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Frost history / Racine Batten Ap, WI

Racine Batten Ap, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094818, 1998 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 674 ft, 42.761, -87.814. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 26Oct 22
EarliestMar 29 (2017)Oct 2 (2003)
LatestMay 21 (2002)Nov 20 (2024)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)6.6 days later per decade
Years with data2627

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 2 and the median first fall date is Nov 7.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 302000201020201999: Apr 252000: Apr 222001: Apr 182002: May 212003: Apr 242004: May 32005: Apr 292006: Apr 262007: Apr 152008: Apr 302009: Apr 172010: Apr 282011: Apr 212012: Apr 262013: Apr 202014: Apr 232015: Apr 242016: Apr 122017: Mar 292018: Apr 292019: Apr 272020: May 92021: May 122022: Apr 272023: Apr 272024: Apr 25

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 262000201020201998: Nov 41999: Oct 242000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 162003: Oct 22004: Oct 52005: Oct 282006: Oct 122007: Nov 72008: Oct 282009: Oct 102010: Oct 222011: Oct 292012: Oct 272013: Oct 212014: Oct 222015: Oct 172016: Nov 122017: Nov 62018: Oct 132019: Oct 262020: Oct 192021: Nov 22022: Oct 192023: Oct 302024: Nov 20

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
2024Apr 25Nov 20Mar 29Nov 26
2023Apr 27Oct 30Apr 2Nov 1
2022Apr 27Oct 19Mar 28Nov 13
2021May 12Nov 2Apr 2Nov 3
2020May 9Oct 19Apr 15Oct 30
2019Apr 27Oct 26Apr 1Oct 31
2018Apr 29Oct 13Apr 29Oct 21
2017Mar 29Nov 6Mar 23Nov 7
2016Apr 12Nov 12Apr 9Nov 19
2015Apr 24Oct 17Apr 4Nov 14
2014Apr 23Oct 22Apr 16Nov 1
2013Apr 20Oct 21Apr 3Nov 11
2012Apr 26Oct 27Mar 9Nov 12
2011Apr 21Oct 29Apr 1Nov 11
2010Apr 28Oct 22Mar 26Nov 6
2009Apr 17Oct 10Mar 30Oct 11
2008Apr 30Oct 28Apr 2Nov 10
2007Apr 15Nov 7Apr 10Nov 15
2006Apr 26Oct 12Mar 27Oct 24
2005Apr 29Oct 28Mar 28Nov 16
2004May 3Oct 5Apr 5Nov 13
2003Apr 24Oct 2Apr 23Nov 7
2002May 21Oct 16Apr 23Nov 1
2001Apr 18Oct 7Apr 18Nov 20
2000Apr 22Oct 7Apr 8Nov 11
1999Apr 25Oct 24Mar 27Oct 24
1998no dataNov 4no dataNov 6

"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.