Last Frost Day

Frost history / St Paul Island Ap, AK

St Paul Island Ap, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00025713, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 35 ft, 57.155, -170.222. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 12Sep 22
EarliestMay 3 (2004)Aug 14 (1981)
LatestJul 24 (2008)Oct 18 (2003)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade1.6 days later per decade
Years with data7372

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 10.

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 29Jul 14Jul 2919601970198019902000201020201951: May 271952: Jun 51953: Jun 61954: Jun 101955: Jun 91956: Jul 161957: May 261958: Jun 201959: Jun 21960: Jul 41961: Jul 131962: Jun 271963: Jun 71964: Jun 21965: Jun 171966: Jun 181967: Jul 91968: Jun 151969: Jun 141970: Jun 121971: Jul 21972: Jun 291973: Jun 261974: Jun 181975: Jun 121976: Jul 31977: Jun 251978: Jun 141979: May 131980: Jul 191981: Jun 131982: Jul 51983: Jun 21984: Jun 111985: Jun 231986: May 281987: May 311988: Jun 271989: May 151990: Jun 21991: Jul 241992: Jun 171993: Jun 201994: Jun 161995: Jun 111996: Jun 11997: Jun 21998: May 231999: Jun 132000: Jun 92001: Jul 72002: May 162003: May 272004: May 32005: May 212006: Jun 192007: Jun 192008: Jul 242009: Jun 212010: Jul 152011: Jun 72012: Jul 92013: Jun 22014: Jun 142015: Jun 72016: May 222017: May 292018: May 142019: May 132021: May 192022: Jun 12023: Jun 12024: Jun 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 21952: Sep 301953: Sep 291954: Sep 221955: Sep 141956: Aug 171957: Sep 281958: Aug 291959: Sep 61960: Sep 131961: Sep 91962: Sep 31963: Aug 241964: Sep 221965: Sep 251966: Oct 151967: Sep 91968: Sep 281969: Oct 31970: Sep 201971: Sep 51972: Sep 291973: Sep 221974: Oct 91975: Sep 71976: Sep 121977: Sep 211978: Oct 91979: Aug 201980: Sep 31981: Aug 141982: Sep 121983: Oct 111984: Sep 191985: Sep 161986: Sep 211987: Sep 71988: Sep 241989: Sep 261990: Sep 231991: Sep 111992: Sep 51993: Sep 71994: Sep 41995: Sep 221996: Sep 231997: Sep 271998: Oct 131999: Oct 122000: Sep 142001: Sep 172002: Oct 22003: Oct 182004: Oct 72005: Oct 12006: Sep 172007: Oct 132008: Aug 162009: Sep 222010: Sep 302011: Sep 252012: Sep 82013: Sep 222014: Oct 52015: Oct 72016: Oct 172017: Sep 132018: Sep 262021: Sep 222022: Sep 252023: Sep 102024: 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 6Sep 27May 9Nov 3
2023Jun 1Sep 10May 19Nov 8
2022Jun 1Sep 25May 18Sep 26
2021May 19Sep 22May 3Oct 23
2019May 13no dataMay 1no data
2018May 14Sep 26May 6Nov 15
2017May 29Sep 13Apr 20Oct 19
2016May 22Oct 17May 6Nov 14
2015Jun 7Oct 7May 14Nov 12
2014Jun 14Oct 5May 5Oct 14
2013Jun 2Sep 22May 18Nov 11
2012Jul 9Sep 8May 21Sep 17
2011Jun 7Sep 25May 10Oct 11
2010Jul 15Sep 30May 22Nov 2
2009Jun 21Sep 22Jun 21Sep 25
2008Jul 24Aug 16Jun 9Oct 7
2007Jun 19Oct 13May 21Oct 16
2006Jun 19Sep 17Jun 6Sep 17
2005May 21Oct 1May 19Oct 1
2004May 3Oct 7Apr 29Oct 29
2003May 27Oct 18May 27Oct 19
2002May 16Oct 2Apr 20Nov 12
2001Jul 7Sep 17May 15Oct 10
2000Jun 9Sep 14May 4Oct 10
1999Jun 13Oct 12Jun 7Oct 13
1998May 23Oct 13May 23Oct 20
1997Jun 2Sep 27May 22Oct 14
1996Jun 1Sep 23Jun 1Oct 11
1995Jun 11Sep 22May 18Oct 14
1994Jun 16Sep 4May 8Oct 8
1993Jun 20Sep 7Jun 19Sep 26
1992Jun 17Sep 5May 24Sep 12
1991Jul 24Sep 11May 18Oct 5
1990Jun 2Sep 23May 21Sep 23
1989May 15Sep 26May 14Sep 27
1988Jun 27Sep 24May 26Oct 23
1987May 31Sep 7May 28Sep 9
1986May 28Sep 21May 27Sep 23
1985Jun 23Sep 16Jun 4Sep 28
1984Jun 11Sep 19May 25Sep 19
1983Jun 2Oct 11Jun 2Oct 12
1982Jul 5Sep 12Jun 4Oct 2
1981Jun 13Aug 14Jun 13Sep 19
1980Jul 19Sep 3May 21Oct 8
1979May 13Aug 20May 13Oct 21
1978Jun 14Oct 9Apr 24Oct 21
1977Jun 25Sep 21Apr 25Oct 4
1976Jul 3Sep 12May 25Sep 16
1975Jun 12Sep 7May 21Sep 8
1974Jun 18Oct 9Jun 18Oct 11
1973Jun 26Sep 22May 25Oct 13
1972Jun 29Sep 29Jun 6Sep 29
1971Jul 2Sep 5Jun 11Oct 22
1970Jun 12Sep 20Jun 8Oct 1
1969Jun 14Oct 3Jun 3Oct 3
1968Jun 15Sep 28Jun 15Sep 29
1967Jul 9Sep 9May 6Oct 20
1966Jun 18Oct 15May 23Oct 16
1965Jun 17Sep 25May 26Sep 29
1964Jun 2Sep 22May 22Sep 23
1963Jun 7Aug 24May 15Oct 12
1962Jun 27Sep 3Jun 16Sep 4
1961Jul 13Sep 9Jul 13Oct 12
1960Jul 4Sep 13Jun 1Oct 6
1959Jun 2Sep 6May 21Oct 13
1958Jun 20Aug 29May 19Oct 18
1957May 26Sep 28May 20Sep 30
1956Jul 16Aug 17Jun 8Oct 28
1955Jun 9Sep 14May 16Oct 7
1954Jun 10Sep 22May 21Oct 9
1953Jun 6Sep 29Jun 6Oct 16
1952Jun 5Sep 30Jun 3Sep 30
1951May 27Oct 2May 26Oct 2

"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.