Last Frost Day

Frost history / Shakamak Sp, IN

Shakamak Sp, IN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00127959, 1989 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 549 ft, 39.161, -87.244. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 15Oct 19
EarliestApr 3 (2019)Oct 7 (2000)
LatestMay 16 (1997)Nov 10 (2016)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.8 days later per decade
Years with data2525

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 5 and the median first fall date is Nov 2.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019902000201020201990: Apr 181991: Apr 221992: Apr 51995: Apr 61997: May 161998: Apr 111999: Apr 132000: Apr 122001: Apr 182005: May 42006: Apr 92007: Apr 132008: Apr 152010: Apr 282011: Apr 212012: Apr 122015: Apr 242016: Apr 122018: Apr 202019: Apr 32020: May 92022: Apr 192023: Apr 252024: Apr 72025: Apr 13

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619902000201020201989: Oct 191994: Oct 251996: Oct 181998: Oct 221999: Oct 182000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142005: Oct 292006: Oct 122009: Oct 182010: Oct 222011: Oct 222012: Oct 92013: Oct 222014: Oct 302015: Oct 172016: Nov 102017: Oct 302018: Oct 212019: Nov 12020: Oct 162022: Oct 192023: Oct 312024: Oct 18

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

"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.