Last Frost Day

Frost history / Grayson 3 Sw, KY

Grayson 3 Sw, KY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00153391, 1951 to 2000, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 700 ft, 38.292, -82.975. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 4Oct 8
EarliestApr 14 (1987)Sep 23 (1995)
LatestMay 23 (1997)Oct 25 (1955)
Trend1.0 days earlier per decade1.0 days earlier per decade
Years with data3537

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 17 and the median first fall date is Oct 18.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30196019701980199020001951: Apr 241952: May 141954: May 61955: May 91956: Apr 251957: May 61970: May 81971: May 51972: Apr 281973: May 181974: May 81975: Apr 221977: May 111978: May 41979: Apr 291980: May 111981: May 91982: Apr 291983: May 121984: May 171986: May 61987: Apr 141988: May 31989: May 91990: Apr 201991: Apr 241992: Apr 301993: Apr 291994: Apr 241995: Apr 291996: May 151997: May 231998: Apr 141999: Apr 262000: May 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001951: Sep 291952: Oct 41953: Oct 71954: Oct 81955: Oct 251956: Oct 111957: Oct 201969: Oct 151970: Oct 41971: Oct 81972: Oct 201973: Oct 171974: Oct 21976: Oct 181978: Oct 91979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Oct 31982: Oct 171983: Sep 241984: Oct 31985: Oct 81986: Oct 81987: Oct 41988: Oct 51989: Sep 241990: Oct 201991: Oct 71992: Sep 301993: Sep 301994: Oct 101995: Sep 231996: Oct 51997: Oct 31998: Oct 231999: Oct 162000: Oct 8

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
2000May 1Oct 8Apr 28Oct 8
1999Apr 26Oct 16Apr 15Oct 22
1998Apr 14Oct 23Apr 12Oct 24
1997May 23Oct 3Apr 16Oct 22
1996May 15Oct 5May 15Oct 12
1995Apr 29Sep 23Apr 27Oct 17
1994Apr 24Oct 10Apr 24Oct 11
1993Apr 29Sep 30Apr 28Oct 11
1992Apr 30Sep 30Apr 7Oct 18
1991Apr 24Oct 7Apr 12Oct 8
1990Apr 20Oct 20Apr 20Oct 27
1989May 9Sep 24Apr 15Oct 9
1988May 3Oct 5Apr 30Oct 6
1987Apr 14Oct 4Apr 11Oct 4
1986May 6Oct 8May 5Oct 19
1985no dataOct 8no dataNov 8
1984May 17Oct 3Apr 11Nov 3
1983May 12Sep 24Apr 26Nov 8
1982Apr 29Oct 17Apr 24Oct 23
1981May 9Oct 3Apr 21Oct 14
1980May 11Oct 6Apr 18Oct 6
1979Apr 29Oct 14Apr 8Oct 25
1978May 4Oct 9Mar 22Nov 20
1977May 11no dataApr 10no data
1976no dataOct 18no dataOct 18
1975Apr 22no dataApr 14no data
1974May 8Oct 2Apr 26Oct 3
1973May 18Oct 17Apr 15Nov 6
1972Apr 28Oct 20Apr 26Oct 20
1971May 5Oct 8May 5Nov 4
1970May 8Oct 4Apr 12Oct 17
1969no dataOct 15no dataOct 18
1957May 6Oct 20Apr 15Oct 20
1956Apr 25Oct 11Apr 21Nov 13
1955May 9Oct 25Apr 8Oct 25
1954May 6Oct 8Apr 2Oct 20
1953no dataOct 7no dataOct 8
1952May 14Oct 4Apr 17Oct 8
1951Apr 24Sep 29Apr 18Oct 9

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.