Last Frost Day

Frost history / Morrisonville, IL

Morrisonville, IL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00115841, 1980 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 630 ft, 39.416, -89.461. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 14Oct 13
EarliestMar 29 (1999)Sep 20 (1991)
LatestJun 3 (2003)Nov 1 (1989)
Trend3.0 days earlier per decade2.9 days later per decade
Years with data3432

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 2 and the median first fall date is Oct 23.

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 30Jun 14198019902000201020201980: May 91981: May 201985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 131988: Apr 291989: Apr 141990: Apr 181991: Mar 311992: Apr 281993: Apr 211994: Apr 81995: Apr 61996: Apr 141997: Apr 241998: Apr 51999: Mar 292000: Apr 132001: Apr 182002: Apr 62003: Jun 32004: Apr 142005: May 52006: Apr 282007: Apr 152008: Apr 292009: Apr 122010: Mar 292011: Mar 312012: Apr 112014: Apr 162023: Apr 252024: Apr 72025: Apr 8

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11198019902000201020201980: Oct 51981: Oct 191985: Oct 11986: Oct 151987: Oct 31988: Oct 51989: Nov 11990: Oct 111991: Sep 201992: Oct 171993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 231996: Oct 91997: Oct 151998: Oct 221999: Sep 222001: Oct 172002: Oct 152003: Oct 12004: Oct 32005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 282009: Oct 112010: Oct 52012: Oct 292013: Oct 222022: Oct 82023: 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 8Oct 24Mar 6Nov 2
2024Apr 7Oct 16Mar 20Oct 24
2023Apr 25Oct 30Mar 20Oct 31
2022no dataOct 8no dataOct 19
2014Apr 16no dataApr 15no data
2013no dataOct 22no dataOct 25
2012Apr 11Oct 29Apr 11Nov 4
2011Mar 31no dataMar 29no data
2010Mar 29Oct 5Mar 26Oct 19
2009Apr 12Oct 11Mar 20Nov 12
2008Apr 29no dataApr 2no data
2007Apr 15Oct 28Apr 9Nov 2
2006Apr 28Oct 12Mar 26Oct 12
2005May 5Oct 26Mar 18Oct 28
2004Apr 14Oct 3Mar 23Oct 5
2003Jun 3Oct 1Mar 31Oct 3
2002Apr 6Oct 15Apr 5Oct 20
2001Apr 18Oct 17Apr 1Oct 27
2000Apr 13no dataApr 12no data
1999Mar 29Sep 22Mar 27Oct 20
1998Apr 5Oct 22Mar 24Nov 7
1997Apr 24Oct 15Apr 18Oct 18
1996Apr 14Oct 9Apr 10Oct 31
1995Apr 6Sep 23Apr 5Oct 15
1994Apr 8Oct 25Apr 8Nov 23
1993Apr 21Oct 10Apr 3Oct 31
1992Apr 28Oct 17Apr 3Oct 17
1991Mar 31Sep 20Mar 31Oct 20
1990Apr 18Oct 11Apr 13Oct 23
1989Apr 14Nov 1Apr 13Nov 3
1988Apr 29Oct 5Mar 27Oct 6
1987Apr 13Oct 3Apr 9Oct 8
1986Apr 23Oct 15Apr 10Nov 10
1985Apr 10Oct 1Apr 10Nov 20
1981May 20Oct 19Mar 24Oct 23
1980May 9Oct 5Mar 23Oct 5

"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.