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Frost history / Detroit Willow Run Ap, MI

Detroit Willow Run Ap, MI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00014853, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 777 ft, 42.233, -83.533. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 29Oct 20
EarliestApr 2 (2019)Sep 27 (1965)
LatestMay 23 (1967)Nov 9 (1956)
Trend0.8 days later per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data4343

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 16 and the median first fall date is Nov 1.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 231952: Apr 121953: Apr 211954: May 91955: Apr 71956: Apr 241957: Apr 151958: Apr 301959: Apr 211960: Apr 191961: May 21962: Apr 171963: May 231964: Apr 251965: Apr 191966: May 131967: May 231968: May 62000: Apr 282001: May 132002: May 202003: May 42004: May 42005: May 62006: Apr 282007: May 132008: Apr 302009: May 182010: May 102011: Apr 212012: Apr 292013: May 132014: Apr 202015: Apr 242016: Apr 142017: May 92018: Apr 292019: Apr 22020: May 132021: May 12022: Apr 292023: Apr 272024: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 271952: Oct 31953: Oct 81954: Oct 281955: Oct 251956: Nov 91957: Oct 251958: Oct 61959: Oct 191960: Oct 201961: Sep 291962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Oct 51965: Sep 271966: Oct 21967: Oct 201999: Oct 62000: Oct 282001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Oct 32005: Oct 172006: Oct 122007: Oct 282008: Oct 42009: Oct 112010: Oct 222011: Oct 222012: Oct 82013: Oct 232014: Nov 12015: Oct 172016: Oct 262017: Oct 262018: Oct 162019: Oct 262020: Oct 162021: Nov 32022: Oct 212023: Oct 232024: Oct 27

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
2024Apr 26Oct 27Apr 25Nov 29
2023Apr 27Oct 23Apr 26Oct 30
2022Apr 29Oct 21Apr 28Nov 17
2021May 1Nov 3Apr 22Nov 16
2020May 13Oct 16Apr 22Oct 31
2019Apr 2Oct 26Apr 1Nov 6
2018Apr 29Oct 16Apr 8Oct 18
2017May 9Oct 26Mar 23Nov 9
2016Apr 14Oct 26Apr 10Nov 12
2015Apr 24Oct 17Apr 24Nov 22
2014Apr 20Nov 1Apr 16Nov 2
2013May 13Oct 23Apr 21Nov 12
2012Apr 29Oct 8Apr 29Oct 13
2011Apr 21Oct 22Apr 3Oct 30
2010May 10Oct 22Apr 10Nov 1
2009May 18Oct 11Apr 12Oct 18
2008Apr 30Oct 4Apr 30Oct 22
2007May 13Oct 28Apr 14Nov 2
2006Apr 28Oct 12Apr 9Oct 26
2005May 6Oct 17May 5Oct 27
2004May 4Oct 3May 4Nov 8
2003May 4Oct 2Apr 13Nov 7
2002May 20Oct 14May 19Oct 14
2001May 13Oct 7Apr 19Oct 8
2000Apr 28Oct 28Apr 13Oct 29
1999no dataOct 6no dataOct 7
1968May 6no dataMay 6no data
1967May 23Oct 20Apr 27Oct 29
1966May 13Oct 2May 10Oct 24
1965Apr 19Sep 27Apr 19Oct 5
1964Apr 25Oct 5Apr 5Oct 7
1963May 23Oct 30Apr 10Nov 24
1962Apr 17Oct 24Apr 17Oct 25
1961May 2Sep 29Apr 16Nov 4
1960Apr 19Oct 20Apr 10Oct 25
1959Apr 21Oct 19Mar 29Nov 3
1958Apr 30Oct 6Apr 10Nov 25
1957Apr 15Oct 25Apr 15Nov 9
1956Apr 24Nov 9Apr 23Nov 10
1955Apr 7Oct 25Mar 30Nov 5
1954May 9Oct 28Apr 9Nov 1
1953Apr 21Oct 8Apr 21Nov 5
1952Apr 12Oct 3Apr 11Oct 18
1951Apr 23Oct 27Mar 26Nov 2

"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.