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Frost history / Parsons 2 Nw, KS

Parsons 2 Nw, KS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00146242, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 910 ft, 37.368, -95.288. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 8Oct 26
EarliestMar 10 (2012)Sep 18 (1981)
LatestMay 3 (2005)Nov 17 (1965)
Trend0.5 days later per decade0.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data7575

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 1 and the median first fall date is Nov 3.

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 1519601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 161952: Apr 101953: Apr 201954: Apr 11955: Mar 291956: Apr 171957: Apr 141958: Mar 311959: Apr 91960: Mar 251961: Apr 181962: Apr 131963: Mar 221964: Apr 81965: Mar 271966: Apr 211967: Mar 211968: Apr 51969: Mar 301970: Apr 21971: Apr 71972: Apr 81973: Apr 111974: Apr 51975: Apr 41976: May 31977: Apr 51978: Apr 211979: Apr 281980: Apr 151981: Apr 51982: Apr 231983: Apr 201984: Apr 11985: Apr 101986: Apr 221987: Apr 51988: Mar 301989: Apr 121990: Apr 131991: Mar 301992: Apr 31993: Apr 91994: Apr 71995: Apr 51996: Apr 61997: Apr 141998: Mar 221999: Mar 282000: Apr 82001: Apr 182002: Apr 52003: Apr 112004: Mar 312005: May 32006: Apr 92007: Apr 152008: Apr 152009: Apr 142010: Mar 302011: Apr 62012: Mar 102013: Apr 252014: Apr 162015: Apr 52016: Apr 32017: Apr 82018: Apr 202019: Apr 132020: Apr 192021: Apr 222022: Apr 162023: Apr 232024: Mar 292025: Apr 8

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 311952: Oct 71953: Nov 91954: Oct 301955: Nov 31956: Nov 81957: Oct 261958: Oct 291959: Nov 51960: Oct 201961: Oct 261962: Oct 251963: Nov 21964: Oct 201965: Nov 171966: Oct 161967: Nov 41968: Nov 41969: Oct 281970: Nov 31971: Nov 71972: Oct 191973: Nov 61974: Nov 61975: Nov 131976: Oct 171977: Oct 121978: Oct 241979: Oct 101980: Oct 251981: Sep 181982: Oct 201983: Sep 231984: Sep 301985: Oct 11986: Nov 101987: Oct 121988: Oct 311989: Sep 241990: Oct 221991: Oct 61992: Nov 41993: Oct 271994: Oct 261995: Oct 211996: Oct 231997: Oct 271998: Nov 61999: Oct 182000: Oct 82001: Oct 162002: Oct 142003: Nov 72004: Nov 52005: Oct 252006: Oct 222007: Nov 62008: Oct 272009: Oct 182010: Oct 292011: Oct 202012: Oct 72013: Oct 192014: Nov 12015: Oct 302016: Nov 132017: Oct 282018: Oct 162019: Oct 122020: Oct 162021: Nov 42022: Oct 182023: Oct 302024: Oct 162025: Nov 2

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 8Nov 2Apr 8Nov 2
2024Mar 29Oct 16Mar 29Nov 26
2023Apr 23Oct 30Mar 30Oct 30
2022Apr 16Oct 18Apr 9Oct 18
2021Apr 22Nov 4Apr 22Nov 13
2020Apr 19Oct 16Apr 18Oct 30
2019Apr 13Oct 12Apr 1Oct 31
2018Apr 20Oct 16Apr 17Nov 10
2017Apr 8Oct 28Mar 16Oct 28
2016Apr 3Nov 13Apr 3Nov 19
2015Apr 5Oct 30Mar 7Nov 13
2014Apr 16Nov 1Apr 16Nov 1
2013Apr 25Oct 19Mar 27Nov 12
2012Mar 10Oct 7Mar 9Oct 27
2011Apr 6Oct 20Mar 31Oct 20
2010Mar 30Oct 29Mar 21Oct 29
2009Apr 14Oct 18Apr 8Nov 26
2008Apr 15Oct 27Apr 15Oct 28
2007Apr 15Nov 6Apr 8Nov 7
2006Apr 9Oct 22Mar 28Oct 22
2005May 3Oct 25Mar 17Oct 25
2004Mar 31Nov 5Feb 27Nov 25
2003Apr 11Nov 7Apr 10Nov 24
2002Apr 5Oct 14Apr 5Nov 6
2001Apr 18Oct 16Mar 28Oct 27
2000Apr 8Oct 8Mar 13Oct 8
1999Mar 28Oct 18Mar 28Oct 19
1998Mar 22Nov 6Mar 13Nov 11
1997Apr 14Oct 27Apr 13Oct 27
1996Apr 6Oct 23Apr 6Nov 3
1995Apr 5Oct 21Mar 30Nov 3
1994Apr 7Oct 26Apr 7Oct 26
1993Apr 9Oct 27Apr 2Oct 30
1992Apr 3Nov 4Apr 3Nov 6
1991Mar 30Oct 6Mar 30Nov 2
1990Apr 13Oct 22Apr 7Oct 22
1989Apr 12Sep 24Apr 11Oct 20
1988Mar 30Oct 31Mar 19Nov 17
1987Apr 5Oct 12Apr 5Oct 12
1986Apr 22Nov 10Apr 22Nov 11
1985Apr 10Oct 1Apr 1Nov 3
1984Apr 1Sep 30Mar 21Sep 30
1983Apr 20Sep 23Apr 15Nov 16
1982Apr 23Oct 20Apr 9Oct 22
1981Apr 5Sep 18Mar 20Nov 10
1980Apr 15Oct 25Mar 14Oct 29
1979Apr 28Oct 10Apr 6Nov 7
1978Apr 21Oct 24Mar 17Nov 28
1977Apr 5Oct 12Mar 31Nov 10
1976May 3Oct 17Mar 16Oct 17
1975Apr 4Nov 13Apr 3Nov 13
1974Apr 5Nov 6Mar 25Nov 12
1973Apr 11Nov 6Apr 11Dec 4
1972Apr 8Oct 19Apr 4Oct 19
1971Apr 7Nov 7Mar 26Nov 7
1970Apr 2Nov 3Apr 2Nov 15
1969Mar 30Oct 28Mar 30Oct 28
1968Apr 5Nov 4Apr 5Nov 12
1967Mar 21Nov 4Mar 18Nov 4
1966Apr 21Oct 16Apr 21Nov 2
1965Mar 27Nov 17Mar 27Nov 29
1964Apr 8Oct 20Mar 31Nov 20
1963Mar 22Nov 2Mar 6Nov 13
1962Apr 13Oct 25Apr 2Nov 5
1961Apr 18Oct 26Mar 1Nov 3
1960Mar 25Oct 20Mar 25Oct 20
1959Apr 9Nov 5Mar 22Nov 5
1958Mar 31Oct 29Mar 18Nov 18
1957Apr 14Oct 26Apr 13Oct 26
1956Apr 17Nov 8Apr 8Nov 9
1955Mar 29Nov 3Mar 28Nov 3
1954Apr 1Oct 30Apr 1Nov 2
1953Apr 20Nov 9Apr 20Nov 9
1952Apr 10Oct 7Apr 10Oct 7
1951Apr 16Oct 31Mar 24Nov 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.