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Frost history / Haines Ap, AK

Haines Ap, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00025323, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 15 ft, 59.243, -135.509. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 25Oct 7
EarliestApr 3 (2016)Sep 16 (2006)
LatestMay 17 (2003)Oct 31 (2005)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decade1.2 days earlier per decade
Years with data2928

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 5 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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201951: May 11952: May 121953: Apr 141999: May 42000: Apr 232001: Apr 212002: May 82003: May 172004: Apr 212005: Apr 172006: Apr 282007: May 12008: May 72009: Apr 262010: Apr 162011: Apr 272012: Apr 92013: Apr 302014: Apr 252015: Apr 222016: Apr 32017: Apr 192018: Apr 212019: Apr 282020: Apr 152021: Apr 262022: Apr 222023: May 42024: Apr 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 141952: Oct 161998: Oct 121999: Sep 292000: Oct 12001: Oct 142002: Oct 102003: Oct 162004: Oct 182005: Oct 312006: Sep 162007: Oct 192008: Oct 72009: Oct 122010: Sep 212011: Oct 22012: Oct 12013: Oct 82014: Oct 22015: Oct 22016: Oct 12017: Oct 22018: Sep 222019: Sep 292020: Oct 162021: Oct 62022: Oct 252024: Oct 18

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 18Oct 18Mar 7Oct 20
2023May 4no dataApr 4no data
2022Apr 22Oct 25Apr 15Nov 1
2021Apr 26Oct 6Apr 11Oct 17
2020Apr 15Oct 16Apr 11Oct 17
2019Apr 28Sep 29Mar 9Nov 9
2018Apr 21Sep 22Apr 5Nov 2
2017Apr 19Oct 2Mar 19Oct 25
2016Apr 3Oct 1Mar 3Oct 11
2015Apr 22Oct 2Mar 17Nov 5
2014Apr 25Oct 2Apr 12Nov 12
2013Apr 30Oct 8Apr 30Nov 3
2012Apr 9Oct 1Apr 7Oct 22
2011Apr 27Oct 2Apr 7Nov 2
2010Apr 16Sep 21Apr 12Nov 16
2009Apr 26Oct 12Apr 4Oct 14
2008May 7Oct 7Apr 19Oct 25
2007May 1Oct 19Apr 5Oct 20
2006Apr 28Sep 16Apr 3Oct 29
2005Apr 17Oct 31Mar 25Nov 4
2004Apr 21Oct 18Mar 26Oct 19
2003May 17Oct 16Apr 5Oct 30
2002May 8Oct 10Apr 26Oct 10
2001Apr 21Oct 14Apr 10Oct 31
2000Apr 23Oct 1Mar 11Oct 4
1999May 4Sep 29Apr 9Nov 2
1998no dataOct 12no dataOct 28
1953Apr 14no dataMar 23no data
1952May 12Oct 16Apr 28Nov 15
1951May 1Oct 14Mar 25Oct 15

"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.