Last Frost Day

Frost history / Delphi 2 N, IN

Delphi 2 N, IN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00122149, 1951 to 2010, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 556 ft, 40.615, -86.666. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 7
EarliestMar 30 (1999)Sep 14 (1964)
LatestMay 30 (1961)Oct 29 (1973)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade1.2 days later per decade
Years with data5655

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 12 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 141960197019801990200020101951: Apr 231952: Apr 161953: Apr 211954: May 101955: May 91956: Apr 241957: May 41959: Apr 221960: May 121961: May 301962: Apr 241963: May 231964: Apr 111965: Apr 141966: May 101967: May 31968: May 61969: Apr 301970: May 61971: May 41972: Apr 271973: May 171974: May 71975: Apr 211976: May 81977: Apr 291978: May 31979: May 51980: Apr 261981: Apr 211982: Apr 281983: May 91984: May 161985: Apr 101986: May 31987: May 51988: Apr 291989: May 71990: Apr 191991: Apr 221992: May 61993: Apr 221994: Apr 231995: Apr 231997: Apr 261998: Apr 51999: Mar 302000: Apr 122001: Apr 192002: Apr 232003: Apr 232006: Apr 282007: Apr 202008: Apr 302009: Apr 222010: Apr 27

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 61953: Oct 81954: Oct 191955: Oct 251956: Oct 101958: Oct 21959: Sep 181960: Oct 11961: Sep 291963: Oct 141964: Sep 141965: Oct 51966: Oct 21967: Oct 121968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Sep 291971: Oct 121972: Oct 191973: Oct 291974: Sep 231975: Oct 31976: Sep 241977: Oct 131978: Oct 151979: Oct 101980: Oct 51981: Oct 31982: Oct 171983: Sep 241984: Oct 11985: Oct 21986: Oct 161987: Oct 41988: Oct 61989: Sep 241990: Oct 111991: Oct 161992: Oct 171993: Sep 301994: Oct 111996: Oct 41997: Oct 151998: Oct 231999: Oct 52000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22006: Oct 112007: Oct 282008: Oct 52009: Oct 162010: Oct 15

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
2010Apr 27Oct 15Mar 29Oct 21
2009Apr 22Oct 16Apr 3Nov 1
2008Apr 30Oct 5Apr 15Oct 22
2007Apr 20Oct 28Apr 17Oct 29
2006Apr 28Oct 11Apr 9Oct 14
2003Apr 23Oct 2Apr 10Nov 7
2002Apr 23Oct 14Apr 6Oct 14
2001Apr 19Oct 7Apr 17Oct 28
2000Apr 12Oct 7Apr 12Nov 15
1999Mar 30Oct 5Mar 27Nov 3
1998Apr 5Oct 23Mar 24Nov 4
1997Apr 26Oct 15Apr 18Oct 15
1996no dataOct 4no dataOct 11
1995Apr 23no dataApr 5no data
1994Apr 23Oct 11Apr 7Oct 27
1993Apr 22Sep 30Apr 4Nov 1
1992May 6Oct 17Apr 5Oct 19
1991Apr 22Oct 16Apr 2Oct 16
1990Apr 19Oct 11Apr 18Oct 23
1989May 7Sep 24Apr 13Oct 9
1988Apr 29Oct 6Apr 19Oct 13
1987May 5Oct 4Apr 9Oct 12
1986May 3Oct 16Apr 23Nov 3
1985Apr 10Oct 2Apr 9Oct 2
1984May 16Oct 1Apr 7Nov 2
1983May 9Sep 24Apr 20Nov 4
1982Apr 28Oct 17Apr 14Oct 17
1981Apr 21Oct 3Mar 25Oct 24
1980Apr 26Oct 5Apr 25Oct 6
1979May 5Oct 10Apr 10Oct 14
1978May 3Oct 15Apr 22Oct 24
1977Apr 29Oct 13Apr 29Oct 13
1976May 8Sep 24Apr 13Oct 18
1975Apr 21Oct 3Apr 21Nov 15
1974May 7Sep 23May 7Oct 3
1973May 17Oct 29Apr 14Nov 6
1972Apr 27Oct 19Apr 26Oct 19
1971May 4Oct 12May 4Nov 4
1970May 6Sep 29Apr 7Oct 16
1969Apr 30Oct 15Mar 31Oct 23
1968May 6Oct 5May 6Oct 5
1967May 3Oct 12Apr 25Oct 12
1966May 10Oct 2May 10Oct 24
1965Apr 14Oct 5Apr 3Oct 5
1964Apr 11Sep 14Apr 9Oct 7
1963May 23Oct 14May 1Oct 30
1962Apr 24no dataApr 20no data
1961May 30Sep 29Apr 16Oct 27
1960May 12Oct 1Apr 10Oct 20
1959Apr 22Sep 18Mar 28Oct 28
1958no dataOct 2no dataNov 7
1957May 4no dataApr 15no data
1956Apr 24Oct 10Apr 23Oct 10
1955May 9Oct 25Apr 8Nov 3
1954May 10Oct 19Apr 9Oct 31
1953Apr 21Oct 8Apr 19Oct 30
1952Apr 16Oct 6Apr 11Oct 7
1951Apr 23Sep 29Mar 26Nov 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.