Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mt Vernon, KY

Mt Vernon, KY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00155648, 1956 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,160 ft, 37.354, -84.337. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 24Oct 16
EarliestApr 2 (1991)Oct 2 (1958)
LatestMay 19 (2002)Nov 9 (2004)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decade1.8 days later per decade
Years with data5756

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 7 and the median first fall date is Oct 30.

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 301960197019801990200020101957: May 61958: Apr 131959: Apr 241963: May 21964: Apr 101965: Apr 141966: May 101967: Apr 281968: May 61969: Apr 201970: Apr 71971: May 41972: Apr 261973: Apr 141974: May 71975: Apr 161976: May 41977: May 111978: May 21979: Apr 291980: May 91981: Apr 71982: Apr 241983: May 91984: Apr 191985: Apr 101986: May 41987: Apr 101988: Apr 251989: May 81990: Apr 181991: Apr 21992: Apr 291993: Apr 221994: Apr 91995: Apr 61996: Apr 271997: May 161998: Apr 121999: Apr 132000: Apr 102001: Apr 192002: May 192003: Apr 232004: May 42005: May 42006: Apr 102007: Apr 142008: Apr 302009: Apr 92010: Apr 282011: May 52012: Apr 132013: Apr 62014: Apr 172015: Apr 252016: Apr 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101956: Oct 81957: Oct 201958: Oct 21959: Oct 191963: Oct 301964: Oct 61965: Oct 131966: Oct 71967: Oct 121968: Oct 51969: Oct 181970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Oct 201973: Oct 171974: Oct 21975: Oct 31976: Oct 101977: Oct 121978: Oct 91979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Oct 31982: Oct 171983: Oct 271984: Oct 21985: Oct 71986: Oct 151987: Oct 41988: Oct 51989: Oct 91990: Oct 191991: Oct 71992: Oct 191993: Oct 111994: Oct 261995: Oct 171996: Oct 201997: Oct 221998: Oct 232000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Nov 22003: Oct 32004: Nov 92005: Oct 272006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 192009: Oct 182010: Oct 222011: Oct 222012: Oct 112013: Oct 202014: Nov 12015: 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
2016Apr 10no dataApr 10no data
2015Apr 25Oct 18Apr 5Nov 14
2014Apr 17Nov 1Apr 16Nov 2
2013Apr 6Oct 20Apr 3Oct 25
2012Apr 13Oct 11Apr 12Nov 5
2011May 5Oct 22Feb 27Oct 30
2010Apr 28Oct 22Mar 28Nov 7
2009Apr 9Oct 18Mar 22Oct 19
2008Apr 30Oct 19Apr 15Oct 30
2007Apr 14Oct 29Apr 13Oct 29
2006Apr 10Oct 13Apr 9Oct 25
2005May 4Oct 27Mar 18Oct 29
2004May 4Nov 9Mar 23Nov 26
2003Apr 23Oct 3Mar 31Nov 14
2002May 19Nov 2Apr 5Nov 2
2001Apr 19Oct 7Mar 28Oct 29
2000Apr 10Oct 8Apr 10Oct 8
1999Apr 13no dataMar 28no data
1998Apr 12Oct 23Mar 23Nov 7
1997May 16Oct 22Apr 15Oct 23
1996Apr 27Oct 20Apr 11Nov 3
1995Apr 6Oct 17Apr 6Nov 4
1994Apr 9Oct 26Apr 9Oct 27
1993Apr 22Oct 11Mar 20Nov 2
1992Apr 29Oct 19Apr 3Oct 19
1991Apr 2Oct 7Apr 1Nov 3
1990Apr 18Oct 19Apr 18Oct 27
1989May 8Oct 9Apr 16Nov 4
1988Apr 25Oct 5Apr 20Oct 12
1987Apr 10Oct 4Apr 5Oct 4
1986May 4Oct 15Apr 24Nov 13
1985Apr 10Oct 7Apr 10Nov 8
1984Apr 19Oct 2Apr 2Nov 7
1983May 9Oct 27Apr 21Nov 5
1982Apr 24Oct 17Apr 23Oct 22
1981Apr 7Oct 3Mar 25Oct 24
1980May 9Oct 6Mar 27Oct 30
1979Apr 29Oct 14Apr 7Oct 14
1978May 2Oct 9Mar 22Nov 25
1977May 11Oct 12Apr 7Nov 12
1976May 4Oct 10Apr 28Oct 22
1975Apr 16Oct 3Apr 7Nov 15
1974May 7Oct 2Apr 10Oct 3
1973Apr 14Oct 17Apr 14Nov 10
1972Apr 26Oct 20Apr 9Oct 20
1971May 4Nov 4Mar 31Nov 4
1970Apr 7Oct 17Mar 28Oct 17
1969Apr 20Oct 18Apr 1Oct 18
1968May 6Oct 5Mar 25Oct 30
1967Apr 28Oct 12Mar 19Oct 22
1966May 10Oct 7May 10Nov 3
1965Apr 14Oct 13Mar 27Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 10
1963May 2Oct 30May 2Oct 30
1959Apr 24Oct 19Mar 27Oct 28
1958Apr 13Oct 2Apr 8Oct 29
1957May 6Oct 20Apr 15Oct 20
1956no dataOct 8no dataNov 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.