Last Frost Day

Frost history / Iron Mtn Ford Ap, MI

Iron Mtn Ford Ap, MI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094893, 1997 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,149 ft, 45.818, -88.114. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 26Sep 28
EarliestMay 10 (2024)Sep 10 (2006)
LatestJun 6 (2009)Oct 18 (2021)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade5.0 days later per decade
Years with data2827

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 13 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)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 142000201020201997: May 271998: Jun 51999: May 142000: Jun 32001: May 302002: May 252003: Jun 12004: May 282005: May 162006: May 232007: May 172008: May 282009: Jun 62010: May 152011: May 272012: May 132013: May 252014: May 182015: Jun 12016: May 182017: May 202018: May 132019: Jun 32020: May 312021: May 302022: May 232023: May 262024: May 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 272000201020201998: Sep 221999: Sep 202000: Sep 162001: Sep 142002: Sep 282003: Sep 292004: Sep 292005: Oct 72006: Sep 102007: Sep 152008: Oct 22009: Sep 302010: Sep 192011: Sep 152012: Sep 192013: Sep 162014: Sep 222015: Sep 292016: Oct 82017: Sep 302018: Sep 292019: Oct 42020: Sep 182021: Oct 182022: Sep 232023: Oct 72024: Oct 4

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
2024May 10Oct 4Apr 26Oct 9
2023May 26Oct 7May 25Oct 29
2022May 23Sep 23May 4Sep 29
2021May 30Oct 18May 12Oct 22
2020May 31Sep 18May 13Oct 15
2019Jun 3Oct 4May 13Oct 18
2018May 13Sep 29May 12Oct 12
2017May 20Sep 30May 9Oct 16
2016May 18Oct 8May 18Oct 13
2015Jun 1Sep 29May 22Oct 16
2014May 18Sep 22May 6Oct 10
2013May 25Sep 16May 24Oct 14
2012May 13Sep 19Apr 29Oct 7
2011May 27Sep 15May 27Sep 16
2010May 15Sep 19May 10Oct 3
2009Jun 6Sep 30May 11Oct 1
2008May 28Oct 2May 28Oct 3
2007May 17Sep 15May 13Oct 12
2006May 23Sep 10May 22Oct 10
2005May 16Oct 7May 12Oct 8
2004May 28Sep 29May 15Sep 29
2003Jun 1Sep 29May 22Sep 29
2002May 25Sep 28May 25Oct 13
2001May 30Sep 14Apr 28Oct 6
2000Jun 3Sep 16May 20Sep 24
1999May 14Sep 20May 9Sep 21
1998Jun 5Sep 22Jun 5Sep 23
1997May 27no dataMay 22no data

"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.