Last Frost Day

Frost history / Klamath Falls Intl Ap, OR

Klamath Falls Intl Ap, OR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094236, 1960 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,084 ft, 42.147, -121.724. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 9Sep 20
EarliestMay 14 (1970)Aug 25 (1960)
LatestJul 3 (1966)Oct 11 (2022)
Trend0.9 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data3837

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 18 and the median first fall date is Oct 4.

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 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 1419601970198019902000201020201960: May 241961: Jun 301962: Jun 51963: Jun 291964: May 221965: Jun 271966: Jul 31967: May 311968: Jun 81969: May 151970: May 141998: May 261999: Jun 92000: May 312001: Jun 182002: Jun 92003: May 202004: Jun 112005: Jun 72006: May 292007: Jun 72008: Jun 122009: May 152010: Jun 112011: Jun 82012: Jun 242013: Jun 212014: Jun 182015: May 162016: Jun 112017: Jun 142018: Jun 102019: Jun 212020: Jul 22021: Jun 72022: Jun 202023: Jun 212024: Jun 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201960: Aug 251961: Sep 211962: Oct 51963: Oct 71964: Sep 21965: Sep 171966: Sep 121967: Oct 31968: Sep 201969: Sep 141998: Oct 31999: Aug 312000: Sep 232001: Sep 62002: Sep 82003: Sep 172004: Sep 202005: Sep 112006: Sep 202007: Sep 232008: Sep 12009: Sep 72010: Aug 312011: Oct 62012: Oct 42013: Sep 182014: Oct 12015: Sep 52016: Sep 52017: Sep 212018: Sep 112019: Sep 292020: Sep 202021: Sep 32022: Oct 112023: Sep 202024: Oct 6

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 18Oct 6May 23Oct 17
2023Jun 21Sep 20Apr 25Sep 21
2022Jun 20Oct 11Jun 14Oct 22
2021Jun 7Sep 3May 26Oct 8
2020Jul 2Sep 20Jun 17Oct 22
2019Jun 21Sep 29Jun 8Oct 1
2018Jun 10Sep 11Jun 10Sep 24
2017Jun 14Sep 21May 18Sep 22
2016Jun 11Sep 5Apr 26Sep 23
2015May 16Sep 5May 13Oct 23
2014Jun 18Oct 1May 29Oct 12
2013Jun 21Sep 18May 22Sep 27
2012Jun 24Oct 4May 18Oct 8
2011Jun 8Oct 6May 24Oct 25
2010Jun 11Aug 31May 23Sep 10
2009May 15Sep 7May 8Sep 30
2008Jun 12Sep 1May 12Oct 10
2007Jun 7Sep 23May 13Sep 29
2006May 29Sep 20May 3Oct 17
2005Jun 7Sep 11Apr 25Sep 24
2004Jun 11Sep 20May 12Sep 21
2003May 20Sep 17May 18Sep 17
2002Jun 9Sep 8Jun 8Sep 30
2001Jun 18Sep 6Jun 13Sep 6
2000May 31Sep 23May 31Sep 23
1999Jun 9Aug 31Jun 8Oct 7
1998May 26Oct 3May 21Oct 4
1970May 14no dataMay 12no data
1969May 15Sep 14Apr 30Oct 4
1968Jun 8Sep 20May 7Sep 21
1967May 31Oct 3May 12Oct 6
1966Jul 3Sep 12Jun 4Oct 13
1965Jun 27Sep 17May 8Sep 19
1964May 22Sep 2May 8Oct 16
1963Jun 29Oct 7May 12Oct 7
1962Jun 5Oct 5Jun 4Oct 5
1961Jun 30Sep 21May 13Sep 23
1960May 24Aug 25May 22Oct 13

"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.