Last Frost Day

Frost history / Burr Oak 1N, KS

Burr Oak 1N, KS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00141179, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,651 ft, 39.877, -98.304. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 11
EarliestApr 8 (1955)Sep 13 (2014)
LatestMay 17 (2014)Oct 25 (1957)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data2323

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 16 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201951: May 71952: May 121953: May 141955: Apr 81956: Apr 291957: Apr 152006: Apr 272007: Apr 162008: Apr 272009: Apr 292010: Apr 182011: May 172012: Apr 242013: May 72014: May 172015: Apr 222016: Apr 122017: May 12018: Apr 282019: May 112020: May 102024: Apr 212025: Apr 19

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 281952: Oct 61953: Oct 51954: Oct 151956: Oct 71957: Oct 252006: Oct 122007: Oct 232008: Oct 162009: Sep 292010: Oct 32011: Oct 202012: Oct 72013: Oct 182014: Sep 132015: Oct 172016: Oct 72017: Oct 112018: Oct 112019: Oct 112023: Oct 72024: Oct 142025: Oct 22

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 19Oct 22Apr 19Oct 30
2024Apr 21Oct 14Apr 12Oct 16
2023no dataOct 7no dataOct 7
2020May 10no dataApr 18no data
2019May 11Oct 11Apr 15Oct 11
2018Apr 28Oct 11Apr 20Oct 15
2017May 1Oct 11Apr 28Oct 11
2016Apr 12Oct 7Apr 9Oct 13
2015Apr 22Oct 17Apr 5Oct 29
2014May 17Sep 13Apr 16Oct 29
2013May 7Oct 18May 4Oct 22
2012Apr 24Oct 7Mar 11Oct 7
2011May 17Oct 20May 3Oct 20
2010Apr 18Oct 3Apr 8Nov 2
2009Apr 29Sep 29Apr 29Oct 10
2008Apr 27Oct 16Apr 15Oct 28
2007Apr 16Oct 23Apr 16Oct 26
2006Apr 27Oct 12Apr 27Oct 13
1957Apr 15Oct 25Apr 13Oct 25
1956Apr 29Oct 7Apr 20Oct 31
1955Apr 8no dataApr 8no data
1954no dataOct 15no dataOct 16
1953May 14Oct 5May 14Oct 5
1952May 12Oct 6Apr 15Oct 6
1951May 7Sep 28Apr 3Sep 28

"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.