Last Frost Day

Frost history / Scottsville, KY

Scottsville, KY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00157215, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 743 ft, 36.746, -86.226. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 11Oct 25
EarliestMar 22 (1967)Oct 3 (2003)
LatestMay 27 (1961)Nov 23 (1994)
Trend0.5 days earlier per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data7575

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 29 and the median first fall date is Nov 6.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 171952: Apr 161953: Apr 211954: May 41955: Apr 81956: Apr 211957: May 51958: Apr 81959: Apr 231960: May 21961: May 271962: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 91965: Mar 271966: May 101967: Mar 221968: Mar 251969: Mar 311970: Apr 31971: Apr 71972: Apr 91973: Apr 131974: Apr 91975: Apr 161976: Apr 121977: Apr 61978: Mar 281979: Apr 71980: Apr 61981: Mar 241982: Apr 101983: Apr 211984: Apr 11985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 41988: Apr 161989: Apr 111990: Apr 121991: Mar 311992: Apr 31993: Apr 221994: Apr 71995: Apr 51996: Apr 101997: Apr 181998: Mar 231999: Mar 272000: Apr 92001: Apr 182002: Apr 52003: Apr 232004: Apr 142005: May 32006: Apr 102007: Apr 132008: Apr 292009: Mar 302010: Mar 272011: Apr 12012: Apr 132013: Apr 252014: Apr 172015: Apr 62016: Apr 62017: Mar 242018: Apr 202019: Apr 22020: May 102021: Apr 222022: Apr 202023: Apr 252024: Apr 232025: Apr 13

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 91952: Oct 71953: Oct 301954: Oct 301955: Oct 251956: Nov 91957: Oct 201958: Oct 291959: Oct 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Nov 21964: Oct 61965: Oct 251966: Nov 21967: Oct 111968: Oct 261969: Oct 231970: Nov 161971: Nov 71972: Oct 201973: Nov 61974: Oct 211975: Nov 141976: Oct 181977: Oct 141978: Oct 151979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Oct 241982: Oct 231983: Nov 51984: Nov 71985: Nov 211986: Nov 131987: Oct 81988: Oct 291989: Oct 201990: Oct 261991: Nov 31992: Oct 191993: Oct 281994: Nov 231995: Nov 41996: Nov 21997: Oct 221998: Nov 51999: Nov 32000: Oct 82001: Oct 172002: Nov 22003: Oct 32004: Nov 92005: Oct 242006: Oct 132007: Nov 22008: Oct 292009: Oct 182010: Oct 292011: Oct 222012: Oct 112013: Oct 252014: Nov 22015: Oct 182016: Nov 102017: Oct 302018: Oct 212019: Nov 12020: Nov 22021: Nov 32022: Oct 92023: Oct 312024: Oct 172025: Nov 3

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
2025Apr 13Nov 3Mar 22Nov 10
2024Apr 23Oct 17Mar 20Nov 30
2023Apr 25Oct 31Mar 22Nov 1
2022Apr 20Oct 9Mar 28Nov 14
2021Apr 22Nov 3Apr 4Nov 4
2020May 10Nov 2Apr 16Nov 2
2019Apr 2Nov 1Apr 2Nov 1
2018Apr 20Oct 21Apr 17Nov 10
2017Mar 24Oct 30Mar 20Oct 30
2016Apr 6Nov 10Mar 6Nov 13
2015Apr 6Oct 18Mar 29Nov 14
2014Apr 17Nov 2Apr 16Nov 2
2013Apr 25Oct 25Apr 3Oct 25
2012Apr 13Oct 11Apr 12Nov 1
2011Apr 1Oct 22Feb 27Nov 11
2010Mar 27Oct 29Mar 8Nov 6
2009Mar 30Oct 18Mar 21Dec 1
2008Apr 29Oct 29Apr 16Oct 29
2007Apr 13Nov 2Apr 9Nov 7
2006Apr 10Oct 13Mar 27Oct 24
2005May 3Oct 24Mar 20Oct 29
2004Apr 14Nov 9Mar 23Dec 2
2003Apr 23Oct 3Mar 31Nov 13
2002Apr 5Nov 2Mar 23Nov 2
2001Apr 18Oct 17Mar 27Nov 21
2000Apr 9Oct 8Apr 9Nov 15
1999Mar 27Nov 3Mar 26Nov 3
1998Mar 23Nov 5Mar 15Nov 7
1997Apr 18Oct 22Mar 16Nov 16
1996Apr 10Nov 2Apr 9Nov 3
1995Apr 5Nov 4Mar 10Nov 4
1994Apr 7Nov 23Mar 17Nov 23
1993Apr 22Oct 28Mar 18Nov 1
1992Apr 3Oct 19Apr 3Nov 14
1991Mar 31Nov 3Mar 30Nov 3
1990Apr 12Oct 26Apr 7Nov 29
1989Apr 11Oct 20Apr 11Nov 3
1988Apr 16Oct 29Mar 19Nov 29
1987Apr 4Oct 8Apr 4Oct 22
1986Apr 23Nov 13Apr 23Nov 13
1985Apr 10Nov 21Apr 9Dec 2
1984Apr 1Nov 7Mar 12Nov 13
1983Apr 21Nov 5Apr 21Nov 12
1982Apr 10Oct 23Apr 10Nov 5
1981Mar 24Oct 24Mar 20Oct 24
1980Apr 6Oct 6Mar 18Oct 26
1979Apr 7Oct 14Mar 26Nov 14
1978Mar 28Oct 15Mar 18Nov 25
1977Apr 6Oct 14Mar 2Nov 12
1976Apr 12Oct 18Mar 17Oct 28
1975Apr 16Nov 14Apr 4Nov 14
1974Apr 9Oct 21Mar 24Nov 15
1973Apr 13Nov 6Apr 11Nov 6
1972Apr 9Oct 20Apr 9Nov 24
1971Apr 7Nov 7Mar 27Nov 7
1970Apr 3Nov 16Mar 16Nov 16
1969Mar 31Oct 23Mar 31Nov 14
1968Mar 25Oct 26Mar 25Nov 10
1967Mar 22Oct 11Mar 19Nov 5
1966May 10Nov 2Mar 29Nov 2
1965Mar 27Oct 25Mar 21Nov 18
1964Apr 9Oct 6Apr 1Nov 20
1963May 1Nov 2Mar 22Nov 3
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 16Oct 24
1961May 27Oct 15Apr 11Oct 27
1960May 2Oct 21Apr 10Oct 21
1959Apr 23Oct 19Mar 23Oct 28
1958Apr 8Oct 29Apr 8Nov 7
1957May 5Oct 20Apr 15Oct 27
1956Apr 21Nov 9Mar 30Nov 9
1955Apr 8Oct 25Mar 30Nov 4
1954May 4Oct 30Apr 1Oct 30
1953Apr 21Oct 30Apr 19Nov 6
1952Apr 16Oct 7Mar 28Oct 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.