Last Frost Day

Frost history / Centralia, KS

Centralia, KS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00141408, 1951 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,320 ft, 39.724, -96.126. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 24Oct 12
EarliestApr 5 (1977)Sep 19 (1991)
LatestMay 21 (1968)Nov 11 (1998)
Trend0.9 days earlier per decade1.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data5656

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 9 and the median first fall date is Oct 25.

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 30196019701980199020001951: Apr 221952: Apr 251953: May 21954: May 41955: Apr 81956: Apr 241957: May 51958: Apr 291959: Apr 221960: Apr 301961: May 21962: Apr 181963: May 11964: Apr 91965: Apr 281966: May 21967: May 21968: May 211969: Apr 61970: May 21971: Apr 141972: Apr 91973: Apr 271974: Apr 161975: Apr 121976: May 31977: Apr 51978: Apr 211979: Apr 281980: May 81981: May 111982: Apr 211983: Apr 181984: Apr 181985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 121988: Apr 271989: Apr 191990: Apr 301991: Apr 101992: May 61993: Apr 91994: May 11995: May 21996: Apr 231997: May 131998: Apr 171999: Apr 182000: Apr 122001: Apr 182002: Apr 252003: Apr 102004: May 32005: May 32006: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001951: Sep 281952: Oct 61953: Oct 271954: Oct 161955: Oct 151956: Oct 261957: Oct 181958: Oct 11959: Oct 91960: Oct 201961: Oct 201962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 51965: Oct 121966: Oct 161967: Oct 191968: Oct 41969: Oct 141970: Oct 161971: Oct 311972: Oct 191973: Oct 291974: Oct 71975: Oct 251976: Oct 61977: Oct 121978: Oct 71979: Oct 131980: Oct 121981: Oct 191982: Oct 141983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Oct 11986: Oct 141987: Oct 31988: Oct 71989: Sep 241990: Oct 101991: Sep 191992: Oct 111993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 221996: Oct 221997: Oct 261998: Nov 111999: Oct 42000: Oct 62001: Oct 62002: Oct 72003: Sep 292004: Oct 22005: Oct 72006: Oct 12

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
2006Apr 9Oct 12Mar 26Oct 12
2005May 3Oct 7May 3Oct 25
2004May 3Oct 2May 3Oct 2
2003Apr 10Sep 29Apr 9Oct 26
2002Apr 25Oct 7Apr 4Oct 13
2001Apr 18Oct 6Apr 18Oct 27
2000Apr 12Oct 6Apr 12Oct 7
1999Apr 18Oct 4Apr 4Oct 4
1998Apr 17Nov 11Mar 21Nov 11
1997May 13Oct 26Apr 14Oct 27
1996Apr 23Oct 22Apr 8Nov 1
1995May 2Sep 22Apr 13Oct 21
1994May 1Oct 25Apr 7Oct 25
1993Apr 9Oct 10Apr 5Oct 10
1992May 6Oct 11Apr 21Oct 17
1991Apr 10Sep 19Mar 30Oct 6
1990Apr 30Oct 10Apr 17Oct 25
1989Apr 19Sep 24Apr 19Oct 20
1988Apr 27Oct 7Mar 20Oct 26
1987Apr 12Oct 3Apr 5Oct 11
1986Apr 22Oct 14Apr 22Nov 5
1985Apr 9Oct 1Apr 9Oct 1
1984Apr 18Sep 26Mar 30Sep 29
1983Apr 18Sep 23Apr 18Nov 11
1982Apr 21Oct 14Apr 21Oct 21
1981May 11Oct 19Mar 23Oct 23
1980May 8Oct 12Mar 25Oct 26
1979Apr 28Oct 13Apr 6Oct 13
1978Apr 21Oct 7Mar 26Nov 7
1977Apr 5Oct 12Mar 23Nov 11
1976May 3Oct 6May 3Oct 8
1975Apr 12Oct 25Apr 3Oct 25
1974Apr 16Oct 7Apr 5Nov 6
1973Apr 27Oct 29Apr 11Oct 29
1972Apr 9Oct 19Apr 8Oct 19
1971Apr 14Oct 31Apr 7Oct 31
1970May 2Oct 16Apr 9Oct 31
1969Apr 6Oct 14Apr 6Oct 14
1968May 21Oct 4Apr 9Nov 8
1967May 2Oct 19Apr 27Oct 28
1966May 2Oct 16Apr 21Oct 16
1965Apr 28Oct 12Apr 28Oct 24
1964Apr 9Oct 5Apr 9Oct 9
1963May 1Oct 29Mar 21Oct 29
1962Apr 18Oct 24Apr 15Oct 25
1961May 2Oct 20May 2Oct 20
1960Apr 30Oct 20Mar 26Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 9Apr 13Nov 5
1958Apr 29Oct 1Apr 29Oct 28
1957May 5Oct 18Apr 14Oct 25
1956Apr 24Oct 26Apr 24Nov 8
1955Apr 8Oct 15Apr 8Oct 24
1954May 4Oct 16Apr 4Oct 30
1953May 2Oct 27Apr 20Oct 27
1952Apr 25Oct 6Apr 10Oct 6
1951Apr 22Sep 28Apr 16Nov 1

"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.