Frost history / N Pole, AK
N Pole, AK: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00506581, 1969 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 475 ft, 64.758, -147.325. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 25 | Aug 25 |
| Earliest | May 7 (2005) | Aug 1 (1980) |
| Latest | Jul 31 (1969) | Sep 27 (2024) |
| Trend | 4.2 days earlier per decade | 3.3 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 55 | 54 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 16 and the median first fall date is Sep 5.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 17 | Sep 18 | May 17 | Sep 29 |
| 2024 | May 17 | Sep 27 | May 7 | Sep 29 |
| 2023 | May 14 | Sep 22 | May 7 | Sep 23 |
| 2022 | May 14 | Sep 11 | May 3 | Oct 4 |
| 2021 | May 24 | Aug 28 | May 2 | Aug 29 |
| 2020 | May 17 | Sep 6 | May 2 | Sep 22 |
| 2019 | May 7 | Aug 25 | May 7 | Sep 23 |
| 2018 | Jun 13 | Sep 1 | Jun 12 | Sep 9 |
| 2017 | Jun 1 | Aug 31 | May 26 | Sep 3 |
| 2016 | May 19 | Sep 2 | May 10 | Sep 8 |
| 2015 | Jun 13 | Aug 30 | May 11 | Sep 2 |
| 2014 | Jun 12 | Aug 30 | May 23 | Aug 30 |
| 2013 | May 23 | no data | May 22 | no data |
| 2012 | May 17 | Sep 8 | May 16 | Sep 8 |
| 2011 | May 16 | Sep 5 | May 15 | Sep 25 |
| 2010 | May 17 | Sep 12 | May 14 | Sep 21 |
| 2009 | May 18 | Aug 11 | May 18 | Aug 20 |
| 2008 | no data | Aug 11 | no data | Aug 12 |
| 2007 | no data | Aug 10 | no data | Sep 1 |
| 2006 | Jun 6 | Aug 9 | Jun 6 | Aug 24 |
| 2005 | May 7 | Aug 19 | May 6 | Aug 19 |
| 2004 | May 21 | Aug 29 | May 21 | Sep 4 |
| 2003 | May 24 | Aug 9 | May 24 | Sep 7 |
| 2002 | Jun 22 | Aug 15 | May 13 | Sep 3 |
| 2001 | May 25 | Sep 1 | May 13 | Sep 16 |
| 2000 | May 29 | Aug 17 | May 14 | Sep 10 |
| 1999 | Jun 5 | Aug 28 | May 29 | Sep 7 |
| 1998 | May 24 | Aug 28 | May 13 | Sep 28 |
| 1997 | Jun 1 | Aug 20 | May 16 | Sep 16 |
| 1996 | Jun 6 | Aug 24 | Jun 6 | Aug 28 |
| 1995 | May 22 | Sep 4 | May 22 | Oct 3 |
| 1994 | May 25 | Aug 23 | May 8 | Sep 6 |
| 1993 | May 12 | Aug 25 | Apr 25 | Sep 18 |
| 1992 | May 23 | Aug 29 | May 16 | Sep 4 |
| 1991 | May 24 | Aug 21 | May 13 | Aug 29 |
| 1990 | May 23 | Sep 8 | May 23 | Sep 8 |
| 1989 | Jun 2 | Sep 4 | May 17 | Sep 16 |
| 1988 | May 17 | Aug 25 | May 2 | Sep 9 |
| 1987 | May 29 | Aug 30 | May 6 | Aug 30 |
| 1986 | May 27 | Aug 14 | May 16 | Aug 23 |
| 1985 | May 22 | Aug 19 | May 21 | Sep 5 |
| 1984 | May 31 | Aug 12 | May 13 | Aug 28 |
| 1983 | Jun 18 | Aug 19 | Jun 10 | Sep 2 |
| 1982 | Jun 4 | Aug 27 | Jun 4 | Aug 27 |
| 1981 | May 22 | Aug 23 | May 22 | Sep 1 |
| 1980 | Jun 8 | Aug 1 | May 13 | Aug 23 |
| 1979 | Jun 15 | Sep 1 | May 17 | Sep 4 |
| 1978 | Jun 8 | no data | May 22 | no data |
| 1977 | May 17 | Aug 24 | May 17 | Aug 28 |
| 1976 | May 25 | Aug 21 | May 25 | Sep 2 |
| 1975 | Jun 12 | Aug 11 | May 9 | Aug 11 |
| 1974 | Jun 8 | Aug 21 | May 17 | Aug 22 |
| 1973 | May 31 | Aug 16 | May 22 | Sep 1 |
| 1972 | Jun 8 | Aug 25 | May 16 | Sep 7 |
| 1971 | Jul 1 | Aug 29 | Jun 3 | Sep 11 |
| 1970 | Jun 9 | Aug 23 | Jun 9 | Sep 7 |
| 1969 | Jul 31 | no data | May 27 | 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.