Last Frost Day

Frost history / Greensburg, KY

Greensburg, KY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00153430, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 585 ft, 37.257, -85.501. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 13Oct 19
EarliestMar 23 (1967)Sep 25 (1963)
LatestMay 13 (1988)Nov 11 (1975)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade1.1 days later per decade
Years with data5955

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

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 301960197019801990200020101951: Apr 231952: Apr 81953: Apr 211954: May 101955: Apr 91956: Apr 251957: May 61958: Apr 131959: Apr 231960: May 21961: Apr 291962: Apr 211963: May 21964: Apr 111965: Apr 41966: May 101967: Mar 231968: Mar 271969: Apr 201970: Apr 81971: May 41972: Apr 271973: Apr 151974: Apr 251975: Apr 161976: May 41977: Apr 71978: Apr 221979: Apr 71981: Apr 61985: Apr 111986: Apr 241987: Apr 51988: May 131989: Apr 131990: Apr 181991: Apr 11992: Apr 291993: Apr 231994: Apr 91995: Apr 51996: Apr 181997: Apr 191998: Apr 111999: Mar 302000: Apr 92002: Apr 72003: Apr 12004: Apr 62005: May 32006: Apr 102007: Apr 132009: Apr 92010: Mar 302011: Apr 12012: Apr 122013: Apr 42014: Apr 172015: Apr 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Oct 101952: Oct 71953: Oct 81954: Oct 201955: Oct 251956: Oct 271957: Oct 121958: Oct 291959: Oct 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Sep 251964: Oct 61965: Oct 251966: Oct 211967: Oct 111968: Oct 51969: Oct 181970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Oct 201973: Oct 171974: Oct 31975: Nov 111976: Oct 181977: Oct 121978: Oct 151979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Oct 241984: Oct 21985: Nov 81986: Oct 221987: Oct 41994: Oct 271995: Nov 41996: Oct 191997: Oct 221998: Oct 231999: Oct 212000: Oct 82002: Nov 22003: Oct 32004: Nov 82005: Oct 252006: Oct 122008: Oct 182009: Oct 172010: Oct 292011: Oct 212012: Oct 112013: Oct 252014: Nov 22015: Oct 18

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
2015Apr 24Oct 18Mar 30Nov 14
2014Apr 17Nov 2Apr 16Nov 2
2013Apr 4Oct 25Apr 4Oct 25
2012Apr 12Oct 11Apr 11Nov 1
2011Apr 1Oct 21Apr 1Oct 29
2010Mar 30Oct 29Mar 26Oct 30
2009Apr 9Oct 17Mar 29Nov 27
2008no dataOct 18no dataOct 28
2007Apr 13no dataApr 9no data
2006Apr 10Oct 12Mar 27Nov 2
2005May 3Oct 25Mar 17Oct 28
2004Apr 6Nov 8Mar 24Nov 25
2003Apr 1Oct 3Mar 31Nov 14
2002Apr 7Nov 2Mar 28Nov 2
2000Apr 9Oct 8Apr 9Oct 9
1999Mar 30Oct 21Mar 28Oct 25
1998Apr 11Oct 23Mar 15Nov 7
1997Apr 19Oct 22Apr 18Oct 23
1996Apr 18Oct 19Apr 11Nov 3
1995Apr 5Nov 4Apr 1Nov 4
1994Apr 9Oct 27Apr 1Nov 23
1993Apr 23no dataApr 3no data
1992Apr 29no dataApr 6no data
1991Apr 1no dataMar 31no data
1990Apr 18no dataApr 18no data
1989Apr 13no dataApr 13no data
1988May 13no dataApr 30no data
1987Apr 5Oct 4Apr 4Oct 22
1986Apr 24Oct 22Apr 23Nov 13
1985Apr 11Nov 8Apr 10Nov 8
1984no dataOct 2no dataNov 13
1981Apr 6Oct 24Mar 24Oct 24
1980no dataOct 6no dataOct 26
1979Apr 7Oct 14Mar 26Nov 14
1978Apr 22Oct 15Mar 22Nov 25
1977Apr 7Oct 12Mar 25Nov 12
1976May 4Oct 18Apr 13Oct 18
1975Apr 16Nov 11Apr 5Nov 15
1974Apr 25Oct 3Mar 26Oct 21
1973Apr 15Oct 17Apr 14Nov 6
1972Apr 27Oct 20Apr 9Nov 24
1971May 4Nov 4Mar 31Nov 7
1970Apr 8Oct 17Apr 3Nov 17
1969Apr 20Oct 18Apr 1Oct 24
1968Mar 27Oct 5Mar 26Oct 26
1967Mar 23Oct 11Mar 23Nov 5
1966May 10Oct 21Apr 11Nov 3
1965Apr 4Oct 25Mar 22Oct 25
1964Apr 11Oct 6Apr 10Oct 11
1963May 2Sep 25May 1Oct 30
1962Apr 21Oct 24Apr 17Oct 24
1961Apr 29Oct 15Apr 11Oct 27
1960May 2Oct 21Apr 11Oct 25
1959Apr 23Oct 19Mar 23Nov 7
1958Apr 13Oct 29Apr 8Oct 30
1957May 6Oct 12Apr 15Oct 27
1956Apr 25Oct 27Apr 21Nov 9
1955Apr 9Oct 25Apr 8Oct 25
1954May 10Oct 20Apr 2Oct 31
1953Apr 21Oct 8Mar 29Oct 30
1952Apr 8Oct 7Mar 28Oct 21
1951Apr 23Oct 10Apr 17Nov 3

"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.