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Frost history / Marshfield Muni Ap, WI

Marshfield Muni Ap, WI: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094985, 1996 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,255 ft, 44.638, -90.188. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 9Oct 3
EarliestApr 24 (1999)Sep 14 (2007)
LatestMay 21 (2002)Oct 25 (2016)
Trend1.3 days earlier per decade5.9 days later per decade
Years with data2729

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 24 and the median first fall date is Oct 16.

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 302000201020201997: May 161998: Apr 281999: Apr 242000: May 192001: Apr 242002: May 212003: May 32004: May 152005: May 122006: May 62007: May 172008: May 192010: May 92011: May 42012: Apr 272013: May 132014: May 162015: May 202016: May 152017: May 82018: Apr 292019: Apr 282020: May 132021: May 122022: May 42023: May 32024: Apr 25

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 112000201020201996: Oct 21997: Oct 11998: Oct 11999: Sep 212000: Sep 252001: Sep 252002: Oct 72003: Sep 292004: Oct 22005: Oct 72006: Oct 112007: Sep 142008: Oct 32009: Sep 302010: Oct 32011: Oct 12012: Sep 232013: Oct 172014: Oct 52015: Oct 142016: Oct 252017: Oct 162018: Sep 292019: Oct 122020: Oct 32021: Oct 222022: Sep 282023: Oct 162024: Oct 15

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 25Oct 15Apr 24Oct 16
2023May 3Oct 16Apr 24Oct 30
2022May 4Sep 28Apr 27Oct 18
2021May 12Oct 22Apr 25Oct 22
2020May 13Oct 3May 9Oct 16
2019Apr 28Oct 12Apr 28Oct 25
2018Apr 29Sep 29Apr 20Sep 29
2017May 8Oct 16Apr 12Oct 28
2016May 15Oct 25May 15Nov 19
2015May 20Oct 14Apr 23Oct 16
2014May 16Oct 5Apr 18Oct 31
2013May 13Oct 17Apr 24Oct 23
2012Apr 27Sep 23Apr 27Oct 11
2011May 4Oct 1Apr 18Oct 21
2010May 9Oct 3Apr 9Oct 29
2009no dataSep 30no dataOct 9
2008May 19Oct 3Apr 29Oct 18
2007May 17Sep 14Apr 13Sep 15
2006May 6Oct 11Apr 9Oct 11
2005May 12Oct 7May 3Oct 25
2004May 15Oct 2May 3Oct 4
2003May 3Sep 29Apr 9Oct 1
2002May 21Oct 7May 3Oct 13
2001Apr 24Sep 25Apr 18Oct 6
2000May 19Sep 25Apr 12Oct 6
1999Apr 24Sep 21Mar 27Oct 3
1998Apr 28Oct 1Mar 24Oct 14
1997May 16Oct 1May 13Oct 22
1996no dataOct 2no dataOct 3

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.