Last Frost Day

Frost history / Everett Snohomish Ap, WA

Everett Snohomish Ap, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00024222, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 606 ft, 47.908, -122.280. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 10Nov 11
EarliestFeb 21 (2004)Oct 25 (2020)
LatestApr 18 (2008)Dec 23 (1999)
Trend1.1 days earlier per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data2726

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 9 and the median first fall date is Nov 28.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Mar 181999: Mar 72000: Mar 202001: Mar 42002: Mar 202003: Mar 82004: Feb 212005: Feb 262006: Mar 192007: Apr 22008: Apr 182009: Mar 212010: Apr 102011: Feb 272012: Mar 82013: Mar 232014: Mar 12015: Mar 42016: Feb 232017: Feb 282018: Mar 102019: Mar 102020: Mar 182021: Mar 162022: Mar 102023: Mar 162024: Mar 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 311999: Dec 232000: Nov 102001: Dec 32002: Oct 302003: Nov 12004: Nov 52005: Nov 272006: Oct 292007: Nov 212008: Dec 132009: Dec 22010: Nov 212011: Nov 62012: Nov 102013: Nov 202014: Nov 122015: Nov 202016: Dec 52017: Nov 32019: Oct 292020: Oct 252021: Nov 172022: Nov 92023: Oct 282024: Dec 4

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
2024Mar 6Dec 4Jan 16none
2023Mar 16Oct 28Feb 25none
2022Mar 10Nov 9Feb 25Nov 28
2021Mar 16Nov 17Feb 13Dec 26
2020Mar 18Oct 25Jan 14none
2019Mar 10Oct 29Feb 11Nov 29
2018Mar 10no dataFeb 23no data
2017Feb 28Nov 3Jan 15Dec 23
2016Feb 23Dec 5Jan 3Dec 7
2015Mar 4Nov 20Jan 1Nov 28
2014Mar 1Nov 12Feb 8Nov 13
2013Mar 23Nov 20Jan 22Nov 21
2012Mar 8Nov 10Jan 19none
2011Feb 27Nov 6Feb 26Nov 20
2010Apr 10Nov 21noneNov 22
2009Mar 21Dec 2Mar 11Dec 5
2008Apr 18Dec 13Jan 25Dec 14
2007Apr 2Nov 21Mar 1Dec 8
2006Mar 19Oct 29Feb 19Nov 27
2005Feb 26Nov 27Feb 19Dec 11
2004Feb 21Nov 5Jan 6none
2003Mar 8Nov 1Feb 12Nov 3
2002Mar 20Oct 30Mar 7none
2001Mar 4Dec 3Feb 7none
2000Mar 20Nov 10Jan 19Nov 16
1999Mar 7Dec 23Jan 24Dec 28
1951Mar 18Oct 31Mar 11Nov 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.