Last Frost Day

Frost history / Seldovia Ap, AK

Seldovia Ap, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00025516, 1997 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 29 ft, 59.443, -151.702. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 15Sep 29
EarliestApr 8 (2016)Sep 15 (2004)
LatestMay 30 (2017)Oct 29 (2018)
Trend3.5 days earlier per decade3.0 days later per decade
Years with data2728

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 17.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 142000201020201998: May 241999: May 202000: May 272001: May 142002: May 142003: May 212004: Apr 212005: May 32006: May 182007: May 192008: May 212009: May 172010: May 92011: May 132012: May 182013: May 202014: May 12015: May 32016: Apr 82017: May 302018: Apr 262019: May 42020: May 132021: May 172022: May 152023: May 122024: May 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 112000201020201997: Oct 21998: Oct 11999: Oct 82000: Sep 182001: Oct 102002: Sep 212003: Sep 162004: Sep 152005: Oct 112006: Sep 302007: Oct 82008: Sep 282009: Sep 222010: Sep 262011: Sep 292012: Sep 292013: Sep 232014: Sep 262015: Sep 192016: Sep 272017: Oct 152018: Oct 292019: Sep 272020: Oct 152021: Sep 192022: Oct 122023: Oct 32024: Oct 3

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 15Oct 3Apr 15Oct 19
2023May 12Oct 3Apr 21Oct 21
2022May 15Oct 12Apr 21Oct 28
2021May 17Sep 19May 1Sep 30
2020May 13Oct 15Apr 11Oct 30
2019May 4Sep 27Apr 24Oct 13
2018Apr 26Oct 29Apr 6Oct 29
2017May 30Oct 15Apr 19Oct 17
2016Apr 8Sep 27Mar 19Oct 22
2015May 3Sep 19Apr 13Nov 14
2014May 1Sep 26Apr 11Oct 1
2013May 20Sep 23Apr 29Nov 12
2012May 18Sep 29Apr 24Oct 17
2011May 13Sep 29Apr 19Oct 20
2010May 9Sep 26Apr 24Oct 14
2009May 17Sep 22Apr 9Oct 30
2008May 21Sep 28Apr 30Oct 8
2007May 19Oct 8Apr 13Oct 8
2006May 18Sep 30Apr 30Oct 27
2005May 3Oct 11Apr 16Oct 13
2004Apr 21Sep 15Apr 4Sep 24
2003May 21Sep 16Apr 6Sep 19
2002May 14Sep 21May 4Nov 10
2001May 14Oct 10May 5Oct 11
2000May 27Sep 18Apr 28Oct 1
1999May 20Oct 8Apr 29Oct 22
1998May 24Oct 1Apr 30Oct 2
1997no dataOct 2no dataOct 8

"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.