Last Frost Day

Frost history / Garnett 1 E, KS

Garnett 1 E, KS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00143008, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 998 ft, 38.280, -95.218. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 14Oct 20
EarliestMar 9 (2012)Sep 22 (1995)
LatestMay 16 (2014)Nov 15 (1998)
Trend0.7 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data7070

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 30.

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 221952: Apr 151953: Apr 201954: May 41955: Apr 71956: Apr 241957: Apr 141958: Apr 71959: Apr 221960: May 11961: May 21962: Apr 151963: May 11964: Apr 91965: Apr 281966: Apr 211967: Apr 271968: Apr 51969: Mar 311970: Apr 51971: Apr 71972: Apr 81973: Apr 111974: Apr 61975: Apr 121976: May 31977: Apr 51978: Apr 211979: Apr 91980: Apr 141981: May 111982: Apr 211983: Apr 191984: Apr 61985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 51988: Apr 191989: Apr 121990: Apr 121991: Apr 101992: May 71993: Apr 91994: Apr 91995: May 21996: Apr 81997: Apr 171998: Apr 171999: Mar 262000: Apr 82001: Apr 182002: Apr 42003: Apr 102004: May 32010: Mar 292011: May 22012: Mar 92013: May 42014: May 162015: Apr 52016: Apr 122017: Apr 72018: Apr 182019: Apr 22020: Apr 192021: Apr 232022: Apr 202023: Apr 232024: Apr 62025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 241952: Oct 61953: Nov 51954: Oct 301955: Oct 241956: Nov 81957: Oct 251958: Oct 11959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 201962: Oct 251963: Oct 291964: Oct 91965: Oct 121966: Oct 161967: Oct 271968: Oct 281969: Oct 141970: Oct 161971: Nov 61972: Oct 191973: Nov 31974: Nov 41975: Oct 251976: Oct 81977: Oct 121979: Oct 101980: Oct 251981: Oct 231982: Oct 211983: Sep 231984: Sep 301985: Oct 11986: Nov 111987: Oct 31988: Oct 121989: Sep 241990: Oct 151991: Oct 61992: Oct 171993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 221996: Oct 221997: Oct 271998: Nov 151999: Oct 182000: Oct 72001: Oct 262002: Oct 162003: Oct 262004: Nov 52005: Oct 242010: Oct 292011: Oct 202012: Oct 72013: Oct 202014: Nov 12015: Oct 272016: Oct 142017: Oct 282018: Oct 152019: Oct 122020: Oct 262021: Nov 32022: Oct 182023: Oct 292024: 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 30Mar 22Nov 2
2024Apr 6Oct 16Mar 28Oct 16
2023Apr 23Oct 29Apr 23Oct 30
2022Apr 20Oct 18Apr 9Oct 18
2021Apr 23Nov 3Apr 23Nov 13
2020Apr 19Oct 26Apr 14Oct 26
2019Apr 2Oct 12Apr 1Oct 31
2018Apr 18Oct 15Apr 17Nov 10
2017Apr 7Oct 28Mar 16Oct 28
2016Apr 12Oct 14Mar 22Nov 19
2015Apr 5Oct 27Apr 5Oct 30
2014May 16Nov 1Apr 16Nov 1
2013May 4Oct 20Apr 24Oct 28
2012Mar 9Oct 7Mar 9Oct 27
2011May 2Oct 20Mar 16Oct 20
2010Mar 29Oct 29Mar 23Nov 5
2005no dataOct 24no dataOct 24
2004May 3Nov 5Mar 22Nov 25
2003Apr 10Oct 26Apr 10Nov 7
2002Apr 4Oct 16Apr 4Nov 1
2001Apr 18Oct 26Mar 26Oct 26
2000Apr 8Oct 7Mar 12Oct 7
1999Mar 26Oct 18Mar 26Oct 18
1998Apr 17Nov 15Mar 22Nov 20
1997Apr 17Oct 27Apr 13Oct 27
1996Apr 8Oct 22Apr 6Nov 2
1995May 2Sep 22Mar 31Oct 21
1994Apr 9Oct 25Apr 9Oct 26
1993Apr 9Oct 10Apr 2Oct 30
1992May 7Oct 17Apr 2Nov 26
1991Apr 10Oct 6Mar 31Oct 6
1990Apr 12Oct 15Apr 12Oct 28
1989Apr 12Sep 24Apr 12Oct 20
1988Apr 19Oct 12Mar 19Oct 28
1987Apr 5Oct 3Apr 5Oct 21
1986Apr 22Nov 11Apr 22Nov 11
1985Apr 9Oct 1Apr 1Nov 7
1984Apr 6Sep 30Apr 6Sep 30
1983Apr 19Sep 23Apr 19Nov 16
1982Apr 21Oct 21Apr 21Oct 21
1981May 11Oct 23Apr 5Oct 23
1980Apr 14Oct 25Mar 13Oct 26
1979Apr 9Oct 10Apr 5Nov 2
1978Apr 21no dataMar 26no data
1977Apr 5Oct 12Mar 31Nov 12
1976May 3Oct 8Mar 16Oct 17
1975Apr 12Oct 25Apr 4Nov 13
1974Apr 6Nov 4Apr 5Nov 6
1973Apr 11Nov 3Apr 10Nov 6
1972Apr 8Oct 19Apr 8Oct 19
1971Apr 7Nov 6Mar 25Nov 7
1970Apr 5Oct 16Apr 2Nov 15
1969Mar 31Oct 14Mar 30Oct 27
1968Apr 5Oct 28Apr 5Nov 9
1967Apr 27Oct 27Apr 24Nov 4
1966Apr 21Oct 16Apr 21Oct 16
1965Apr 28Oct 12Mar 30Nov 17
1964Apr 9Oct 9Mar 31Oct 20
1963May 1Oct 29Mar 21Nov 13
1962Apr 15Oct 25Apr 13Nov 5
1961May 2Oct 20Apr 10Nov 3
1960May 1Oct 20Mar 26Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 18Mar 22Oct 28
1958Apr 7Oct 1Mar 21Nov 18
1957Apr 14Oct 25Apr 13Oct 26
1956Apr 24Nov 8Apr 24Nov 9
1955Apr 7Oct 24Mar 28Nov 3
1954May 4Oct 30Apr 3Oct 30
1953Apr 20Nov 5Apr 20Nov 6
1952Apr 15Oct 6Apr 10Oct 6
1951Apr 22Oct 24Apr 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.