Last Frost Day

Frost history / Clay Ctr, KS

Clay Ctr, KS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00141559, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,201 ft, 39.374, -97.127. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 18Oct 18
EarliestMar 10 (2012)Sep 22 (1995)
LatestMay 22 (2015)Nov 11 (1998)
Trend1.1 days earlier per decade1.0 days later per decade
Years with data7374

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 27.

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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 161952: Apr 151953: May 141954: May 31955: Apr 81956: Apr 241957: Apr 131958: Apr 291959: Apr 221960: Apr 171961: May 21962: Apr 151963: Apr 231964: Apr 141965: Apr 281966: May 131967: May 21968: Apr 241969: Apr 191970: May 31971: Apr 101972: Apr 81973: May 31974: Apr 161975: Apr 121976: May 31977: Apr 51978: Apr 211979: Apr 281980: Apr 151981: May 111982: Apr 221983: Apr 181984: Apr 301985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 51988: Apr 271989: Apr 191990: Apr 121991: Mar 301992: Apr 221993: Apr 51994: May 11995: Apr 271996: Apr 231997: Apr 141998: Apr 171999: Apr 42000: Apr 122001: Apr 172002: Apr 52003: Apr 92004: Apr 112007: Apr 152008: Apr 262009: Apr 152010: Apr 42011: Apr 252012: Mar 102013: May 42014: Apr 162015: May 222016: Apr 142017: Apr 282018: Apr 202019: Apr 152020: Apr 182021: Apr 232022: Apr 272023: Apr 242024: Apr 52025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 281952: Oct 61953: Oct 51954: Oct 161955: Oct 241956: Oct 261957: Oct 251958: Oct 11959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 201962: Oct 251963: Oct 291964: Oct 51965: Oct 121966: Oct 161967: Oct 191968: Oct 41969: Oct 141970: Oct 91971: Oct 101972: Oct 191973: Oct 291974: Oct 151975: Oct 181976: Oct 81977: Oct 121978: Oct 161979: Oct 101980: Oct 251981: Oct 191982: Oct 201983: Sep 231984: Sep 291985: Oct 11986: Nov 51987: Oct 31988: Oct 241989: Oct 191990: Oct 101991: Oct 61992: Oct 91993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 221996: Oct 311997: Oct 261998: Nov 111999: Oct 42000: Oct 62001: Oct 162002: Oct 132003: Oct 262004: Oct 22006: Oct 132007: Oct 282008: Oct 272009: Oct 102010: Nov 22011: Oct 202012: Oct 72013: Oct 192014: Oct 292015: Oct 292016: Nov 92017: Oct 282018: Oct 152019: Oct 122020: Oct 242021: Oct 302022: Oct 182023: Oct 282024: Oct 162025: Oct 30

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 30Apr 7Nov 10
2024Apr 5Oct 16Mar 28Oct 16
2023Apr 24Oct 28Apr 7Oct 29
2022Apr 27Oct 18Apr 10Oct 18
2021Apr 23Oct 30Apr 2Nov 13
2020Apr 18Oct 24Apr 14Oct 25
2019Apr 15Oct 12Apr 13Oct 26
2018Apr 20Oct 15Apr 19Oct 15
2017Apr 28Oct 28Mar 16Oct 28
2016Apr 14Nov 9Mar 26Nov 12
2015May 22Oct 29Mar 28Nov 13
2014Apr 16Oct 29Apr 16Nov 1
2013May 4Oct 19Apr 25Oct 20
2012Mar 10Oct 7Mar 10Oct 7
2011Apr 25Oct 20Mar 31Oct 20
2010Apr 4Nov 2Mar 24Nov 5
2009Apr 15Oct 10Apr 8Oct 11
2008Apr 26Oct 27Apr 15Oct 28
2007Apr 15Oct 28Apr 8Nov 1
2006no dataOct 13no dataOct 19
2004Apr 11Oct 2Apr 11Nov 3
2003Apr 9Oct 26Apr 9Oct 26
2002Apr 5Oct 13Apr 4Nov 1
2001Apr 17Oct 16Mar 26Nov 9
2000Apr 12Oct 6Apr 8Oct 7
1999Apr 4Oct 4Mar 26Oct 24
1998Apr 17Nov 11Mar 21Dec 7
1997Apr 14Oct 26Apr 13Oct 27
1996Apr 23Oct 31Apr 6Nov 2
1995Apr 27Sep 22Mar 30Nov 2
1994May 1Oct 25Apr 6Oct 25
1993Apr 5Oct 10Apr 5Oct 27
1992Apr 22Oct 9Apr 2Nov 5
1991Mar 30Oct 6Mar 30Oct 6
1990Apr 12Oct 10Apr 12Nov 5
1989Apr 19Oct 19Apr 11Oct 19
1988Apr 27Oct 24Mar 19Oct 28
1987Apr 5Oct 3Apr 5Oct 21
1986Apr 22Nov 5Mar 21Nov 9
1985Apr 9Oct 1Apr 1Nov 2
1984Apr 30Sep 29Mar 30Sep 30
1983Apr 18Sep 23Apr 15Nov 11
1982Apr 22Oct 20Apr 21Oct 21
1981May 11Oct 19Mar 23Oct 23
1980Apr 15Oct 25Mar 25Oct 26
1979Apr 28Oct 10Apr 9Nov 2
1978Apr 21Oct 16Apr 21Oct 26
1977Apr 5Oct 12Mar 31Oct 12
1976May 3Oct 8Apr 1Oct 16
1975Apr 12Oct 18Apr 12Oct 25
1974Apr 16Oct 15Apr 5Nov 6
1973May 3Oct 29Apr 10Oct 29
1972Apr 8Oct 19Apr 4Oct 19
1971Apr 10Oct 10Apr 6Oct 31
1970May 3Oct 9Apr 4Nov 5
1969Apr 19Oct 14Mar 30Oct 17
1968Apr 24Oct 4Apr 5Nov 11
1967May 2Oct 19May 2Nov 4
1966May 13Oct 16Apr 21Oct 16
1965Apr 28Oct 12Apr 28Oct 22
1964Apr 14Oct 5Apr 8Oct 9
1963Apr 23Oct 29Apr 4Nov 1
1962Apr 15Oct 25Apr 13Oct 25
1961May 2Oct 20Apr 18Nov 3
1960Apr 17Oct 20Apr 3Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 18Apr 22Oct 27
1958Apr 29Oct 1Mar 26Oct 28
1957Apr 13Oct 25Apr 13Oct 26
1956Apr 24Oct 26Apr 20Nov 8
1955Apr 8Oct 24Apr 7Oct 24
1954May 3Oct 16Apr 4Oct 16
1953May 14Oct 5Apr 20Oct 27
1952Apr 15Oct 6Apr 10Oct 6
1951Apr 16Oct 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.