Frost history / Wilmore 16SE, KS
Wilmore 16SE, KS: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00148914, 1987 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,667 ft, 37.132, -99.056. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 20 | Oct 11 |
| Earliest | Apr 3 (2016) | Sep 15 (1993) |
| Latest | May 16 (2014) | Oct 27 (2010) |
| Trend | 0.5 days earlier per decade | 3.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 30 | 31 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 12 and the median first fall date is Oct 24.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Apr 28 | Oct 11 | Apr 7 | Oct 28 |
| 2016 | Apr 3 | Oct 8 | Apr 3 | Nov 12 |
| 2015 | Apr 11 | Oct 25 | Apr 5 | Oct 25 |
| 2014 | May 16 | Oct 4 | May 3 | Oct 29 |
| 2013 | May 4 | Oct 17 | May 4 | Oct 19 |
| 2012 | Apr 9 | Oct 7 | Mar 11 | Oct 7 |
| 2011 | May 4 | Oct 19 | Apr 13 | Oct 20 |
| 2010 | Apr 9 | Oct 27 | Apr 9 | Oct 29 |
| 2009 | Apr 15 | Oct 2 | Apr 13 | Oct 27 |
| 2008 | May 5 | Oct 17 | May 5 | Oct 25 |
| 2007 | Apr 16 | Oct 23 | Apr 16 | Oct 23 |
| 2006 | Apr 27 | Oct 20 | Mar 29 | Oct 22 |
| 2005 | May 5 | Oct 24 | Apr 2 | Oct 24 |
| 2004 | Apr 14 | Oct 2 | Apr 14 | Nov 4 |
| 2003 | Apr 11 | Oct 26 | Apr 10 | Oct 26 |
| 2002 | Apr 6 | Oct 14 | Apr 5 | Nov 4 |
| 2001 | Apr 25 | Oct 6 | Apr 18 | Oct 16 |
| 2000 | Apr 18 | Sep 26 | Apr 8 | Oct 8 |
| 1999 | Apr 19 | Oct 4 | Apr 18 | Oct 18 |
| 1998 | Apr 22 | Oct 22 | Apr 19 | Nov 11 |
| 1997 | Apr 15 | Oct 22 | Apr 15 | Oct 27 |
| 1996 | May 1 | Oct 18 | Apr 30 | Nov 2 |
| 1995 | May 2 | Sep 22 | Apr 12 | Oct 21 |
| 1994 | May 2 | Oct 9 | May 1 | Oct 26 |
| 1993 | Apr 17 | Sep 15 | Apr 17 | Sep 15 |
| 1992 | Apr 28 | Oct 9 | Apr 4 | Oct 17 |
| 1991 | May 2 | Sep 19 | Mar 19 | Oct 6 |
| 1990 | Apr 12 | Oct 10 | Apr 12 | Oct 10 |
| 1989 | Apr 12 | Sep 24 | Apr 11 | Sep 24 |
| 1988 | Apr 28 | Oct 26 | Apr 12 | Nov 6 |
| 1987 | no data | Oct 12 | no data | Oct 12 |
"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.