Last Frost Day

Frost history / N Vernon 2 Ese, IN

N Vernon 2 Ese, IN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00126435, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 743 ft, 39.002, -85.600. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 25Oct 17
EarliestApr 2 (1965)Sep 25 (1965)
LatestMay 27 (1961)Nov 10 (2016)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data5958

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 9 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 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 231953: Apr 211954: May 101955: Apr 81956: Apr 231957: May 51958: Apr 301959: Apr 231961: May 271964: Apr 91965: Apr 21966: May 101967: May 31968: May 61969: Apr 201970: May 31971: May 41972: Apr 261973: May 151974: May 71975: Apr 211976: May 121977: Apr 291978: Apr 221979: May 51980: May 91983: Apr 251985: Apr 101986: Apr 231988: Apr 251989: May 81990: Apr 181991: Apr 21992: Apr 51993: Apr 222001: Apr 262002: May 222003: Apr 232004: Apr 152005: May 42006: Apr 102007: Apr 162008: Apr 152009: Apr 92010: Apr 282011: May 52012: Apr 132013: Apr 262014: Apr 162015: Apr 242016: May 162017: May 82018: Apr 302019: Apr 32020: May 92021: Apr 232022: Apr 102023: Apr 252024: Apr 25

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201952: Oct 71954: Oct 211955: Oct 251956: Nov 101958: Oct 201959: Oct 181960: Oct 211961: Oct 151962: Sep 291963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Sep 251967: Oct 111968: Oct 51969: Oct 181970: Oct 41971: Nov 41972: Oct 191973: Oct 171976: Oct 181977: Oct 141978: Oct 151979: Oct 131980: Oct 51983: Oct 261984: Nov 31985: Nov 81986: Oct 151987: Oct 41988: Oct 61989: Oct 91990: Oct 191992: Oct 172000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Oct 62005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 292008: Oct 192009: Oct 182010: Oct 202011: Oct 222012: Oct 82013: Oct 222014: Oct 232015: Oct 172016: Nov 102017: Oct 262018: Oct 182019: Oct 132020: Oct 52021: Nov 32022: Oct 82023: Oct 312024: Oct 16

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
2024Apr 25Oct 16Mar 28Nov 30
2023Apr 25Oct 31Apr 25Oct 31
2022Apr 10Oct 8Apr 10Oct 20
2021Apr 23Nov 3Apr 3Nov 3
2020May 9Oct 5May 9Nov 2
2019Apr 3Oct 13Apr 2Nov 1
2018Apr 30Oct 18Apr 16Oct 21
2017May 8Oct 26Apr 8Oct 30
2016May 16Nov 10Apr 10Nov 12
2015Apr 24Oct 17Apr 24Oct 18
2014Apr 16Oct 23Apr 16Nov 2
2013Apr 26Oct 22Apr 5Oct 25
2012Apr 13Oct 8Apr 12Oct 11
2011May 5Oct 22Apr 1Oct 29
2010Apr 28Oct 20Mar 26Oct 30
2009Apr 9Oct 18Apr 9Oct 18
2008Apr 15Oct 19Apr 15Oct 29
2007Apr 16Oct 29Apr 10Oct 29
2006Apr 10Oct 12Apr 9Oct 15
2005May 4Oct 26Mar 24Oct 29
2004Apr 15Oct 6Apr 5Nov 9
2003Apr 23Oct 2Apr 23Nov 8
2002May 22Oct 14Apr 4Nov 2
2001Apr 26Oct 7Apr 18Oct 28
2000no dataOct 7no dataOct 8
1993Apr 22no dataApr 3no data
1992Apr 5Oct 17Apr 5Oct 19
1991Apr 2no dataMar 31no data
1990Apr 18Oct 19Apr 18Oct 19
1989May 8Oct 9May 6Nov 1
1988Apr 25Oct 6Apr 20Oct 12
1987no dataOct 4no dataOct 8
1986Apr 23Oct 15Apr 23Nov 10
1985Apr 10Nov 8Apr 10Nov 21
1984no dataNov 3no dataNov 7
1983Apr 25Oct 26Apr 20Nov 5
1980May 9Oct 5Apr 5Oct 13
1979May 5Oct 13Apr 7Oct 14
1978Apr 22Oct 15Apr 22Nov 8
1977Apr 29Oct 14Mar 24Oct 17
1976May 12Oct 18Apr 28Oct 18
1975Apr 21no dataApr 12no data
1974May 7no dataApr 9no data
1973May 15Oct 17Apr 14Nov 6
1972Apr 26Oct 19Apr 9Oct 20
1971May 4Nov 4Apr 7Nov 4
1970May 3Oct 4Apr 7Oct 17
1969Apr 20Oct 18Mar 31Oct 18
1968May 6Oct 5Apr 6Oct 26
1967May 3Oct 11Apr 4Oct 12
1966May 10no dataMay 10no data
1965Apr 2Sep 25Mar 31Oct 25
1964Apr 9Oct 6Apr 9Oct 10
1963no dataOct 29no dataOct 30
1962no dataSep 29no dataOct 24
1961May 27Oct 15May 3Oct 15
1960no dataOct 21no dataOct 21
1959Apr 23Oct 18Mar 28Oct 18
1958Apr 30Oct 20Apr 8Oct 30
1957May 5no dataApr 15no data
1956Apr 23Nov 10Apr 19Nov 13
1955Apr 8Oct 25Apr 8Nov 4
1954May 10Oct 21Apr 2Oct 31
1953Apr 21no dataApr 20no data
1952no dataOct 7no dataOct 7
1951Apr 23no dataApr 16no data

"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.