Last Frost Day

Frost history / Bradfordsville, KY

Bradfordsville, KY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00150940, 1962 to 2010, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 660 ft, 37.495, -85.152. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 27Oct 12
EarliestApr 2 (1991)Sep 24 (1983)
LatestJun 1 (1966)Nov 8 (1985)
Trend2.3 days earlier per decade1.6 days later per decade
Years with data4543

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14197019801990200020101963: May 21965: Apr 141966: Jun 11967: May 31968: May 61969: May 11970: May 71971: May 41972: Apr 271973: Apr 281974: Apr 161977: Apr 101978: May 31979: Apr 301980: May 101981: Apr 71982: Apr 251983: May 91984: Apr 201985: Apr 111986: May 51987: Apr 101988: May 11989: May 91990: Apr 191991: Apr 21992: Apr 301993: Apr 231994: Apr 81995: Apr 71996: May 151997: May 161998: Apr 121999: Apr 132000: Apr 102001: Apr 272002: May 232003: Apr 242004: Apr 162005: May 52006: Apr 112007: Apr 182008: May 12009: Apr 102010: Apr 29

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26197019801990200020101962: Oct 241965: Oct 51966: Oct 61967: Oct 111968: Oct 41969: Oct 151970: Oct 41971: Nov 41972: Oct 81973: Oct 171974: Oct 21977: Oct 121978: Oct 81979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Oct 31982: Oct 171983: Sep 241984: Oct 21985: Nov 81987: Oct 41988: Oct 61989: Oct 91990: Oct 191991: Oct 71992: Oct 191993: Sep 301994: Oct 261995: Oct 171996: Oct 191997: Oct 181998: Oct 231999: Oct 212000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Nov 22003: Oct 32004: Oct 172005: Oct 242006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 192010: Oct 6

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
2010Apr 29Oct 6Mar 28Oct 30
2009Apr 10no dataApr 9no data
2008May 1Oct 19Apr 16Oct 29
2007Apr 18Oct 29Apr 14Oct 29
2006Apr 11Oct 13Apr 9Oct 13
2005May 5Oct 24Mar 20Oct 26
2004Apr 16Oct 17Apr 7Nov 9
2003Apr 24Oct 3Apr 1Nov 14
2002May 23Nov 2Apr 8Nov 2
2001Apr 27Oct 7Apr 19Oct 27
2000Apr 10Oct 8Apr 10Oct 8
1999Apr 13Oct 21Mar 29Oct 25
1998Apr 12Oct 23Mar 24Oct 23
1997May 16Oct 18Apr 19Oct 22
1996May 15Oct 19Apr 11Nov 2
1995Apr 7Oct 17Apr 6Nov 4
1994Apr 8Oct 26Apr 8Oct 27
1993Apr 23Sep 30Apr 23Oct 28
1992Apr 30Oct 19Apr 5Oct 19
1991Apr 2Oct 7Apr 1Oct 17
1990Apr 19Oct 19Apr 13Oct 26
1989May 9Oct 9Apr 13Nov 4
1988May 1Oct 6Apr 21Oct 13
1987Apr 10Oct 4Apr 2Oct 9
1986May 5no dataApr 24no data
1985Apr 11Nov 8Apr 11Nov 8
1984Apr 20Oct 2Apr 3Nov 7
1983May 9Sep 24Apr 21Nov 5
1982Apr 25Oct 17Apr 23Oct 23
1981Apr 7Oct 3Mar 26Oct 24
1980May 10Oct 6Apr 17Oct 6
1979Apr 30Oct 14Apr 7Oct 14
1978May 3Oct 8Mar 23Nov 9
1977Apr 10Oct 12Apr 9Oct 17
1974Apr 16Oct 2Mar 25Oct 3
1973Apr 28Oct 17Apr 14Nov 6
1972Apr 27Oct 8Apr 8Oct 20
1971May 4Nov 4May 4Nov 4
1970May 7Oct 4Apr 8Oct 17
1969May 1Oct 15Apr 20Oct 18
1968May 6Oct 4Apr 25Oct 5
1967May 3Oct 11Mar 22Oct 12
1966Jun 1Oct 6May 10Oct 7
1965Apr 14Oct 5Apr 1Oct 25
1963May 2no dataMay 1no data
1962no dataOct 24no dataOct 24

"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.