Last Frost Day

Frost history / Terre Haute Indiana State, IN

Terre Haute Indiana State, IN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00128723, 1955 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 507 ft, 39.471, -87.408. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 18Oct 16
EarliestMar 27 (1999)Sep 14 (1996)
LatestMay 27 (1961)Nov 3 (1973)
Trend1.8 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4443

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 7 and the median first fall date is Oct 28.

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 141960197019801990200020101955: Apr 81956: Apr 241957: Apr 151958: May 71959: Apr 131960: May 121961: May 271962: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 91965: Apr 31966: May 101967: May 31968: May 61969: Apr 11970: Apr 71971: May 41972: Apr 101973: Apr 141974: Apr 241975: Apr 131976: May 81977: Apr 291978: May 21979: Apr 101980: May 91981: May 121982: Apr 211989: May 71990: Apr 191991: Mar 311994: Apr 81995: Apr 61996: May 141997: Apr 181998: Apr 111999: Mar 272001: Apr 172003: Apr 132005: May 42006: Apr 92008: Apr 152010: Mar 302011: May 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101955: Oct 251956: Oct 271957: Oct 121958: Oct 21959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 271962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Oct 61965: Oct 121966: Oct 61967: Oct 261968: Oct 51969: Oct 171970: Oct 41971: Oct 121972: Oct 191973: Nov 31974: Oct 21975: Oct 31976: Oct 161978: Oct 81979: Oct 101980: Oct 51981: Oct 31982: Oct 211985: Oct 21988: Oct 61989: Oct 191990: Oct 191994: Oct 271995: Sep 231996: Sep 141997: Oct 221998: Oct 151999: Sep 302004: Oct 32005: Oct 282007: Oct 292008: Oct 282010: Oct 222011: Oct 21

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
2011May 6Oct 21Mar 29Oct 31
2010Mar 30Oct 22Mar 7Oct 29
2008Apr 15Oct 28Mar 29Oct 28
2007no dataOct 29no dataNov 2
2006Apr 9no dataMar 27no data
2005May 4Oct 28Mar 21Oct 29
2004no dataOct 3no dataNov 13
2003Apr 13no dataMar 30no data
2001Apr 17no dataApr 17no data
1999Mar 27Sep 30Mar 27Oct 7
1998Apr 11Oct 15Mar 24Nov 5
1997Apr 18Oct 22Apr 10Oct 22
1996May 14Sep 14Apr 9Oct 19
1995Apr 6Sep 23Apr 5Nov 3
1994Apr 8Oct 27Apr 7Nov 23
1991Mar 31no dataMar 31no data
1990Apr 19Oct 19Apr 13Oct 27
1989May 7Oct 19Apr 13Nov 3
1988no dataOct 6no dataOct 12
1985no dataOct 2no dataNov 21
1982Apr 21Oct 21Apr 11Oct 21
1981May 12Oct 3Mar 25Oct 24
1980May 9Oct 5Mar 22Oct 13
1979Apr 10Oct 10Apr 10Oct 13
1978May 2Oct 8Mar 18Oct 24
1977Apr 29no dataMar 24no data
1976May 8Oct 16Apr 12Oct 18
1975Apr 13Oct 3Apr 12Nov 14
1974Apr 24Oct 2Apr 9Oct 3
1973Apr 14Nov 3Apr 13Nov 6
1972Apr 10Oct 19Apr 9Oct 20
1971May 4Oct 12Apr 7Nov 4
1970Apr 7Oct 4Apr 7Nov 16
1969Apr 1Oct 17Apr 1Oct 23
1968May 6Oct 5Apr 6Oct 26
1967May 3Oct 26Mar 22Nov 4
1966May 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 26
1965Apr 3Oct 12Mar 28Oct 29
1964Apr 9Oct 6Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 1Oct 30Apr 10Oct 30
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 16Oct 24
1961May 27Oct 27Apr 29Nov 4
1960May 12Oct 20Apr 10Oct 20
1959Apr 13Oct 18Mar 28Oct 28
1958May 7Oct 2Mar 29Nov 7
1957Apr 15Oct 12Apr 14Oct 20
1956Apr 24Oct 27Mar 31Nov 9
1955Apr 8Oct 25Apr 8Nov 4

"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.