Last Frost Day

Frost history / Bethel Ap, AK

Bethel Ap, AK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00026615, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 102 ft, 60.785, -161.829. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 25Sep 19
EarliestMay 4 (2004)Aug 25 (1998)
LatestJul 19 (1965)Oct 19 (2018)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decade0.8 days later per decade
Years with data7474

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 and the median first fall date is Sep 28.

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 251952: Jun 51953: May 141954: May 211955: May 261956: May 201957: May 201958: May 201959: Jul 171960: Jun 11961: May 241962: Jun 61963: Jun 51964: Jun 21965: Jul 191966: Jun 21967: May 211968: May 311969: May 161970: May 161971: May 271972: Jun 71973: May 251974: Jun 111975: May 241976: Jun 91977: Jun 31978: May 201979: Jun 261980: May 221981: May 101982: May 251983: May 251984: May 301985: Jun 11986: May 271987: Jun 21988: May 161989: May 231990: May 221991: Jun 21992: May 261993: May 101994: May 301995: May 171996: Jun 121997: May 231998: May 251999: Jun 42000: May 292001: May 312002: May 162003: May 252004: May 42005: May 232006: Jun 42007: May 132008: May 202009: May 302010: Jun 32011: May 132012: Jun 32013: May 192014: May 202015: May 92016: May 42017: May 272018: May 162019: May 122020: May 52021: May 232022: May 182023: May 312024: Jun 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 271952: Sep 71953: Sep 141954: Sep 201955: Aug 291956: Sep 191957: Sep 151958: Sep 191959: Sep 71960: Sep 51961: Sep 301962: Sep 131963: Sep 211964: Sep 231965: Sep 271966: Sep 241967: Sep 231968: Sep 121969: Oct 11970: Sep 71971: Sep 61972: Sep 151973: Sep 241974: Sep 291975: Sep 81976: Sep 41977: Sep 281978: Sep 221979: Sep 161980: Sep 21981: Sep 161982: Sep 101983: Sep 21984: Aug 261985: Sep 111986: Sep 201987: Sep 71988: Sep 91989: Sep 261990: Sep 181991: Oct 51992: Sep 91993: Sep 161994: Sep 261995: Sep 291996: Aug 271997: Sep 211998: Aug 251999: Sep 252000: Sep 152001: Sep 262002: Sep 152003: Sep 142004: Sep 142005: Sep 302006: Sep 292007: Oct 72008: Sep 262009: Sep 222010: Sep 242011: Sep 272012: Sep 132013: Sep 182014: Sep 212015: Sep 12016: Sep 252017: Sep 12018: Oct 192019: Sep 192020: Sep 52021: Sep 192022: Sep 252023: Sep 272024: Sep 21

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 5Sep 21May 13Oct 14
2023May 31Sep 27May 7Oct 11
2022May 18Sep 25May 14Oct 9
2021May 23Sep 19May 1Sep 24
2020May 5Sep 5May 1Sep 26
2019May 12Sep 19Apr 28Sep 21
2018May 16Oct 19Apr 11Oct 20
2017May 27Sep 1May 5Oct 1
2016May 4Sep 25Apr 17Oct 14
2015May 9Sep 1Apr 27Oct 14
2014May 20Sep 21May 8Oct 4
2013May 19Sep 18May 19Sep 23
2012Jun 3Sep 13May 15Sep 24
2011May 13Sep 27May 12Oct 1
2010Jun 3Sep 24May 6Sep 26
2009May 30Sep 22May 30Sep 24
2008May 20Sep 26May 6Sep 28
2007May 13Oct 7May 13Oct 10
2006Jun 4Sep 29May 19Oct 13
2005May 23Sep 30Apr 25Oct 2
2004May 4Sep 14Apr 28Sep 25
2003May 25Sep 14May 16Sep 20
2002May 16Sep 15May 11Sep 20
2001May 31Sep 26May 27Oct 9
2000May 29Sep 15May 24Sep 18
1999Jun 4Sep 25May 13Oct 6
1998May 25Aug 25May 25Sep 28
1997May 23Sep 21May 9Oct 1
1996Jun 12Aug 27May 21Sep 12
1995May 17Sep 29Apr 27Oct 5
1994May 30Sep 26May 10Sep 29
1993May 10Sep 16May 9Sep 24
1992May 26Sep 9May 18Sep 10
1991Jun 2Oct 5May 3Oct 7
1990May 22Sep 18May 5Sep 24
1989May 23Sep 26May 16Oct 8
1988May 16Sep 9May 3Sep 23
1987Jun 2Sep 7May 14Sep 8
1986May 27Sep 20May 20Sep 21
1985Jun 1Sep 11May 20Oct 12
1984May 30Aug 26May 13Aug 26
1983May 25Sep 2May 8Sep 24
1982May 25Sep 10May 25Oct 5
1981May 10Sep 16May 4Sep 21
1980May 22Sep 2May 22Oct 1
1979Jun 26Sep 16May 8Sep 17
1978May 20Sep 22May 6Sep 23
1977Jun 3Sep 28May 29Oct 7
1976Jun 9Sep 4May 30Oct 1
1975May 24Sep 8May 23Sep 9
1974Jun 11Sep 29May 18Oct 1
1973May 25Sep 24May 12Sep 25
1972Jun 7Sep 15May 22Sep 19
1971May 27Sep 6May 17Oct 2
1970May 16Sep 7May 9Sep 8
1969May 16Oct 1May 16Oct 2
1968May 31Sep 12May 9Sep 19
1967May 21Sep 23May 17Sep 30
1966Jun 2Sep 24May 28Oct 9
1965Jul 19Sep 27May 14Sep 29
1964Jun 2Sep 23May 27Oct 8
1963Jun 5Sep 21May 11Oct 10
1962Jun 6Sep 13Jun 6Sep 15
1961May 24Sep 30May 24Oct 1
1960Jun 1Sep 5Jun 1Sep 18
1959Jul 17Sep 7May 12Sep 12
1958May 20Sep 19May 18Sep 27
1957May 20Sep 15May 4Sep 22
1956May 20Sep 19May 17Sep 20
1955May 26Aug 29May 8Oct 9
1954May 21Sep 20May 1Sep 21
1953May 14Sep 14May 13Sep 29
1952Jun 5Sep 7May 24Sep 18
1951May 25Sep 27May 1Sep 28

"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.