Last Frost Day

Frost history / Farmland 5 Nnw, IN

Farmland 5 Nnw, IN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00122825, 1962 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 965 ft, 40.254, -85.148. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 30Oct 8
EarliestApr 11 (1964)Sep 20 (1991)
LatestMay 23 (1967)Nov 5 (2016)
Trend1.4 days earlier per decade2.9 days later per decade
Years with data6361

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 19 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301970198019902000201020201963: May 231964: Apr 111965: Apr 191966: May 111967: May 231968: May 61969: Apr 251970: May 71971: May 41972: May 101973: May 171974: May 81975: Apr 211976: May 121977: May 101978: May 31979: May 51980: May 91981: Apr 221982: Apr 231983: May 91984: May 161985: Apr 111986: May 41987: Apr 131988: Apr 261989: May 81990: Apr 191991: Apr 121992: May 71993: Apr 271994: May 21995: May 31996: May 141997: Apr 271998: Apr 121999: Apr 252000: Apr 262001: Apr 252002: May 222003: Apr 242004: May 32005: May 42006: Apr 262007: Apr 182008: May 12009: Apr 232010: May 102011: Apr 212012: Apr 282013: Apr 262014: Apr 232015: Apr 282016: Apr 142017: May 82018: Apr 302019: Apr 152020: May 122021: May 102022: Apr 272023: May 42024: Apr 252025: Apr 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111970198019902000201020201962: Sep 211963: Sep 301964: Oct 51965: Oct 41966: Oct 21967: Sep 231968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Sep 291971: Oct 121972: Oct 151973: Oct 191974: Sep 231975: Oct 31976: Oct 101977: Oct 131978: Oct 81979: Oct 131980: Oct 51981: Oct 31982: Oct 171983: Sep 241984: Oct 11985: Sep 271986: Oct 161987: Oct 11988: Oct 61989: Sep 241990: Oct 201991: Sep 201992: Oct 171993: Sep 301994: Oct 101995: Sep 231996: Oct 41997: Oct 151998: Oct 221999: Sep 222000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Oct 32005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 282008: Oct 52009: Oct 12010: Oct 192011: Oct 222012: Oct 82013: Oct 222014: Oct 232015: Oct 172016: Nov 52017: Oct 262018: Oct 162019: Oct 122020: Oct 52021: Oct 272023: Oct 23

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 17no dataApr 17no data
2024Apr 25no dataApr 6no data
2023May 4Oct 23Apr 25Oct 23
2022Apr 27no dataApr 18no data
2021May 10Oct 27Apr 23Nov 3
2020May 12Oct 5May 12Oct 31
2019Apr 15Oct 12Apr 2Oct 18
2018Apr 30Oct 16Apr 29Oct 18
2017May 8Oct 26Apr 8Oct 26
2016Apr 14Nov 5Apr 11Nov 12
2015Apr 28Oct 17Apr 24Oct 17
2014Apr 23Oct 23Apr 16Nov 2
2013Apr 26Oct 22Apr 26Oct 25
2012Apr 28Oct 8Apr 27Oct 8
2011Apr 21Oct 22Apr 3Oct 30
2010May 10Oct 19Mar 31Nov 1
2009Apr 23Oct 1Apr 12Oct 17
2008May 1Oct 5Apr 16Oct 22
2007Apr 18Oct 28Apr 16Oct 28
2006Apr 26Oct 12Apr 10Oct 15
2005May 4Oct 26Mar 22Oct 29
2004May 3Oct 3Apr 6Oct 5
2003Apr 24Oct 2Apr 23Oct 2
2002May 22Oct 14May 19Oct 14
2001Apr 25Oct 7Apr 19Oct 7
2000Apr 26Oct 7Apr 13Oct 30
1999Apr 25Sep 22Mar 30Oct 18
1998Apr 12Oct 22Apr 6Oct 23
1997Apr 27Oct 15Apr 18Oct 15
1996May 14Oct 4May 13Oct 31
1995May 3Sep 23Apr 6Sep 23
1994May 2Oct 10Apr 23Oct 27
1993Apr 27Sep 30Apr 22Oct 11
1992May 7Oct 17Apr 6Oct 19
1991Apr 12Sep 20Apr 11Oct 16
1990Apr 19Oct 20Apr 19Oct 26
1989May 8Sep 24May 7Oct 4
1988Apr 26Oct 6Apr 25Oct 6
1987Apr 13Oct 1Apr 9Oct 4
1986May 4Oct 16Apr 23Nov 3
1985Apr 11Sep 27Apr 10Oct 2
1984May 16Oct 1Apr 20Nov 6
1983May 9Sep 24Apr 21Oct 27
1982Apr 23Oct 17Apr 14Oct 17
1981Apr 22Oct 3Apr 21Oct 24
1980May 9Oct 5Mar 27Oct 6
1979May 5Oct 13May 1Oct 14
1978May 3Oct 8Apr 22Oct 24
1977May 10Oct 13Apr 29Oct 13
1976May 12Oct 10May 8Oct 18
1975Apr 21Oct 3Apr 21Oct 30
1974May 8Sep 23May 7Oct 3
1973May 17Oct 19Apr 14Nov 4
1972May 10Oct 15Apr 26Oct 19
1971May 4Oct 12Apr 30Nov 4
1970May 7Sep 29Apr 11Oct 17
1969Apr 25Oct 15Apr 1Oct 23
1968May 6Oct 5May 6Oct 5
1967May 23Sep 23Apr 28Oct 22
1966May 11Oct 2May 10Oct 6
1965Apr 19Oct 4Apr 18Oct 5
1964Apr 11Oct 5Apr 9Oct 7
1963May 23Sep 30May 1Oct 30
1962no dataSep 21no dataOct 25

"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.