Last Frost Day

Frost history / Iliamna Ap, AK

Iliamna Ap, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00025506, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 143 ft, 59.749, -154.909. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 16Sep 26
EarliestApr 18 (2016)Aug 31 (1984)
LatestJun 14 (1985)Oct 28 (2018)
Trend1.6 days earlier per decade0.8 days later per decade
Years with data6865

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 3 and the median first fall date is Oct 6.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919601970198019902000201020201951: May 281952: Jun 51953: May 141954: May 161955: May 291956: May 191957: May 141958: May 201959: May 111960: May 191961: May 131962: May 171963: Jun 51964: May 291965: May 151966: May 241967: May 181968: May 101969: May 271976: May 271977: May 251978: May 211979: May 111980: May 61981: May 81982: May 251983: May 81984: May 311985: Jun 141986: May 241987: May 161988: May 161989: May 181990: May 121991: Apr 281992: May 171993: Apr 261994: May 21995: Apr 201996: Apr 301997: May 181998: May 191999: May 272000: May 252001: May 192002: May 142003: May 202004: Apr 282005: May 102006: May 192007: May 122008: May 212009: May 162010: May 212011: May 132012: May 162013: May 202014: May 52015: Apr 262016: Apr 182017: May 52018: May 152019: May 42020: May 132021: May 132022: May 152023: May 122024: Jun 12

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 281952: Sep 61953: Sep 291954: Sep 211955: Sep 131956: Sep 191957: Sep 221958: Sep 211959: Sep 261960: Sep 241961: Oct 41962: Sep 121963: Oct 71964: Oct 151965: Sep 281966: Oct 101967: Oct 51968: Sep 171969: Oct 201975: Oct 61977: Sep 231978: Oct 21979: Sep 271980: Sep 31981: Sep 221982: Sep 221983: Sep 231984: Aug 311985: Sep 211986: Sep 251987: Sep 131988: Sep 231989: Oct 81990: Sep 181991: Oct 71993: Sep 221994: Sep 281995: Oct 51996: Sep 161998: Sep 241999: Sep 252000: Sep 302001: Sep 302002: Oct 22003: Sep 152004: Sep 172005: Oct 12006: Sep 292007: Oct 62008: Sep 212009: Sep 222010: Sep 272011: Sep 292012: Sep 242013: Sep 192014: Oct 52015: Sep 192016: Sep 262017: Sep 302018: Oct 282019: Oct 72020: Oct 142021: Sep 212022: Oct 12024: Sep 27

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
2024Jun 12Sep 27May 15Oct 9
2023May 12no dataApr 28no data
2022May 15Oct 1Apr 26Oct 11
2021May 13Sep 21May 6Sep 22
2020May 13Oct 14Apr 30Oct 15
2019May 4Oct 7Apr 24Oct 15
2018May 15Oct 28Apr 20Oct 28
2017May 5Sep 30Apr 20Oct 17
2016Apr 18Sep 26Mar 20Oct 16
2015Apr 26Sep 19Apr 20Oct 30
2014May 5Oct 5Apr 15Oct 6
2013May 20Sep 19May 19Sep 20
2012May 16Sep 24May 16Sep 28
2011May 13Sep 29May 6Oct 12
2010May 21Sep 27May 6Sep 27
2009May 16Sep 22May 10Sep 22
2008May 21Sep 21May 17Oct 3
2007May 12Oct 6May 4Oct 6
2006May 19Sep 29May 17Oct 21
2005May 10Oct 1Apr 20Oct 10
2004Apr 28Sep 17Apr 14Sep 17
2003May 20Sep 15Apr 23Sep 18
2002May 14Oct 2May 12Nov 8
2001May 19Sep 30May 12Oct 10
2000May 25Sep 30Apr 28Sep 30
1999May 27Sep 25May 8Oct 12
1998May 19Sep 24Apr 29Sep 30
1997May 18no dataApr 22no data
1996Apr 30Sep 16Apr 12Sep 22
1995Apr 20Oct 5Apr 12Oct 12
1994May 2Sep 28Apr 17Oct 8
1993Apr 26Sep 22Apr 9Oct 22
1992May 17no dataMay 9no data
1991Apr 28Oct 7Apr 13Oct 9
1990May 12Sep 18Apr 23Sep 25
1989May 18Oct 8Apr 22Oct 12
1988May 16Sep 23May 3Oct 6
1987May 16Sep 13Apr 27Sep 14
1986May 24Sep 25May 22Sep 25
1985Jun 14Sep 21May 22Oct 14
1984May 31Aug 31May 7Oct 9
1983May 8Sep 23May 5Sep 23
1982May 25Sep 22May 4Oct 4
1981May 8Sep 22May 2Sep 29
1980May 6Sep 3Apr 25Sep 3
1979May 11Sep 27Apr 26Oct 22
1978May 21Oct 2Apr 19Oct 3
1977May 25Sep 23May 22Oct 15
1976May 27no dataMay 12no data
1975no dataOct 6no dataOct 9
1969May 27Oct 20May 9Oct 21
1968May 10Sep 17May 3Sep 29
1967May 18Oct 5May 17Oct 15
1966May 24Oct 10May 18Oct 16
1965May 15Sep 28May 15Oct 1
1964May 29Oct 15May 23Oct 16
1963Jun 5Oct 7May 9Oct 8
1962May 17Sep 12May 17Sep 14
1961May 13Oct 4May 1Oct 8
1960May 19Sep 24Apr 27Sep 25
1959May 11Sep 26May 2Oct 8
1958May 20Sep 21Apr 21Oct 4
1957May 14Sep 22May 7Sep 27
1956May 19Sep 19Apr 22Sep 20
1955May 29Sep 13May 10Oct 2
1954May 16Sep 21May 12Sep 26
1953May 14Sep 29May 3Oct 2
1952Jun 5Sep 6May 22Oct 16
1951May 28Sep 28May 24Sep 29

"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.