Last Frost Day

Frost history / Normal 4NE, IL

Normal 4NE, IL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00116200, 1977 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 790 ft, 40.549, -88.950. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 22Oct 14
EarliestMar 29 (1999)Sep 19 (1991)
LatestMay 27 (1992)Nov 3 (1986)
Trend0.8 days later per decade1.7 days later per decade
Years with data4445

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 and the median first fall date is Oct 29.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14198019902000201020201978: May 11979: Apr 101980: Apr 161981: May 121982: Apr 221983: May 91984: Apr 241985: Apr 91986: Apr 231987: Apr 91988: Apr 291989: May 71990: Apr 181991: Apr 241992: May 271993: Apr 221994: Apr 81995: Apr 61996: Apr 111997: May 161998: Apr 61999: Mar 292000: Apr 132001: Apr 192002: May 212004: Apr 142006: Apr 92008: Apr 162009: Apr 182010: May 102011: May 182012: Apr 282013: Apr 212014: Apr 242015: May 22016: Apr 142017: Apr 242018: Apr 302019: Apr 292020: Apr 212021: May 142022: Apr 282024: Apr 262025: Apr 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11198019902000201020201977: Oct 131978: Oct 81979: Oct 101980: Oct 51981: Oct 191982: Oct 211983: Oct 141984: Sep 301985: Nov 31986: Nov 31987: Oct 31988: Oct 51990: Oct 111991: Sep 191992: Oct 161993: Sep 301994: Oct 241995: Sep 231996: Oct 191997: Oct 211998: Oct 211999: Oct 142000: Oct 72001: Oct 62002: Oct 142003: Oct 22007: Oct 282008: Oct 222009: Oct 102010: Oct 292011: Oct 222012: Oct 62013: Oct 222014: Oct 122015: Oct 172016: Oct 222017: Oct 282018: Oct 122019: Oct 122020: Oct 52021: Nov 22022: Sep 302023: 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 17Oct 24Apr 9Oct 25
2024Apr 26Oct 16Apr 22Oct 27
2023no dataOct 30no dataOct 31
2022Apr 28Sep 30Apr 19Oct 20
2021May 14Nov 2Apr 23Nov 3
2020Apr 21Oct 5Apr 21Oct 31
2019Apr 29Oct 12Apr 16Nov 1
2018Apr 30Oct 12Apr 30Oct 21
2017Apr 24Oct 28Apr 8Oct 29
2016Apr 14Oct 22Apr 14Nov 12
2015May 2Oct 17Apr 5Nov 8
2014Apr 24Oct 12Apr 24Nov 1
2013Apr 21Oct 22Apr 5Oct 25
2012Apr 28Oct 6Apr 12Nov 2
2011May 18Oct 22May 5Nov 11
2010May 10Oct 29Apr 19Oct 29
2009Apr 18Oct 10Apr 13Nov 1
2008Apr 16Oct 22Apr 15Oct 28
2007no dataOct 28no dataOct 28
2006Apr 9no dataApr 9no data
2004Apr 14no dataApr 14no data
2003no dataOct 2no dataOct 2
2002May 21Oct 14Apr 6Nov 1
2001Apr 19Oct 6Apr 18Nov 9
2000Apr 13Oct 7Apr 9Oct 7
1999Mar 29Oct 14Mar 26Oct 18
1998Apr 6Oct 21Mar 23Nov 6
1997May 16Oct 21Apr 14Oct 22
1996Apr 11Oct 19Apr 10Oct 31
1995Apr 6Sep 23Apr 6Nov 3
1994Apr 8Oct 24Apr 8Nov 21
1993Apr 22Sep 30Apr 22Oct 10
1992May 27Oct 16Apr 28Oct 17
1991Apr 24Sep 19Apr 1Oct 15
1990Apr 18Oct 11Apr 18Oct 19
1989May 7no dataMay 7no data
1988Apr 29Oct 5Apr 19Oct 26
1987Apr 9Oct 3Apr 9Oct 8
1986Apr 23Nov 3Apr 22Nov 10
1985Apr 9Nov 3Apr 9Nov 20
1984Apr 24Sep 30Apr 1Nov 2
1983May 9Oct 14Apr 20Nov 5
1982Apr 22Oct 21Apr 21Oct 21
1981May 12Oct 19Apr 6Oct 23
1980Apr 16Oct 5Apr 16Oct 29
1979Apr 10Oct 10Apr 10Oct 13
1978May 1Oct 8Mar 25Nov 21
1977no dataOct 13no dataNov 11

"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.