Last Frost Day

Frost history / Ann Arbor Muni Ap, MI

Ann Arbor Muni Ap, MI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094889, 1999 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 839 ft, 42.223, -83.744. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 14Oct 3
EarliestApr 26 (1999)Sep 14 (2013)
LatestMay 30 (2021)Oct 23 (2021)
Trend0.9 days later per decade5.6 days later per decade
Years with data2625

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

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 142000201020201999: Apr 262000: May 152001: May 132002: May 222003: May 42004: May 42005: May 72006: May 232007: May 182008: May 242009: May 182010: May 102011: May 42012: Apr 292013: May 262014: May 182015: May 232016: May 232017: May 92018: Apr 302019: May 142020: May 132021: May 302022: May 82023: May 182024: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 112000201020201999: Sep 222000: Oct 72001: Oct 62002: Oct 72003: Sep 292004: Sep 302005: Sep 302006: Sep 212007: Sep 162008: Oct 32009: Sep 302010: Oct 162011: Oct 182012: Sep 192013: Sep 142014: Sep 172015: Oct 102016: Oct 92017: Oct 12018: Oct 142019: Oct 142021: Oct 232022: Oct 32023: Oct 182024: Oct 9

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

"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.