Last Frost Day

Frost history / Yakutat State Ap, AK

Yakutat State Ap, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00025339, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 33 ft, 59.512, -139.671. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 23Sep 17
EarliestMay 2 (2024)Aug 9 (1969)
LatestJun 21 (1966)Oct 21 (2013)
Trend1.6 days earlier per decade1.5 days later per decade
Years with data7474

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

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919601970198019902000201020201951: May 241952: Jun 31953: May 61954: May 281955: Jun 71956: Jun 31957: May 301958: May 111959: May 121960: May 191961: May 101962: May 301963: May 251964: May 231965: Jun 141966: Jun 211967: May 221968: Jun 111969: Jun 61970: May 191971: Jun 51972: Jun 91973: May 131974: May 211975: May 311976: May 261977: May 251978: May 211979: May 211980: May 121981: May 51982: May 161983: May 141984: May 161985: Jun 101986: Jun 121987: May 181988: Jun 21989: May 251990: May 241991: May 131992: May 231993: May 281994: May 281995: Jun 31996: Jun 141997: May 271998: May 231999: Jun 12000: Jun 12001: May 262002: May 312003: May 282004: May 132005: May 182006: May 162007: May 192008: May 272009: May 312010: May 202011: May 162012: Jun 32013: May 212014: May 252015: May 52016: May 112017: May 162018: May 32019: May 132020: May 62021: May 182022: May 222023: May 72024: May 2

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 131952: Sep 61953: Sep 211954: Sep 161955: Sep 71956: Sep 101957: Oct 11958: Sep 91959: Sep 271960: Oct 31961: Sep 61962: Sep 61963: Oct 31964: Sep 71965: Oct 41966: Sep 31967: Sep 111968: Sep 181969: Aug 91970: Sep 91971: Sep 101972: Sep 171973: Sep 131974: Aug 241975: Oct 61976: Sep 231977: Sep 241978: Sep 171979: Sep 291980: Sep 201981: Sep 271982: Sep 251983: Sep 71984: Sep 81985: Sep 61986: Sep 61987: Sep 11988: Sep 61989: Sep 161990: Sep 261991: Oct 121992: Aug 301993: Sep 111994: Sep 21995: Oct 101996: Sep 61997: Sep 151998: Sep 91999: Sep 262000: Sep 92001: Sep 102002: Sep 282003: Sep 152004: Sep 72005: Oct 22006: Sep 162007: Sep 272008: Sep 252009: Sep 282010: Sep 232011: Sep 272012: Oct 12013: Oct 212014: Sep 242015: Sep 22016: Sep 262017: Oct 102018: Sep 182019: Sep 272020: Sep 122021: Sep 262022: Sep 282023: Sep 252024: Oct 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
2024May 2Oct 4Apr 21Oct 19
2023May 7Sep 25Apr 22Oct 21
2022May 22Sep 28Apr 30Oct 24
2021May 18Sep 26Apr 25Oct 16
2020May 6Sep 12Apr 12Oct 17
2019May 13Sep 27Apr 28Oct 7
2018May 3Sep 18Apr 17Oct 31
2017May 16Oct 10Apr 22Oct 12
2016May 11Sep 26Mar 15Oct 1
2015May 5Sep 2Apr 23Nov 1
2014May 25Sep 24Apr 21Oct 2
2013May 21Oct 21May 7Oct 22
2012Jun 3Oct 1Apr 28Oct 2
2011May 16Sep 27Apr 19Nov 2
2010May 20Sep 23May 9Oct 22
2009May 31Sep 28May 10Sep 29
2008May 27Sep 25Apr 22Oct 25
2007May 19Sep 27Apr 22Oct 9
2006May 16Sep 16Apr 27Oct 27
2005May 18Oct 2Apr 17Oct 14
2004May 13Sep 7Apr 20Sep 18
2003May 28Sep 15May 20Sep 16
2002May 31Sep 28May 8Oct 9
2001May 26Sep 10Apr 22Oct 25
2000Jun 1Sep 9May 8Sep 30
1999Jun 1Sep 26May 9Sep 28
1998May 23Sep 9May 13Oct 7
1997May 27Sep 15May 3Sep 30
1996Jun 14Sep 6May 10Sep 27
1995Jun 3Oct 10Apr 27Oct 14
1994May 28Sep 2Apr 19Sep 29
1993May 28Sep 11May 10Nov 3
1992May 23Aug 30May 23Sep 12
1991May 13Oct 12May 12Oct 15
1990May 24Sep 26May 5Oct 3
1989May 25Sep 16Apr 18Oct 13
1988Jun 2Sep 6May 16Sep 26
1987May 18Sep 1Apr 28Oct 29
1986Jun 12Sep 6May 1Sep 26
1985Jun 10Sep 6May 5Sep 18
1984May 16Sep 8May 7Oct 4
1983May 14Sep 7Apr 24Sep 18
1982May 16Sep 25May 16Sep 28
1981May 5Sep 27Apr 24Oct 3
1980May 12Sep 20Apr 9Oct 30
1979May 21Sep 29Apr 21Oct 19
1978May 21Sep 17Apr 19Nov 7
1977May 25Sep 24May 12Oct 1
1976May 26Sep 23Apr 28Oct 1
1975May 31Oct 6May 3Oct 8
1974May 21Aug 24Apr 26Sep 29
1973May 13Sep 13Apr 22Sep 24
1972Jun 9Sep 17May 13Sep 18
1971Jun 5Sep 10May 20Sep 25
1970May 19Sep 9May 16Sep 10
1969Jun 6Aug 9May 18Sep 16
1968Jun 11Sep 18May 4Sep 21
1967May 22Sep 11May 8Sep 29
1966Jun 21Sep 3May 25Oct 11
1965Jun 14Oct 4May 16Oct 18
1964May 23Sep 7May 13Oct 2
1963May 25Oct 3Apr 25Oct 5
1962May 30Sep 6May 7Oct 3
1961May 10Sep 6May 8Sep 27
1960May 19Oct 3Apr 27Oct 28
1959May 12Sep 27May 4Oct 4
1958May 11Sep 9Apr 25Oct 6
1957May 30Oct 1May 5Oct 1
1956Jun 3Sep 10May 6Sep 24
1955Jun 7Sep 7May 23Sep 21
1954May 28Sep 16May 10Oct 3
1953May 6Sep 21May 3Sep 30
1952Jun 3Sep 6May 16Sep 8
1951May 24Oct 13Apr 21Oct 14

"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.