Last Frost Day

Frost history / Garrett 1 S, IN

Garrett 1 S, IN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00123207, 1989 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 870 ft, 41.337, -85.120. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 15
EarliestApr 11 (1991)Sep 23 (1995)
LatestMay 19 (2002)Nov 12 (2016)
Trend1.7 days later per decade3.2 days later per decade
Years with data3534

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 17 and the median first fall date is Oct 24.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019902000201020201990: Apr 181991: Apr 111992: Apr 281993: Apr 271994: May 31995: Apr 241996: May 141997: May 161998: Apr 281999: Apr 252000: Apr 252001: Apr 252002: May 192003: Apr 242004: Apr 282005: May 42006: Apr 262007: Apr 152008: Apr 302009: Apr 232010: May 102012: Apr 292013: May 132014: May 162015: Apr 282016: May 162017: May 82018: Apr 302019: Apr 282020: May 132021: May 122022: Apr 272023: Apr 272024: Apr 262025: Apr 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619902000201020201989: Sep 241990: Oct 231992: Nov 61993: Sep 301994: Oct 101995: Sep 231996: Oct 41997: Oct 181998: Oct 221999: Oct 52000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Nov 82005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Nov 22009: Oct 12010: Oct 162011: Oct 222012: Sep 242013: Oct 222014: Oct 112015: Oct 182016: Nov 122017: Oct 262018: Oct 132019: Oct 122021: Oct 242022: Oct 82023: Oct 232024: Oct 162025: Oct 25

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 25Apr 12Oct 25
2024Apr 26Oct 16Apr 25Oct 17
2023Apr 27Oct 23Apr 26Oct 31
2022Apr 27Oct 8Apr 27Nov 13
2021May 12Oct 24May 1Nov 2
2020May 13no dataMay 12no data
2019Apr 28Oct 12Apr 1Nov 1
2018Apr 30Oct 13Apr 20Oct 16
2017May 8Oct 26Apr 8Oct 26
2016May 16Nov 12Apr 13Nov 12
2015Apr 28Oct 18Apr 24Oct 18
2014May 16Oct 11Apr 17Oct 19
2013May 13Oct 22Apr 26Oct 22
2012Apr 29Sep 24Apr 27Oct 8
2011no dataOct 22no dataOct 22
2010May 10Oct 16Apr 10Oct 22
2009Apr 23Oct 1Apr 12Oct 18
2008Apr 30no dataApr 30no data
2007Apr 15Nov 2Apr 15Nov 23
2006Apr 26Oct 12Apr 26Oct 15
2005May 4Oct 26May 4Oct 29
2004Apr 28Nov 8Apr 6Nov 9
2003Apr 24Oct 2Apr 10Nov 7
2002May 19Oct 14Apr 23Oct 14
2001Apr 25Oct 7Apr 19Oct 7
2000Apr 25Oct 7Apr 13Oct 30
1999Apr 25Oct 5Mar 30Oct 21
1998Apr 28Oct 22Apr 11Nov 4
1997May 16Oct 18Apr 18Oct 23
1996May 14Oct 4Apr 17Oct 31
1995Apr 24Sep 23Apr 5Sep 23
1994May 3Oct 10Apr 8Oct 27
1993Apr 27Sep 30Apr 22Oct 10
1992Apr 28Nov 6Apr 6Nov 14
1991Apr 11no dataApr 11no data
1990Apr 18Oct 23Apr 18Oct 26
1989no dataSep 24no dataOct 9

"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.