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Frost history / Guttenberg L&D 10, IA

Guttenberg L&D 10, IA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00133517, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 618 ft, 42.786, -91.096. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 21Oct 14
EarliestMar 27 (1999)Sep 18 (1973)
LatestMay 12 (1960)Nov 12 (2016)
Trend0.9 days earlier per decade1.4 days later per decade
Years with data7373

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Oct 26.

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 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 171952: Apr 161953: Apr 271954: May 71955: Apr 71956: Apr 301957: Apr 151958: Apr 291959: Apr 221960: May 121961: May 21962: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 151965: Apr 191966: May 101967: Apr 241968: Apr 251969: Apr 291970: May 21972: Apr 261973: Apr 131974: May 61975: Apr 221976: May 41978: May 11979: Apr 101980: May 71981: Apr 211982: Apr 221983: Apr 181984: Apr 71985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 51988: Apr 241989: May 61990: Apr 181991: Apr 101992: Apr 121993: Apr 171994: May 11995: Apr 91996: Apr 101997: Apr 171998: Apr 171999: Mar 272000: Apr 122001: Apr 182002: Apr 62003: Apr 102004: May 32005: May 42006: Apr 92007: Apr 152008: Apr 142009: Apr 92010: Apr 92011: May 42012: Apr 132013: Apr 242014: Apr 182015: Apr 242016: Apr 122017: Apr 282018: Apr 202019: Apr 292020: May 102021: Apr 222022: Apr 272023: Apr 252024: Apr 222025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 81952: Oct 51953: Sep 221954: Oct 191955: Oct 241956: Nov 81957: Oct 201958: Oct 281959: Oct 111960: Oct 191961: Sep 281962: Oct 241963: Nov 11964: Oct 91965: Oct 241966: Oct 161967: Sep 291968: Oct 41969: Oct 141970: Oct 101971: Oct 311972: Sep 301973: Sep 181974: Sep 221976: Oct 61978: Oct 81979: Oct 131980: Oct 51981: Oct 21982: Oct 211983: Oct 131984: Sep 261985: Oct 61986: Nov 21987: Oct 31988: Oct 51989: Oct 41990: Oct 111991: Oct 71992: Oct 171993: Oct 101994: Nov 11995: Oct 251996: Oct 191997: Oct 211998: Oct 221999: Oct 182000: Oct 62001: Oct 72002: Oct 132003: Oct 12004: Oct 22005: Oct 272006: Oct 112007: Oct 282008: Oct 212009: Oct 102010: Oct 282011: Oct 212012: Oct 122013: Oct 202014: Oct 312015: Oct 172016: Nov 122017: Oct 292018: Oct 152019: Oct 122020: Oct 252021: Nov 12022: Oct 92023: Oct 302024: Oct 162025: Oct 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
2025Apr 9Oct 24Apr 9Nov 9
2024Apr 22Oct 16Mar 29Nov 21
2023Apr 25Oct 30Apr 7Oct 30
2022Apr 27Oct 9Apr 20Oct 19
2021Apr 22Nov 1Apr 22Nov 3
2020May 10Oct 25Apr 18Oct 26
2019Apr 29Oct 12Mar 31Oct 26
2018Apr 20Oct 15Apr 20Oct 21
2017Apr 28Oct 29Mar 22Oct 29
2016Apr 12Nov 12Apr 12Nov 19
2015Apr 24Oct 17Mar 28Oct 17
2014Apr 18Oct 31Apr 15Nov 1
2013Apr 24Oct 20Apr 20Oct 22
2012Apr 13Oct 12Apr 11Oct 29
2011May 4Oct 21Mar 31Nov 4
2010Apr 9Oct 28Mar 26Oct 29
2009Apr 9Oct 10Apr 7Oct 11
2008Apr 14Oct 21Apr 2Oct 29
2007Apr 15Oct 28Apr 10Nov 7
2006Apr 9Oct 11Mar 26Oct 24
2005May 4Oct 27May 3Nov 10
2004May 3Oct 2Apr 13Oct 17
2003Apr 10Oct 1Apr 10Oct 2
2002Apr 6Oct 13Apr 6Oct 20
2001Apr 18Oct 7Mar 28Nov 20
2000Apr 12Oct 6Apr 12Oct 7
1999Mar 27Oct 18Mar 26Oct 24
1998Apr 17Oct 22Mar 24Nov 5
1997Apr 17Oct 21Apr 17Oct 22
1996Apr 10Oct 19Apr 9Oct 30
1995Apr 9Oct 25Apr 5Nov 2
1994May 1Nov 1Apr 7Nov 10
1993Apr 17Oct 10Apr 4Oct 31
1992Apr 12Oct 17Apr 12Oct 17
1991Apr 10Oct 7Mar 30Oct 19
1990Apr 18Oct 11Apr 18Nov 7
1989May 6Oct 4May 6Oct 4
1988Apr 24Oct 5Apr 24Oct 12
1987Apr 5Oct 3Apr 4Oct 11
1986Apr 22Nov 2Apr 22Nov 2
1985Apr 9Oct 6Apr 9Nov 5
1984Apr 7Sep 26Apr 1Sep 29
1983Apr 18Oct 13Apr 18Nov 5
1982Apr 22Oct 21Apr 11Oct 22
1981Apr 21Oct 2Apr 6Oct 19
1980May 7Oct 5Apr 13Oct 28
1979Apr 10Oct 13Apr 10Oct 26
1978May 1Oct 8Mar 29Nov 7
1976May 4Oct 6Apr 12Oct 8
1975Apr 22no dataApr 13no data
1974May 6Sep 22Apr 8Oct 2
1973Apr 13Sep 18Apr 13Nov 5
1972Apr 26Sep 30Apr 25Sep 30
1971no dataOct 31no dataNov 4
1970May 2Oct 10Apr 4Oct 16
1969Apr 29Oct 14Apr 1Oct 23
1968Apr 25Oct 4Apr 5Oct 26
1967Apr 24Sep 29Apr 23Oct 26
1966May 10Oct 16Apr 10Oct 25
1965Apr 19Oct 24Apr 9Nov 13
1964Apr 15Oct 9Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 1Nov 1Mar 22Nov 2
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 16Oct 24
1961May 2Sep 28Apr 17Nov 3
1960May 12Oct 19Apr 18Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 11Apr 13Oct 12
1958Apr 29Oct 28Apr 29Nov 6
1957Apr 15Oct 20Apr 14Oct 25
1956Apr 30Nov 8Apr 24Nov 9
1955Apr 7Oct 24Mar 29Nov 3
1954May 7Oct 19Apr 8Oct 30
1953Apr 27Sep 22Apr 20Nov 5
1952Apr 16Oct 5Apr 11Oct 6
1951Apr 17Oct 8Apr 17Oct 31

"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.