Last Frost Day

Frost history / Nashville 1 E, IL

Nashville 1 E, IL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00116011, 1961 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 513 ft, 38.342, -89.359. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 6Oct 26
EarliestMar 10 (2012)Sep 29 (1962)
LatestMay 10 (1966)Nov 19 (1978)
Trend2.0 days earlier per decade1.4 days later per decade
Years with data5659

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 28 and the median first fall date is Nov 7.

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 15197019801990200020101962: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 91966: May 101967: Mar 221968: Apr 61969: Mar 311970: Apr 51971: Apr 71972: Apr 91973: Apr 131974: Apr 91975: Apr 71976: May 31977: Apr 51978: Mar 271979: Apr 71980: Apr 151981: Mar 241982: Apr 211983: Apr 201984: Apr 11985: Apr 91986: Mar 221987: Apr 41988: Mar 301989: May 71990: Apr 181991: Mar 311992: Apr 51993: Apr 31994: Apr 71995: Apr 51996: Apr 101997: Apr 171998: Mar 241999: Mar 272000: Apr 92001: Apr 182002: Apr 62003: Apr 62004: Mar 222005: Mar 202006: Mar 262008: Apr 152009: Apr 82010: Mar 272011: Apr 12012: Mar 102013: Apr 42014: Apr 162015: Mar 292016: Apr 102017: Mar 222018: Apr 172019: Apr 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26197019801990200020101961: Oct 31962: Sep 291963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Oct 241966: Oct 301967: Oct 261968: Oct 251969: Oct 231970: Nov 41971: Nov 61972: Oct 191973: Nov 51974: Oct 21975: Nov 131976: Oct 171977: Nov 111978: Nov 191979: Oct 241980: Oct 261981: Oct 231982: Oct 221983: Nov 51984: Nov 21985: Nov 51986: Nov 101987: Oct 81988: Oct 51989: Oct 191990: Oct 111991: Oct 201992: Oct 191993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Nov 31996: Oct 311997: Oct 221998: Nov 51999: Oct 242000: Oct 72001: Oct 272002: Nov 12003: Oct 272004: Nov 132005: Nov 162006: Oct 132007: Nov 22008: Oct 282009: Oct 182010: Oct 292011: Nov 112012: Oct 292013: Oct 252014: Nov 12015: Oct 182016: Nov 102017: Oct 292018: Oct 212019: Oct 31

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
2019Apr 16Oct 31Apr 2Nov 1
2018Apr 17Oct 21Apr 17Oct 21
2017Mar 22Oct 29Mar 19Oct 29
2016Apr 10Nov 10Mar 6Nov 13
2015Mar 29Oct 18Mar 29Nov 22
2014Apr 16Nov 1Mar 30Nov 2
2013Apr 4Oct 25Apr 2Oct 25
2012Mar 10Oct 29Mar 5Nov 15
2011Apr 1Nov 11Mar 28Nov 11
2010Mar 27Oct 29Mar 6Nov 6
2009Apr 8Oct 18Mar 14Dec 4
2008Apr 15Oct 28Mar 12Nov 10
2007no dataNov 2no dataNov 7
2006Mar 26Oct 13Mar 23Oct 24
2005Mar 20Nov 16Mar 20Nov 17
2004Mar 22Nov 13Mar 22Nov 13
2003Apr 6Oct 27Mar 31Nov 8
2002Apr 6Nov 1Apr 5Nov 2
2001Apr 18Oct 27Mar 27Dec 9
2000Apr 9Oct 7Apr 9Nov 15
1999Mar 27Oct 24Mar 26Nov 26
1998Mar 24Nov 5Mar 15Nov 7
1997Apr 17Oct 22Apr 9Nov 16
1996Apr 10Oct 31Mar 27Nov 3
1995Apr 5Nov 3Apr 5Nov 3
1994Apr 7Oct 25Apr 7Nov 22
1993Apr 3Oct 10Mar 18Oct 31
1992Apr 5Oct 19Mar 23Nov 14
1991Mar 31Oct 20Mar 30Nov 2
1990Apr 18Oct 11Apr 18Oct 26
1989May 7Oct 19Apr 11Oct 19
1988Mar 30Oct 5Mar 19Oct 29
1987Apr 4Oct 8Apr 4Nov 11
1986Mar 22Nov 10Mar 22Nov 12
1985Apr 9Nov 5Apr 9Nov 20
1984Apr 1Nov 2Mar 13Nov 17
1983Apr 20Nov 5Apr 19Dec 1
1982Apr 21Oct 22Apr 10Nov 4
1981Mar 24Oct 23Mar 19Oct 24
1980Apr 15Oct 26Mar 14Oct 26
1979Apr 7Oct 24Apr 6Nov 11
1978Mar 27Nov 19Mar 18Dec 4
1977Apr 5Nov 11Mar 22Nov 12
1976May 3Oct 17Mar 17Oct 18
1975Apr 7Nov 13Apr 4Nov 14
1974Apr 9Oct 2Mar 25Nov 14
1973Apr 13Nov 5Apr 11Nov 6
1972Apr 9Oct 19Apr 9Oct 19
1971Apr 7Nov 6Apr 7Nov 7
1970Apr 5Nov 4Mar 29Nov 15
1969Mar 31Oct 23Mar 31Oct 28
1968Apr 6Oct 25Mar 24Oct 29
1967Mar 22Oct 26Mar 19Nov 4
1966May 10Oct 30Mar 28Nov 2
1965no dataOct 24no dataNov 29
1964Apr 9Oct 6Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 1Oct 29Mar 22Oct 30
1962Apr 16Sep 29Apr 16Oct 24
1961no dataOct 3no dataNov 4

"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.