17
EarliestMay 1 (2014)Aug 16 (1986)
LatestJun 24 (2009)Oct 2 (1995)
Trend3.0 days earlier per decade4.5 days later per decade
Years with data4036

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 and the median first fall date is Sep 27.

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 2919902000201020201985: Jun 171986: Jun 131987: Jun 231988: May 291989: Jun 101990: May 251991: May 181992: May 201993: May 71994: May 171995: May 311996: May 281997: Jun 21998: May 241999: May 202000: May 262001: May 272002: May 162003: May 282004: May 152005: May 62006: Jun 62007: May 192008: May 262009: Jun 242010: May 232011: May 172013: Jun 62014: May 12015: May 182016: May 102017: May 302018: May 242019: May 172020: May 272021: Jun 22022: May 172023: May 222024: May 162025: Jun 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 1219902000201020201986: Aug 161987: Sep 11989: Sep 161990: Sep 81992: Sep 51993: Sep 181994: Aug 281995: Oct 21996: Sep 71997: Sep 161998: Aug 281999: Sep 262000: Aug 262001: Sep 82002: Sep 102003: Sep 162005: Sep 292006: Sep 182007: Sep 172008: Sep 202009: Sep 232010: Sep 262011: Sep 182012: Sep 82013: Sep 202014: Sep 12015: Aug 282017: Sep 262018: Sep 262019: Sep 222020: Sep 112021: Sep 192022: Sep 252023: Sep 192024: Sep 222025: Sep 25

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
2025Jun 1Sep 25May 3Oct 19
2024May 16Sep 22May 11Oct 2
2023May 22Sep 19May 4Sep 26
2022May 17Sep 25May 15Oct 10
2021Jun 2Sep 19May 2Sep 22
2020May 27Sep 11May 5Oct 10
2019May 17Sep 22Apr 28Sep 27
2018May 24Sep 26May 13Oct 27
2017May 30Sep 26May 5Oct 10
2016May 10no dataMay 5no data
2015May 18Aug 28May 6Aug 31
2014May 1Sep 1Apr 27Sep 23
2013Jun 6Sep 20May 22Sep 20
2012no dataSep 8no dataSep 11
2011May 17Sep 18May 9Sep 27
2010May 23Sep 26May 3Sep 28
2009Jun 24Sep 23Apr 22Sep 24
2008May 26Sep 20May 8Sep 29
2007May 19Sep 17May 6Oct 4
2006Jun 6Sep 18May 10Oct 1
2005May 6Sep 29Apr 19Oct 8
2004May 15no dataApr 24no data
2003May 28Sep 16May 19Sep 16
2002May 16Sep 10May 5Sep 21
2001May 27Sep 8May 12Sep 27
2000May 26Aug 26May 21Sep 9
1999May 20Sep 26May 9Sep 26
1998May 24Aug 28May 12Sep 29
1997Jun 2Sep 16May 2Sep 29
1996May 28Sep 7May 4Sep 22
1995May 31Oct 2Apr 21Oct 6
1994May 17Aug 28May 8Sep 28
1993May 7Sep 18Apr 23Sep 18
1992May 20Sep 5May 18Sep 11
1991May 18no dataMay 14no data
1990May 25Sep 8May 23Sep 26
1989Jun 10Sep 16Apr 29Oct 4
1988May 29no dataMay 3no data
1987Jun 23Sep 1May 22Sep 14
1986Jun 13Aug 16May 8Sep 24
1985Jun 17no dataMay 21no 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.