Last Frost Day

Frost history / Murray, KY

Murray, KY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00155694, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 527 ft, 36.612, -88.308. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 2Oct 31
EarliestMar 4 (2012)Oct 3 (1974)
LatestApr 21 (1983)Nov 27 (2009)
Trend2.0 days earlier per decade2.1 days later per decade
Years with data7067

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 25 and the median first fall date is Nov 10.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 171952: Apr 71953: Apr 201954: Apr 21955: Mar 311956: Apr 191957: Apr 151958: Apr 81959: Apr 141960: Apr 101961: Apr 21962: Apr 161963: Mar 271964: Apr 91965: Mar 271966: Apr 101967: Mar 221968: Mar 251969: Apr 11970: Mar 181971: Apr 71972: Apr 91973: Apr 111974: Apr 91975: Apr 41976: Mar 171977: Mar 231978: Mar 281979: Apr 61980: Apr 151981: Mar 231983: Apr 211984: Apr 11988: Mar 191989: Apr 121990: Apr 121991: Mar 311992: Apr 31993: Apr 31994: Apr 71995: Apr 11996: Apr 101997: Apr 181998: Mar 221999: Mar 272000: Apr 92001: Mar 282002: Apr 52004: Mar 222005: Mar 162006: Mar 272007: Apr 92008: Apr 152009: Mar 132010: Mar 72011: Mar 112012: Mar 42013: Mar 272014: Apr 162015: Mar 292016: Mar 62017: Mar 162018: Apr 172019: Apr 172020: Apr 162021: Apr 32022: Mar 152023: Mar 212024: Mar 212025: Mar 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 91952: Oct 71953: Oct 81954: Oct 211955: Oct 191956: Nov 91957: Oct 201958: Nov 71959: Oct 281960: Oct 201962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Nov 201965: Oct 251966: Nov 21967: Nov 41968: Oct 261969: Oct 281970: Nov 61971: Nov 41972: Nov 161973: Nov 61974: Oct 31975: Nov 141976: Oct 181977: Oct 141978: Oct 151979: Oct 141981: Oct 241982: Oct 221983: Nov 51989: Oct 201990: Oct 291991: Oct 81992: Nov 71993: Oct 301994: Nov 231995: Nov 41996: Nov 31997: Oct 281998: Nov 71999: Oct 252000: Oct 82001: Oct 282002: Nov 22004: Nov 252005: Nov 172006: Oct 242007: Nov 32008: Oct 282009: Nov 272010: Nov 62011: Nov 112012: Nov 12013: Oct 252014: Nov 12015: Nov 212016: Nov 132017: Oct 282018: Nov 102019: Nov 12020: Nov 22021: Nov 42022: Oct 182023: Oct 312024: Nov 232025: Nov 10

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
2025Mar 22Nov 10Mar 3Nov 10
2024Mar 21Nov 23Mar 21Nov 29
2023Mar 21Oct 31Mar 21Oct 31
2022Mar 15Oct 18Mar 14Nov 14
2021Apr 3Nov 4Feb 22Nov 19
2020Apr 16Nov 2Mar 1Dec 1
2019Apr 17Nov 1Mar 8Nov 1
2018Apr 17Nov 10Apr 7Nov 10
2017Mar 16Oct 28Mar 16Nov 20
2016Mar 6Nov 13Mar 2Nov 21
2015Mar 29Nov 21Mar 28Nov 22
2014Apr 16Nov 1Mar 26Nov 2
2013Mar 27Oct 25Mar 27Nov 12
2012Mar 4Nov 1Feb 21Nov 13
2011Mar 11Nov 11Mar 1Nov 11
2010Mar 7Nov 6Mar 6Nov 6
2009Mar 13Nov 27Mar 4Dec 1
2008Apr 15Oct 28Mar 9Nov 10
2007Apr 9Nov 3Apr 8Nov 23
2006Mar 27Oct 24Mar 26Nov 2
2005Mar 16Nov 17Mar 14Nov 17
2004Mar 22Nov 25Mar 10Dec 2
2002Apr 5Nov 2Mar 27Nov 17
2001Mar 28Oct 28Mar 28Nov 21
2000Apr 9Oct 8Feb 21Nov 15
1999Mar 27Oct 25Mar 15Nov 30
1998Mar 22Nov 7Mar 13Nov 7
1997Apr 18Oct 28Apr 18Nov 16
1996Apr 10Nov 3Apr 7Nov 3
1995Apr 1Nov 4Mar 10Nov 4
1994Apr 7Nov 23Apr 7Nov 24
1993Apr 3Oct 30Mar 18Nov 1
1992Apr 3Nov 7Apr 3Nov 7
1991Mar 31Oct 8Mar 30Nov 3
1990Apr 12Oct 29Apr 7Nov 30
1989Apr 12Oct 20Apr 11Nov 3
1988Mar 19no dataMar 16no data
1984Apr 1no dataMar 10no data
1983Apr 21Nov 5Apr 20Nov 12
1982no dataOct 22no dataNov 5
1981Mar 23Oct 24Mar 12Oct 24
1980Apr 15no dataMar 22no data
1979Apr 6Oct 14Mar 26Nov 11
1978Mar 28Oct 15Mar 18Dec 1
1977Mar 23Oct 14Feb 28Nov 13
1976Mar 17Oct 18Mar 17Oct 28
1975Apr 4Nov 14Mar 26Nov 14
1974Apr 9Oct 3Mar 25Nov 15
1973Apr 11Nov 6Apr 11Nov 10
1972Apr 9Nov 16Apr 8Nov 24
1971Apr 7Nov 4Mar 27Nov 7
1970Mar 18Nov 6Mar 16Nov 16
1969Apr 1Oct 28Mar 31Oct 28
1968Mar 25Oct 26Mar 24Nov 10
1967Mar 22Nov 4Mar 19Nov 4
1966Apr 10Nov 2Mar 29Nov 3
1965Mar 27Oct 25Mar 27Nov 29
1964Apr 9Nov 20Mar 31Nov 20
1963Mar 27Oct 30Mar 22Nov 3
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 16Nov 5
1961Apr 2no dataApr 2no data
1960Apr 10Oct 20Apr 10Nov 10
1959Apr 14Oct 28Mar 23Nov 6
1958Apr 8Nov 7Mar 22Nov 7
1957Apr 15Oct 20Mar 16Oct 28
1956Apr 19Nov 9Mar 25Nov 9
1955Mar 31Oct 19Mar 30Nov 4
1954Apr 2Oct 21Apr 1Oct 30
1953Apr 20Oct 8Apr 19Nov 7
1952Apr 7Oct 7Apr 7Oct 7
1951Apr 17Oct 9Apr 17Nov 2

"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.