First freeze 2026 · Seattle, WA
When is Seattle's first freeze?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first freeze: Nov 14.
- This fall
- None yet
- Normal date
- Nov 14 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Oct 16, 1946
- Latest on record
- Dec 24, 1999
- Record since
- 1945 (81 falls)
- Station
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Coldest so far
- 34°F on Oct 31
- Hard freeze (28°F)
- None yet through Nov 7. Normal first hard freeze: Dec 6.
Common questions
When is Seattle's first freeze?
Around Nov 14. That is the median date of the first freeze (a low of 32°F or colder) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport over the 1991-2020 falls, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Seattle had its first freeze this fall?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first freeze: Nov 14.
What is the earliest first freeze on record in Seattle?
Oct 16, 1946, in a record that goes back to 1945.
What is the latest first freeze on record in Seattle?
Dec 24, 1999.
Every fall on record
| Season | Date | Low |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nov 30 | 31°F |
| 2024 | Nov 28 | 32°F |
| 2023 | Oct 29 | 32°F |
| 2022 | Nov 9 | 32°F |
| 2021 | Nov 17 | 31°F |
| 2020 | Nov 9 | 31°F |
| 2019 | Nov 28 | 31°F |
| 2018 | Dec 4 | 32°F |
| 2017 | Dec 8 | 29°F |
| 2016 | Dec 6 | 31°F |
| 2015 | Nov 23 | 32°F |
| 2014 | Nov 12 | 32°F |
| 2013 | Nov 21 | 31°F |
| 2012 | Nov 10 | 31°F |
| 2011 | Nov 6 | 32°F |
| 2010 | Nov 21 | 31°F |
| 2009 | Nov 14 | 32°F |
| 2008 | Dec 13 | 32°F |
| 2007 | Nov 2 | 32°F |
| 2006 | Oct 30 | 32°F |
| 2005 | Nov 15 | 32°F |
| 2004 | Nov 4 | 32°F |
| 2003 | Oct 31 | 30°F |
| 2002 | Nov 2 | 31°F |
| 2001 | Oct 28 | 32°F |
| 2000 | Nov 11 | 30°F |
| 1999 | Dec 24 | 32°F |
| 1998 | Dec 19 | 19°F |
| 1997 | Dec 6 | 29°F |
| 1996 | Oct 31 | 32°F |
| 1995 | Nov 3 | 32°F |
| 1994 | Nov 17 | 32°F |
| 1993 | Nov 22 | 24°F |
| 1992 | Nov 23 | 31°F |
| 1991 | Oct 30 | 30°F |
| 1990 | Nov 18 | 30°F |
| 1989 | Dec 11 | 30°F |
| 1988 | Nov 30 | 30°F |
| 1987 | Nov 17 | 32°F |
| 1986 | Nov 10 | 31°F |
| 1985 | Oct 29 | 32°F |
| 1984 | Oct 31 | 31°F |
| 1983 | Dec 1 | 28°F |
| 1982 | Nov 10 | 30°F |
| 1981 | Nov 24 | 32°F |
| 1980 | Nov 11 | 31°F |
| 1979 | Nov 1 | 32°F |
| 1978 | Nov 11 | 28°F |
| 1977 | Nov 8 | 32°F |
| 1976 | Nov 26 | 32°F |
| 1975 | Nov 17 | 31°F |
| 1974 | Nov 4 | 32°F |
| 1973 | Nov 5 | 31°F |
| 1972 | Dec 3 | 30°F |
| 1971 | Oct 28 | 30°F |
| 1970 | Oct 27 | 31°F |
| 1969 | Nov 27 | 30°F |
| 1968 | Dec 6 | 32°F |
| 1967 | Nov 21 | 32°F |
| 1966 | Nov 8 | 31°F |
| 1965 | Nov 23 | 32°F |
| 1964 | Nov 14 | 32°F |
| 1963 | Nov 19 | 30°F |
| 1962 | Nov 28 | 30°F |
| 1961 | Nov 5 | 31°F |
| 1960 | Nov 20 | 31°F |
| 1959 | Nov 7 | 32°F |
| 1958 | Nov 15 | 30°F |
| 1957 | Nov 4 | 30°F |
| 1956 | Oct 28 | 32°F |
| 1955 | Nov 11 | 15°F |
| 1954 | Oct 25 | 31°F |
| 1953 | Oct 23 | 32°F |
| 1952 | Nov 2 | 31°F |
| 1951 | Oct 30 | 32°F |
| 1950 | Nov 9 | 32°F |
| 1949 | Oct 18 | 32°F |
| 1948 | Oct 27 | 32°F |
| 1947 | Nov 20 | 32°F |
| 1946 | Oct 16 | 32°F |
| 1945 | Nov 6 | 31°F |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)