Last Frost Day

Frost history / Aledo, IL

Aledo, IL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00110072, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 730 ft, 41.198, -90.745. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 23Oct 13
EarliestMar 29 (1999)Sep 20 (1956)
LatestMay 17 (1997)Nov 12 (2016)
Trend0.7 days earlier per decade1.7 days later per decade
Years with data6972

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 11 and the median first fall date is Oct 25.

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 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 231952: Apr 161953: Apr 271954: May 41955: Apr 81956: Apr 301957: May 41958: May 71959: Apr 221960: May 101961: May 21962: Apr 201963: Apr 241964: Apr 141965: Apr 161966: May 111967: May 31968: Apr 251969: Apr 291970: Apr 101971: Apr 141972: Apr 251973: Apr 171974: Apr 241976: May 31977: Apr 291979: Apr 101980: Apr 261981: Apr 211982: Apr 211983: May 91984: Mar 311985: Apr 91987: Apr 51988: Apr 241989: May 71990: Apr 181991: Apr 101992: Apr 281993: Apr 221994: Apr 301996: Apr 151997: May 171998: Apr 171999: Mar 292001: Apr 192002: Apr 262003: Apr 112004: Apr 152005: May 42006: Apr 102007: Apr 162008: Apr 302009: Apr 132010: Apr 102011: May 62012: Apr 132013: Apr 212014: Apr 192015: Apr 232017: Apr 72018: Apr 302019: Apr 292020: May 102021: Apr 232022: Apr 272023: Apr 272024: Apr 222025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 81952: Oct 31953: Oct 281954: Oct 191955: Oct 191956: Sep 201957: Sep 241958: Oct 11959: Oct 121960: Oct 201961: Sep 281962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 51965: Oct 241966: Oct 101967: Sep 291968: Oct 41969: Oct 141970: Oct 161971: Nov 11972: Sep 301973: Nov 31974: Sep 221975: Sep 221976: Oct 61977: Oct 131979: Oct 131980: Oct 51981: Oct 21982: Oct 201983: Nov 41984: Sep 261985: Oct 11987: Oct 31988: Oct 51989: Sep 241990: Oct 111991: Oct 71992: Oct 171993: Oct 101994: Oct 271995: Sep 221996: Oct 111997: Oct 221998: Nov 51999: Oct 182000: Oct 72001: Oct 62002: Oct 132003: Oct 22004: Oct 22005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 282008: Oct 282009: Oct 102011: Oct 222012: Oct 62013: Oct 222014: Oct 232015: Oct 172016: Nov 122017: Oct 292018: Oct 162019: Oct 122020: Oct 162021: Nov 12022: Oct 142023: Oct 302024: Oct 162025: Oct 24

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
2025Apr 9Oct 24Apr 9Nov 2
2024Apr 22Oct 16Mar 28Nov 26
2023Apr 27Oct 30Apr 25Oct 30
2022Apr 27Oct 14Apr 26Oct 18
2021Apr 23Nov 1Apr 22Nov 3
2020May 10Oct 16Apr 17Oct 28
2019Apr 29Oct 12Apr 16Oct 31
2018Apr 30Oct 16Apr 18Oct 21
2017Apr 7Oct 29Mar 23Oct 29
2016no dataNov 12no dataNov 12
2015Apr 23Oct 17Apr 5Nov 9
2014Apr 19Oct 23Apr 16Nov 1
2013Apr 21Oct 22Apr 21Oct 25
2012Apr 13Oct 6Mar 10Oct 28
2011May 6Oct 22Apr 6Oct 29
2010Apr 10no dataMar 27no data
2009Apr 13Oct 10Apr 13Oct 11
2008Apr 30Oct 28Apr 13Oct 28
2007Apr 16Oct 28Apr 14Nov 2
2006Apr 10Oct 12Apr 8Oct 12
2005May 4Oct 26May 3Nov 10
2004Apr 15Oct 2Apr 14Nov 12
2003Apr 11Oct 2Apr 10Oct 2
2002Apr 26Oct 13Apr 7Oct 21
2001Apr 19Oct 6Apr 1Oct 18
2000no dataOct 7no dataOct 7
1999Mar 29Oct 18Mar 29Oct 19
1998Apr 17Nov 5Mar 25Nov 5
1997May 17Oct 22Apr 18Oct 22
1996Apr 15Oct 11Apr 11Oct 20
1995no dataSep 22no dataOct 22
1994Apr 30Oct 27Apr 7Oct 27
1993Apr 22Oct 10Apr 17Oct 31
1992Apr 28Oct 17Apr 5Oct 17
1991Apr 10Oct 7Mar 30Oct 19
1990Apr 18Oct 11Apr 12Oct 22
1989May 7Sep 24Apr 13Oct 18
1988Apr 24Oct 5Apr 19Oct 12
1987Apr 5Oct 3Apr 4Oct 3
1985Apr 9Oct 1Apr 9Nov 5
1984Mar 31Sep 26Mar 31Nov 2
1983May 9Nov 4Apr 19Nov 5
1982Apr 21Oct 20Apr 11Nov 4
1981Apr 21Oct 2Apr 6Oct 19
1980Apr 26Oct 5Apr 15Oct 5
1979Apr 10Oct 13Apr 6Oct 13
1977Apr 29Oct 13Apr 29Nov 11
1976May 3Oct 6Apr 12Oct 16
1975no dataSep 22no dataOct 2
1974Apr 24Sep 22Apr 9Oct 2
1973Apr 17Nov 3Apr 17Nov 5
1972Apr 25Sep 30Apr 25Oct 19
1971Apr 14Nov 1Apr 6Nov 4
1970Apr 10Oct 16Apr 4Nov 3
1969Apr 29Oct 14Apr 6Oct 23
1968Apr 25Oct 4Apr 6Oct 25
1967May 3Sep 29Apr 24Oct 26
1966May 11Oct 10Apr 10Oct 25
1965Apr 16Oct 24Mar 31Oct 24
1964Apr 14Oct 5Apr 9Oct 10
1963Apr 24Oct 29Apr 10Nov 2
1962Apr 20Oct 24Apr 16Oct 24
1961May 2Sep 28Apr 16Oct 24
1960May 10Oct 20Apr 10Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 12Apr 13Oct 28
1958May 7Oct 1Apr 30Oct 30
1957May 4Sep 24Apr 15Oct 11
1956Apr 30Sep 20Apr 24Sep 20
1955Apr 8Oct 19Mar 29Oct 31
1954May 4Oct 19Apr 4Oct 30
1953Apr 27Oct 28Apr 19Nov 5
1952Apr 16Oct 3Mar 28Oct 6
1951Apr 23Oct 8Apr 17Nov 1

"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.