Last Frost Day

Frost history / Seward Ap, AK

Seward Ap, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00026438, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 22 ft, 60.128, -149.417. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 7Oct 5
EarliestApr 7 (1995)Sep 10 (1970)
LatestMay 31 (2023)Oct 27 (1986)
Trend0.9 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data7173

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 15 and the median first fall date is Oct 22.

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 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 51952: May 141953: May 41954: Apr 271955: May 101956: Apr 211957: May 21958: May 91959: May 101960: Apr 301961: May 11962: May 71963: Apr 301964: May 161965: May 141966: May 101967: May 71968: May 31969: Apr 241970: May 51971: May 151972: May 11973: May 191974: Apr 261975: May 181976: May 151977: May 201978: May 111980: May 91981: Apr 291982: May 151983: Apr 201984: Apr 301985: May 101986: Apr 251987: Apr 281988: May 21989: Apr 131990: Apr 111992: May 11993: Apr 211994: Apr 191995: Apr 71996: Apr 131998: May 111999: May 82000: Apr 262001: May 112002: May 102003: Apr 152004: Apr 302005: May 72006: May 182007: May 222008: Apr 292009: May 192010: May 172011: May 242012: May 172013: May 212014: Apr 302015: May 182016: May 22017: May 262018: May 132019: Apr 282020: Apr 302021: May 72022: May 62023: May 312024: May 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 71952: Oct 161953: Oct 21954: Oct 41955: Oct 61956: Sep 241957: Sep 301958: Sep 251959: Oct 71960: Oct 51961: Oct 91962: Oct 131963: Oct 101964: Oct 171965: Oct 91966: Oct 61967: Oct 51968: Sep 231969: Oct 211970: Sep 101971: Oct 51972: Sep 221973: Oct 61974: Sep 291975: Oct 211976: Oct 11977: Sep 291978: Oct 31979: Oct 251980: Oct 81981: Oct 81982: Oct 71983: Sep 241984: Oct 101985: Oct 31986: Oct 271987: Oct 161988: Oct 151989: Oct 131990: Sep 231991: Oct 121992: Sep 221993: Oct 171994: Sep 281995: Oct 111996: Oct 131997: Oct 111998: Oct 11999: Oct 102000: Oct 22001: Oct 112002: Sep 282003: Oct 172004: Oct 172005: Oct 142006: Oct 12007: Oct 82008: Sep 292009: Sep 242010: Sep 272011: Sep 302012: Sep 292013: Oct 52014: Oct 12015: Sep 182016: Oct 12017: Oct 12019: Oct 132020: Oct 132021: Sep 282022: Oct 132023: Oct 42024: Sep 22

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 20Sep 22Apr 10Oct 22
2023May 31Oct 4Apr 13Oct 21
2022May 6Oct 13Apr 19Oct 27
2021May 7Sep 28Apr 21Oct 27
2020Apr 30Oct 13Apr 11Oct 21
2019Apr 28Oct 13Apr 24Nov 24
2018May 13no dataApr 6no data
2017May 26Oct 1Apr 10Oct 20
2016May 2Oct 1Mar 27Nov 17
2015May 18Sep 18Apr 21Nov 10
2014Apr 30Oct 1Apr 11Oct 27
2013May 21Oct 5Apr 20Nov 12
2012May 17Sep 29Apr 14Oct 21
2011May 24Sep 30Apr 20Oct 31
2010May 17Sep 27Apr 10Oct 29
2009May 19Sep 24Apr 13Oct 31
2008Apr 29Sep 29Apr 21Oct 9
2007May 22Oct 8Apr 4Oct 8
2006May 18Oct 1Apr 18Oct 31
2005May 7Oct 14Apr 3Oct 29
2004Apr 30Oct 17Apr 2Oct 31
2003Apr 15Oct 17Apr 5Nov 13
2002May 10Sep 28Apr 26Nov 10
2001May 11Oct 11Apr 8Oct 12
2000Apr 26Oct 2Mar 28Nov 15
1999May 8Oct 10Apr 11Oct 15
1998May 11Oct 1Apr 11Oct 28
1997no dataOct 11no dataOct 11
1996Apr 13Oct 13Apr 10Oct 13
1995Apr 7Oct 11Mar 28Nov 5
1994Apr 19Sep 28Apr 17Oct 18
1993Apr 21Oct 17Mar 25Oct 24
1992May 1Sep 22Apr 13Oct 15
1991no dataOct 12no dataOct 15
1990Apr 11Sep 23Mar 23Oct 14
1989Apr 13Oct 13Apr 9Oct 14
1988May 2Oct 15Apr 7Nov 4
1987Apr 28Oct 16Apr 18Oct 30
1986Apr 25Oct 27Apr 10Oct 30
1985May 10Oct 3Apr 13Oct 17
1984Apr 30Oct 10Apr 22Oct 24
1983Apr 20Sep 24Apr 11Oct 30
1982May 15Oct 7Apr 18Oct 22
1981Apr 29Oct 8Apr 16Oct 8
1980May 9Oct 8Apr 15Nov 1
1979no dataOct 25no dataNov 5
1978May 11Oct 3Apr 5Oct 30
1977May 20Sep 29Apr 18Oct 1
1976May 15Oct 1Apr 25Oct 13
1975May 18Oct 21Apr 28Oct 27
1974Apr 26Sep 29Apr 6Oct 8
1973May 19Oct 6Apr 23Oct 13
1972May 1Sep 22Apr 24Oct 1
1971May 15Oct 5May 9Oct 24
1970May 5Sep 10Apr 24Oct 16
1969Apr 24Oct 21Apr 4Oct 25
1968May 3Sep 23Apr 20Oct 20
1967May 7Oct 5Apr 26Oct 24
1966May 10Oct 6Apr 24Oct 20
1965May 14Oct 9May 8Oct 14
1964May 16Oct 17May 10Oct 25
1963Apr 30Oct 10Apr 19Oct 26
1962May 7Oct 13Apr 10Oct 21
1961May 1Oct 9Apr 21Oct 10
1960Apr 30Oct 5Apr 21Nov 14
1959May 10Oct 7Apr 20Oct 9
1958May 9Sep 25Apr 20Oct 5
1957May 2Sep 30Apr 13Oct 5
1956Apr 21Sep 24Apr 20Oct 19
1955May 10Oct 6Apr 30Oct 6
1954Apr 27Oct 4Apr 25Oct 22
1953May 4Oct 2Apr 15Oct 24
1952May 14Oct 16Apr 29Nov 14
1951May 5Oct 7Apr 12Oct 9

"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.