Frost history / Buffalo Asos, SD
Buffalo Asos, SD: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094037, 1998 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 3,004 ft, 45.604, -103.546. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 11 | Oct 4 |
| Earliest | Apr 20 (2007) | Sep 8 (2020) |
| Latest | May 24 (2002) | Oct 19 (2024) |
| Trend | 1.5 days earlier per decade | 4.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 26 | 27 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 30 and the median first fall date is Oct 9.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | May 4 | Oct 19 | May 4 | Oct 25 |
| 2023 | Apr 30 | Oct 6 | Apr 24 | Oct 25 |
| 2022 | May 22 | Oct 6 | May 22 | Oct 7 |
| 2021 | May 11 | Oct 14 | May 10 | Oct 21 |
| 2020 | May 11 | Sep 8 | Apr 17 | Sep 9 |
| 2019 | May 12 | Oct 9 | May 2 | Oct 9 |
| 2018 | Apr 25 | Oct 3 | Apr 16 | Oct 3 |
| 2017 | Apr 30 | Oct 3 | Apr 27 | Oct 4 |
| 2016 | May 14 | Oct 5 | May 14 | Oct 6 |
| 2015 | May 20 | Oct 15 | Apr 22 | Oct 16 |
| 2014 | May 15 | Sep 12 | Apr 16 | Oct 28 |
| 2013 | May 11 | Oct 4 | May 2 | Oct 24 |
| 2012 | May 11 | Oct 4 | Apr 10 | Oct 4 |
| 2011 | May 5 | Oct 14 | Apr 20 | Oct 19 |
| 2010 | May 8 | Oct 13 | May 8 | Oct 27 |
| 2009 | May 16 | Sep 28 | May 16 | Oct 8 |
| 2008 | May 11 | Sep 24 | Apr 28 | Oct 9 |
| 2007 | Apr 20 | Sep 13 | Apr 13 | Sep 14 |
| 2006 | May 5 | Sep 19 | May 5 | Oct 11 |
| 2005 | May 15 | Oct 4 | May 3 | Oct 5 |
| 2004 | May 14 | Oct 1 | May 13 | Oct 1 |
| 2003 | May 20 | Sep 30 | Apr 8 | Oct 25 |
| 2002 | May 24 | Sep 22 | May 24 | Oct 11 |
| 2001 | Apr 23 | Oct 4 | Apr 23 | Oct 5 |
| 2000 | May 18 | Sep 22 | May 13 | Sep 23 |
| 1999 | May 11 | Sep 13 | Apr 17 | Oct 1 |
| 1998 | no data | Oct 11 | no data | Oct 12 |
"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.