Last Frost Day

Frost history / Greencastle 1 W, IN

Greencastle 1 W, IN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00123513, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 735 ft, 39.644, -86.877. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 20Oct 18
EarliestMar 25 (1998)Sep 23 (1995)
LatestMay 21 (2002)Nov 20 (1985)
Trend0.8 days later per decade0.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data6160

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 9 and the median first fall date is Oct 31.

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 301960197019801990200020101951: Apr 241952: Apr 151953: Apr 201954: May 41955: Apr 81956: Apr 231957: May 41958: Apr 11959: Apr 131960: Apr 101961: Apr 181962: Apr 201963: May 11964: Apr 101965: Apr 41966: May 101967: May 31968: May 61969: Apr 11970: Apr 81971: May 31972: Apr 91973: Apr 141974: May 71975: Apr 211976: May 81977: Apr 291978: May 21979: Apr 101980: Apr 251981: Apr 211982: Apr 211983: Apr 201984: Apr 71985: Apr 101986: Apr 241987: Apr 91988: Apr 191989: May 71990: Apr 181991: Apr 111992: Apr 281993: Apr 221994: May 31995: Apr 61996: Apr 171997: Apr 181998: Mar 251999: Mar 282000: Apr 272001: May 132002: May 212003: Apr 242004: May 52005: May 42006: Apr 102007: Apr 182008: Apr 162010: May 102011: May 62012: Apr 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 31953: Oct 291954: Oct 191955: Oct 251956: Nov 91957: Oct 121958: Oct 21959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 271963: Oct 291964: Oct 101965: Oct 51966: Oct 251967: Oct 121968: Oct 41969: Oct 171970: Oct 161971: Nov 41972: Oct 191973: Oct 291974: Oct 21975: Oct 301976: Oct 181977: Oct 131978: Oct 241979: Oct 101980: Oct 131981: Oct 231982: Oct 211983: Nov 41984: Nov 21985: Nov 201986: Nov 31987: Oct 41989: Oct 91990: Oct 191991: Oct 161992: Oct 171993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 231996: Oct 191997: Oct 221998: Nov 41999: Oct 242000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Oct 32005: Oct 282006: Oct 122007: Oct 282008: Oct 222009: Oct 112010: Oct 52011: Oct 222012: Sep 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
2012Apr 14Sep 24Apr 13Oct 8
2011May 6Oct 22Apr 1Oct 22
2010May 10Oct 5Apr 29Oct 22
2009no dataOct 11no dataOct 19
2008Apr 16Oct 22Apr 15Oct 28
2007Apr 18Oct 28Apr 11Oct 29
2006Apr 10Oct 12Apr 10Oct 15
2005May 4Oct 28Mar 24Oct 29
2004May 5Oct 3Apr 6Nov 9
2003Apr 24Oct 2Apr 23Oct 2
2002May 21Oct 14Apr 10Oct 14
2001May 13Oct 7Apr 19Oct 7
2000Apr 27Oct 7Apr 12Oct 9
1999Mar 28Oct 24Mar 27Nov 3
1998Mar 25Nov 4Mar 24Nov 5
1997Apr 18Oct 22Apr 14Oct 22
1996Apr 17Oct 19Apr 9Nov 2
1995Apr 6Sep 23Apr 6Nov 3
1994May 3Oct 25Apr 8Nov 22
1993Apr 22Oct 10Apr 3Nov 1
1992Apr 28Oct 17Apr 5Oct 19
1991Apr 11Oct 16Mar 31Oct 16
1990Apr 18Oct 19Apr 18Nov 8
1989May 7Oct 9Apr 11Nov 3
1988Apr 19no dataMar 27no data
1987Apr 9Oct 4Apr 5Oct 12
1986Apr 24Nov 3Apr 23Nov 10
1985Apr 10Nov 20Apr 9Nov 20
1984Apr 7Nov 2Mar 31Nov 3
1983Apr 20Nov 4Apr 20Nov 12
1982Apr 21Oct 21Apr 10Oct 22
1981Apr 21Oct 23Mar 24Oct 24
1980Apr 25Oct 13Mar 27Oct 29
1979Apr 10Oct 10Apr 10Oct 14
1978May 2Oct 24Mar 30Nov 25
1977Apr 29Oct 13Apr 6Nov 11
1976May 8Oct 18Apr 12Oct 18
1975Apr 21Oct 30Apr 12Nov 14
1974May 7Oct 2Apr 9Oct 21
1973Apr 14Oct 29Apr 13Nov 6
1972Apr 9Oct 19Apr 9Oct 19
1971May 3Nov 4Apr 7Nov 4
1970Apr 8Oct 16Apr 7Nov 16
1969Apr 1Oct 17Apr 1Oct 23
1968May 6Oct 4Apr 6Nov 10
1967May 3Oct 12Mar 23Nov 4
1966May 10Oct 25May 10Oct 30
1965Apr 4Oct 5Apr 3Oct 29
1964Apr 10Oct 10Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 1Oct 29Apr 11Nov 2
1962Apr 20no dataApr 16no data
1961Apr 18Oct 27Apr 17Nov 4
1960Apr 10Oct 20Apr 10Oct 20
1959Apr 13Oct 18Mar 29Nov 6
1958Apr 1Oct 2Mar 23Nov 7
1957May 4Oct 12Apr 14Nov 6
1956Apr 23Nov 9Apr 8Nov 9
1955Apr 8Oct 25Apr 8Nov 3
1954May 4Oct 19Apr 10Oct 31
1953Apr 20Oct 29Apr 19Nov 5
1952Apr 15Oct 3Apr 14Oct 7
1951Apr 24Sep 29Apr 16Nov 2

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.