Frost history / Stampede Pass, WA
Stampede Pass, WA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00024237, 1951 to 2023, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 3,959 ft, 47.277, -121.337. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 30 | Oct 3 |
| Earliest | Apr 18 (2005) | Sep 13 (1970) |
| Latest | Jul 1 (1979) | Nov 13 (1987) |
| Trend | 2.3 days earlier per decade | 1.2 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 60 | 58 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 8 and the median first fall date is Oct 29.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Apr 24 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 2022 | May 20 | Oct 21 | May 13 | Nov 1 |
| 2021 | Jun 7 | Oct 7 | Apr 12 | Oct 30 |
| 2020 | May 22 | Oct 21 | Apr 7 | Oct 24 |
| 2019 | May 2 | no data | Apr 27 | no data |
| 2018 | Apr 23 | Oct 3 | Apr 18 | Nov 8 |
| 2017 | no data | Oct 7 | no data | Oct 14 |
| 2011 | Jun 1 | no data | May 1 | no data |
| 2010 | Jun 16 | no data | Apr 10 | no data |
| 2008 | Jun 10 | Oct 8 | May 8 | Dec 4 |
| 2007 | May 21 | Sep 28 | Apr 20 | Oct 26 |
| 2006 | May 12 | Oct 29 | Apr 22 | Oct 29 |
| 2005 | Apr 18 | Oct 27 | Apr 13 | Nov 8 |
| 2004 | Apr 28 | Oct 25 | Apr 1 | Nov 1 |
| 2003 | May 19 | Sep 16 | May 17 | Oct 29 |
| 2002 | Jun 8 | Sep 30 | May 8 | Oct 29 |
| 2001 | Jun 12 | Oct 8 | May 6 | Oct 24 |
| 2000 | Jun 10 | Sep 22 | May 12 | Nov 8 |
| 1999 | Jun 8 | Sep 27 | May 14 | Oct 16 |
| 1998 | Jun 15 | Oct 14 | Apr 24 | Oct 29 |
| 1997 | May 7 | Oct 7 | May 2 | Nov 12 |
| 1996 | no data | Sep 22 | no data | Oct 15 |
| 1993 | Jun 23 | Sep 20 | Apr 19 | Nov 5 |
| 1992 | May 21 | no data | May 11 | no data |
| 1991 | no data | Oct 16 | no data | Oct 17 |
| 1988 | May 30 | Sep 16 | May 4 | Oct 26 |
| 1987 | Jun 16 | Nov 13 | May 18 | Nov 13 |
| 1986 | May 22 | Sep 24 | May 22 | Nov 7 |
| 1985 | Jun 24 | Sep 28 | May 12 | Oct 7 |
| 1984 | Jun 8 | Sep 22 | May 5 | Oct 15 |
| 1983 | May 15 | Sep 18 | May 9 | Nov 5 |
| 1982 | Jun 6 | Sep 28 | May 4 | Oct 17 |
| 1981 | May 15 | Oct 2 | May 4 | Nov 22 |
| 1980 | Jun 2 | Oct 21 | Apr 10 | Nov 10 |
| 1979 | Jul 1 | Oct 18 | Apr 20 | Oct 28 |
| 1978 | May 30 | Sep 16 | May 22 | Oct 30 |
| 1977 | May 28 | Sep 21 | May 11 | Nov 2 |
| 1976 | Jun 25 | Oct 17 | May 30 | Nov 13 |
| 1975 | Jun 27 | Oct 21 | May 24 | Oct 22 |
| 1974 | Jun 7 | Oct 4 | May 16 | Nov 16 |
| 1973 | Jun 17 | Oct 2 | May 20 | Oct 31 |
| 1972 | May 24 | Sep 19 | Apr 30 | Sep 27 |
| 1971 | May 30 | Sep 29 | May 17 | Oct 26 |
| 1970 | May 28 | Sep 13 | May 11 | Oct 25 |
| 1969 | May 4 | Oct 9 | May 1 | Oct 13 |
| 1968 | May 12 | Sep 18 | May 5 | Nov 1 |
| 1967 | May 25 | Oct 19 | May 9 | Oct 26 |
| 1966 | Jun 3 | Oct 11 | May 27 | Oct 12 |
| 1965 | May 23 | Sep 16 | May 16 | Nov 12 |
| 1964 | May 25 | Oct 3 | May 25 | Oct 26 |
| 1963 | May 13 | Oct 18 | May 4 | Oct 25 |
| 1962 | Jun 4 | Oct 7 | May 7 | Nov 13 |
| 1961 | May 13 | Sep 21 | May 11 | Oct 20 |
| 1960 | Jun 20 | Oct 7 | May 22 | Oct 9 |
| 1959 | May 27 | Oct 6 | May 11 | Oct 9 |
| 1958 | May 13 | Sep 22 | May 12 | Nov 9 |
| 1957 | Apr 26 | Oct 2 | Apr 25 | Oct 22 |
| 1956 | Jun 11 | Oct 12 | May 12 | Oct 22 |
| 1955 | Jul 1 | Sep 16 | May 31 | Oct 6 |
| 1954 | Jun 17 | Oct 11 | May 1 | Oct 23 |
| 1953 | Jun 23 | Sep 28 | May 21 | Nov 1 |
| 1952 | Jun 12 | Oct 31 | May 5 | Nov 1 |
| 1951 | May 30 | Sep 26 | May 1 | Oct 17 |
"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.