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Frost history / Flora 5 Nw, IL

Flora 5 Nw, IL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00113109, 1951 to 2009, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 500 ft, 38.710, -88.576. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 14Oct 12
EarliestMar 20 (2005)Sep 18 (2000)
LatestMay 16 (1984)Nov 10 (1986)
Trend1.4 days earlier per decade1.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data5554

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 5 and the median first fall date is Oct 27.

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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30196019701980199020001951: Apr 231952: Apr 61953: Apr 201954: Apr 91955: Apr 81956: Apr 231957: Apr 151959: Apr 131960: Apr 101961: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 91965: Apr 11967: May 31968: May 61969: Mar 311970: Apr 71971: May 41972: Apr 261973: Apr 141974: Apr 91975: Apr 131976: May 91977: Apr 71978: May 61979: May 51980: May 91981: May 121983: May 91984: May 161985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 91988: Apr 301989: Apr 111990: Apr 181991: Mar 311992: Apr 281993: Apr 221994: Apr 71995: Apr 51996: Apr 101997: Apr 181998: Apr 121999: Mar 272000: Apr 142001: Apr 192002: Apr 62003: Mar 312004: Apr 142005: Mar 202006: Apr 92007: Apr 142008: Apr 152009: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001952: Oct 71953: Oct 301954: Oct 301955: Oct 251956: Nov 81957: Oct 261958: Oct 11959: Oct 121962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 71965: Oct 251966: Oct 201967: Oct 121968: Oct 51969: Oct 231970: Oct 161971: Oct 121972: Oct 191973: Oct 171974: Sep 231975: Oct 31976: Oct 101977: Oct 131978: Oct 81979: Oct 101980: Oct 51981: Oct 31982: Oct 171983: Sep 231984: Nov 21985: Oct 21986: Nov 101987: Oct 41988: Oct 61989: Sep 241991: Sep 201992: Oct 171993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 231996: Oct 191997: Oct 151998: Oct 221999: Oct 52000: Sep 182001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Oct 32005: Oct 282006: Oct 122007: Oct 292008: 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
2009Apr 9no dataMar 30no data
2008Apr 15Oct 28Apr 15Nov 10
2007Apr 14Oct 29Apr 9Nov 2
2006Apr 9Oct 12Mar 27Oct 24
2005Mar 20Oct 28Mar 17Nov 17
2004Apr 14Oct 3Mar 22Nov 13
2003Mar 31Oct 2Mar 31Nov 7
2002Apr 6Oct 14Apr 5Oct 14
2001Apr 19Oct 7Apr 19Oct 28
2000Apr 14Sep 18Apr 9Oct 9
1999Mar 27Oct 5Mar 27Oct 24
1998Apr 12Oct 22Mar 24Nov 5
1997Apr 18Oct 15Apr 14Oct 22
1996Apr 10Oct 19Apr 10Oct 31
1995Apr 5Sep 23Apr 5Nov 3
1994Apr 7Oct 25Apr 7Oct 27
1993Apr 22Oct 10Apr 3Nov 1
1992Apr 28Oct 17Apr 5Oct 19
1991Mar 31Sep 20Mar 31Oct 16
1990Apr 18no dataApr 18no data
1989Apr 11Sep 24Apr 11Nov 1
1988Apr 30Oct 6Mar 19Oct 12
1987Apr 9Oct 4Apr 4Oct 8
1986Apr 23Nov 10Apr 23Nov 10
1985Apr 10Oct 2Apr 9Oct 2
1984May 16Nov 2Mar 23Nov 3
1983May 9Sep 23Apr 20Nov 5
1982no dataOct 17no dataOct 21
1981May 12Oct 3Apr 6Oct 24
1980May 9Oct 5Mar 22Oct 5
1979May 5Oct 10Apr 7Oct 10
1978May 6Oct 8Apr 22Oct 8
1977Apr 7Oct 13Mar 25Oct 13
1976May 9Oct 10Apr 13Oct 18
1975Apr 13Oct 3Apr 13Nov 13
1974Apr 9Sep 23Apr 9Oct 21
1973Apr 14Oct 17Apr 14Nov 6
1972Apr 26Oct 19Apr 8Oct 20
1971May 4Oct 12Apr 7Nov 4
1970Apr 7Oct 16Apr 5Nov 16
1969Mar 31Oct 23Mar 31Oct 23
1968May 6Oct 5Mar 24Oct 26
1967May 3Oct 12Mar 22Nov 4
1966no dataOct 20no dataOct 30
1965Apr 1Oct 25Mar 27Oct 29
1964Apr 9Oct 7Apr 1Oct 10
1963May 1Oct 29Mar 22Oct 30
1962no dataOct 24no dataOct 24
1961Apr 16no dataApr 7no data
1960Apr 10no dataApr 10no data
1959Apr 13Oct 12Mar 28Oct 18
1958no dataOct 1no dataNov 6
1957Apr 15Oct 26Apr 13Oct 27
1956Apr 23Nov 8Mar 31Nov 9
1955Apr 8Oct 25Mar 29Nov 3
1954Apr 9Oct 30Apr 1Oct 30
1953Apr 20Oct 30Mar 10Nov 6
1952Apr 6Oct 7Mar 26Oct 21
1951Apr 23no dataMar 26no 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.