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Frost history / Chariton 1 E, IA

Chariton 1 E, IA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00131394, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 965 ft, 41.016, -93.279. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 2Oct 2
EarliestApr 8 (1955)Sep 12 (1955)
LatestMay 27 (1992)Oct 30 (1973)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)0.6 days later per decade
Years with data6767

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 16.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 231952: Apr 251953: Apr 271954: May 201955: Apr 81956: May 161957: May 61958: May 61959: May 151960: Apr 301961: May 21962: Apr 191963: May 231964: Apr 151965: Apr 191966: May 141968: May 51969: May 121970: May 21971: May 131972: Apr 251973: May 171974: Apr 241975: Apr 201976: May 81978: May 31979: Apr 281980: May 141981: May 201982: Apr 231983: Apr 251984: May 81985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 121988: Apr 291989: May 101990: May 21991: Apr 241992: May 271993: Apr 221994: May 81995: Apr 251996: Apr 301997: May 161998: Apr 231999: Apr 172000: May 142001: Apr 252002: May 202003: Apr 232004: May 152005: May 42006: May 62007: Apr 192008: May 132011: May 172015: Apr 292016: May 162017: May 52019: May 132020: May 92021: May 132022: May 22023: May 42024: Apr 252025: Apr 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 281953: Sep 221954: Oct 171955: Sep 121956: Oct 71957: Oct 101958: Oct 11959: Oct 91960: Oct 191961: Sep 281962: Sep 201963: Oct 281964: Sep 281965: Sep 241966: Oct 11969: Oct 141970: Oct 41971: Sep 241972: Sep 301973: Oct 301974: Sep 221975: Sep 251976: Oct 61977: Oct 31978: Oct 81979: Sep 221980: Sep 261981: Oct 21982: Oct 211983: Sep 221984: Sep 261985: Oct 11986: Oct 141987: Oct 31988: Oct 41989: Sep 241990: Oct 111991: Sep 191992: Sep 291993: Sep 291994: Oct 101995: Sep 221996: Oct 31997: Oct 171998: Oct 81999: Sep 212000: Oct 62001: Sep 252002: Oct 72003: Sep 292004: Oct 22005: Sep 292006: Sep 202007: Sep 152008: Oct 162011: Sep 152014: Oct 162015: Oct 162016: Oct 132017: Oct 172018: Oct 152019: Oct 122020: Oct 22021: Oct 222022: Sep 292023: Oct 92024: Oct 7

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 17no dataApr 16no data
2024Apr 25Oct 7Apr 21Oct 16
2023May 4Oct 9May 3Oct 10
2022May 2Sep 29Apr 27Oct 8
2021May 13Oct 22Apr 22Nov 2
2020May 9Oct 2May 9Oct 16
2019May 13Oct 12Apr 29Oct 13
2018no dataOct 15no dataOct 16
2017May 5Oct 17Apr 7Oct 29
2016May 16Oct 13Apr 14Oct 13
2015Apr 29Oct 16Apr 28Oct 18
2014no dataOct 16no dataNov 1
2011May 17Sep 15May 4Oct 21
2008May 13Oct 16Apr 30Oct 22
2007Apr 19Sep 15Apr 16Oct 25
2006May 6Sep 20May 6Oct 13
2005May 4Sep 29May 4Oct 7
2004May 15Oct 2May 4Oct 2
2003Apr 23Sep 29Apr 11Oct 2
2002May 20Oct 7May 18Oct 13
2001Apr 25Sep 25Apr 25Oct 17
2000May 14Oct 6Apr 13Oct 7
1999Apr 17Sep 21Mar 27Oct 18
1998Apr 23Oct 8Apr 23Nov 5
1997May 16Oct 17Apr 25Oct 20
1996Apr 30Oct 3Apr 30Oct 31
1995Apr 25Sep 22Apr 22Oct 22
1994May 8Oct 10Apr 8Oct 10
1993Apr 22Sep 29Apr 22Oct 10
1992May 27Sep 29May 6Oct 17
1991Apr 24Sep 19Apr 24Sep 20
1990May 2Oct 11Apr 18Oct 19
1989May 10Sep 24May 8Sep 24
1988Apr 29Oct 4Apr 24Oct 5
1987Apr 12Oct 3Apr 7Oct 3
1986Apr 22Oct 14Apr 22Nov 9
1985Apr 9Oct 1Apr 9Nov 4
1984May 8Sep 26Apr 1Sep 29
1983Apr 25Sep 22Apr 20Nov 5
1982Apr 23Oct 21Apr 21Oct 21
1981May 20Oct 2May 11Oct 19
1980May 14Sep 26Apr 16Oct 12
1979Apr 28Sep 22Apr 6Oct 5
1978May 3Oct 8May 2Oct 8
1977no dataOct 3no dataOct 13
1976May 8Oct 6Apr 12Oct 6
1975Apr 20Sep 25Apr 12Oct 2
1974Apr 24Sep 22Apr 9Sep 22
1973May 17Oct 30Apr 28Oct 30
1972Apr 25Sep 30Apr 8Oct 15
1971May 13Sep 24May 3Nov 4
1970May 2Oct 4May 2Oct 16
1969May 12Oct 14Apr 6Oct 14
1968May 5no dataApr 15no data
1966May 14Oct 1May 2Oct 1
1965Apr 19Sep 24Apr 19Oct 12
1964Apr 15Sep 28Apr 10Oct 5
1963May 23Oct 28Apr 24Oct 28
1962Apr 19Sep 20Apr 19Oct 24
1961May 2Sep 28May 2Oct 26
1960Apr 30Oct 19Apr 10Oct 20
1959May 15Oct 9Apr 11Oct 12
1958May 6Oct 1Apr 29Oct 1
1957May 6Oct 10Apr 14Oct 18
1956May 16Oct 7May 16Oct 10
1955Apr 8Sep 12Mar 29Oct 15
1954May 20Oct 17May 5Oct 18
1953Apr 27Sep 22Apr 27Oct 27
1952Apr 25no dataApr 16no data
1951Apr 23Sep 28Apr 23Oct 24

"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.