Last Frost Day

Frost history / Antioch, IL

Antioch, IL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00110203, 1951 to 2007, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 750 ft, 42.481, -88.099. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 2Oct 10
EarliestApr 7 (1955)Sep 20 (1956)
LatestMay 27 (1971)Nov 2 (1963)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4949

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 20 and the median first fall date is Oct 28.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14196019701980199020001951: Apr 231952: Apr 151953: Apr 211954: May 71955: Apr 71956: May 81957: May 51958: Apr 291959: Apr 221960: Apr 181961: May 261962: Apr 201963: May 11964: Apr 251965: Apr 281966: May 111967: May 61968: May 71969: Apr 301970: May 71971: May 271972: May 101973: May 51974: May 81975: Apr 221976: May 81977: May 111978: May 61979: May 21980: May 101981: May 131982: Apr 291983: May 101984: May 171985: Apr 101986: May 41992: May 241994: May 61995: Apr 151997: Apr 191998: Apr 271999: Apr 262000: Apr 222001: Apr 182002: May 212003: Apr 242004: May 32006: Apr 262007: Apr 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001951: Oct 81952: Oct 31953: Oct 291954: Oct 301955: Oct 221956: Sep 201957: Oct 251958: Oct 11959: Oct 121960: Oct 201961: Oct 21962: Oct 241963: Nov 21964: Oct 61965: Oct 51966: Oct 161967: Oct 101968: Oct 41969: Oct 141970: Oct 161971: Oct 121972: Oct 101973: Oct 181974: Sep 221975: Oct 31976: Sep 231977: Oct 71978: Oct 81979: Oct 101980: Oct 51981: Oct 31982: Oct 171983: Oct 141984: Sep 291985: Oct 61986: Oct 151987: Oct 31994: Oct 101996: Oct 111997: Oct 231999: Oct 242000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Oct 52005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 28

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
2007Apr 16Oct 28Apr 15Nov 10
2006Apr 26Oct 12Apr 9Oct 25
2005no dataOct 26no dataNov 11
2004May 3Oct 5May 3Nov 8
2003Apr 24Oct 2Apr 10Nov 7
2002May 21Oct 14Apr 6Nov 1
2001Apr 18Oct 7Apr 17Oct 8
2000Apr 22Oct 7Apr 12Nov 11
1999Apr 26Oct 24Mar 27Oct 24
1998Apr 27no dataApr 6no data
1997Apr 19Oct 23Apr 18Oct 28
1996no dataOct 11no dataOct 31
1995Apr 15no dataApr 6no data
1994May 6Oct 10Apr 7Nov 19
1992May 24no dataMay 24no data
1987no dataOct 3no dataOct 8
1986May 4Oct 15Apr 22Nov 2
1985Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Nov 20
1984May 17Sep 29Apr 11Oct 24
1983May 10Oct 14May 9Nov 5
1982Apr 29Oct 17Apr 29Oct 22
1981May 13Oct 3Apr 22Oct 20
1980May 10Oct 5Apr 26Oct 5
1979May 2Oct 10Apr 11Oct 14
1978May 6Oct 8May 2Nov 1
1977May 11Oct 7Apr 30Oct 13
1976May 8Sep 23Apr 28Sep 24
1975Apr 22Oct 3Apr 22Oct 30
1974May 8Sep 22May 7Oct 2
1973May 5Oct 18Apr 14Nov 5
1972May 10Oct 10Apr 26Oct 19
1971May 27Oct 12May 4Nov 1
1970May 7Oct 16May 6Oct 16
1969Apr 30Oct 14Apr 30Oct 23
1968May 7Oct 4May 5Oct 5
1967May 6Oct 10Apr 25Oct 12
1966May 11Oct 16May 10Oct 25
1965Apr 28Oct 5Apr 3Oct 28
1964Apr 25Oct 6Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 1Nov 2May 1Nov 2
1962Apr 20Oct 24Apr 19Oct 24
1961May 26Oct 2May 1Oct 27
1960Apr 18Oct 20Apr 18Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 12Apr 21Oct 28
1958Apr 29Oct 1Apr 29Nov 7
1957May 5Oct 25Apr 15Oct 25
1956May 8Sep 20Apr 24Nov 9
1955Apr 7Oct 22Mar 30Nov 3
1954May 7Oct 30Apr 9Oct 30
1953Apr 21Oct 29Apr 20Nov 4
1952Apr 15Oct 3Apr 11Oct 6
1951Apr 23Oct 8Apr 20Nov 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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.