Last Frost Day

Frost history / Toledo Faa Ap, WA

Toledo Faa Ap, WA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00024241, 1962 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 379 ft, 46.483, -122.817. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 7Oct 6
EarliestMar 24 (2003)Aug 18 (1973)
LatestJul 1 (1966)Nov 3 (1977)
Trend7.1 days earlier per decade1.9 days earlier per decade
Years with data3733

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 3 and the median first fall date is Oct 30.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 1419701980199020001962: May 71963: May 41964: May 151966: Jul 11967: May 251968: May 21969: May 151970: May 111971: May 211972: May 101973: May 211974: Apr 131975: May 251976: Jun 51977: May 121978: May 51979: Apr 71980: May 161981: Apr 251983: Apr 251986: May 161987: Apr 251988: Apr 261989: Apr 171990: Apr 301991: Jun 41992: May 211993: Apr 191995: Apr 161996: May 91999: Apr 112000: Apr 242001: Apr 142002: Apr 82003: Mar 242004: May 92006: May 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119701980199020001962: Oct 161963: Oct 191964: Oct 181965: Sep 171966: Oct 141967: Nov 21968: Oct 51969: Sep 141970: Sep 131971: Sep 181973: Aug 181974: Oct 41975: Oct 231976: Oct 171977: Nov 31978: Oct 211979: Nov 11980: Oct 91981: Oct 131983: Sep 191986: Sep 111987: Oct 101988: Sep 111989: Sep 191990: Oct 61991: Sep 211992: Oct 61993: Sep 211994: Oct 31995: Oct 191996: Oct 171999: Sep 272002: Oct 2

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
2006May 9no dataMay 2no data
2004May 9no dataMar 21no data
2003Mar 24no dataFeb 25no data
2002Apr 8Oct 2Apr 3Oct 30
2001Apr 14no dataMar 4no data
2000Apr 24no dataMar 6no data
1999Apr 11Sep 27Apr 11Oct 15
1996May 9Oct 17Mar 26Oct 31
1995Apr 16Oct 19Mar 29Oct 30
1994no dataOct 3no dataOct 5
1993Apr 19Sep 21Mar 28Nov 14
1992May 21Oct 6May 21Oct 15
1991Jun 4Sep 21Apr 11Oct 30
1990Apr 30Oct 6Mar 27Oct 7
1989Apr 17Sep 19Mar 20Oct 3
1988Apr 26Sep 11Mar 17Sep 18
1987Apr 25Oct 10Apr 19Oct 10
1986May 16Sep 11Apr 24Oct 12
1983Apr 25Sep 19Apr 13Sep 28
1981Apr 25Oct 13Apr 13Oct 22
1980May 16Oct 9Apr 2Nov 12
1979Apr 7Nov 1Mar 13Nov 1
1978May 5Oct 21Mar 2Nov 9
1977May 12Nov 3Apr 19Nov 8
1976Jun 5Oct 17Apr 2Oct 18
1975May 25Oct 23Apr 29Nov 18
1974Apr 13Oct 4Mar 21Oct 6
1973May 21Aug 18Apr 28Nov 2
1972May 10no dataApr 30no data
1971May 21Sep 18Apr 21Oct 16
1970May 11Sep 13Apr 14Sep 13
1969May 15Sep 14Mar 24Oct 14
1968May 2Oct 5Apr 22Nov 1
1967May 25Nov 2Apr 15Nov 4
1966Jul 1Oct 14Apr 19Nov 22
1965no dataSep 17no dataNov 29
1964May 15Oct 18Apr 18Nov 15
1963May 4Oct 19Apr 2Nov 28
1962May 7Oct 16Mar 29Nov 28

"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.