Last Frost Day

Frost history / Warsaw Markland Dam, KY

Warsaw Markland Dam, KY: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00158446, 1959 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 451 ft, 38.774, -84.967. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 24Oct 21
EarliestApr 1 (1969)Sep 24 (2012)
LatestMay 28 (2023)Nov 29 (2024)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.8 days later per decade
Years with data3541

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 4.

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 1419601970198019902000201020201960: Apr 111961: May 21962: Apr 201963: May 21964: Apr 111965: Apr 41966: May 111967: Apr 51968: Apr 161969: Apr 11970: May 71971: May 51972: Apr 271973: May 191974: May 81975: Apr 221976: May 91977: Apr 251978: May 31980: Apr 261982: Apr 241983: Apr 221988: Apr 262013: Apr 302015: Apr 242016: Apr 112017: Apr 92018: Apr 292019: Apr 22020: May 102021: Apr 242022: Apr 112023: May 282024: Apr 62025: Apr 13

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201959: Nov 31960: Oct 211961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Oct 71965: Oct 251966: Oct 211967: Oct 111968: Oct 261969: Oct 181970: Sep 301971: Nov 41972: Oct 201973: Nov 41974: Oct 31975: Oct 301977: Oct 141978: Oct 161979: Oct 141981: Oct 31983: Nov 51985: Oct 31986: Oct 161987: Oct 41988: Oct 62011: Oct 292012: Sep 242013: Oct 252014: Oct 232015: Oct 182016: Nov 132017: Oct 302018: Nov 102019: Nov 12020: Oct 162021: Nov 22022: Oct 92023: Nov 12024: Nov 292025: Nov 9

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 9Apr 12Nov 10
2024Apr 6Nov 29Mar 23Nov 29
2023May 28Nov 1Apr 23Nov 1
2022Apr 11Oct 9Apr 11Oct 9
2021Apr 24Nov 2Apr 3Nov 3
2020May 10Oct 16Apr 17Nov 17
2019Apr 2Nov 1Apr 2Nov 2
2018Apr 29Nov 10Apr 8Nov 10
2017Apr 9Oct 30Mar 17Nov 12
2016Apr 11Nov 13Mar 21Nov 14
2015Apr 24Oct 18Mar 30Nov 14
2014no dataOct 23no dataNov 2
2013Apr 30Oct 25Apr 19Nov 12
2012no dataSep 24no dataNov 4
2011no dataOct 29no dataNov 17
1988Apr 26Oct 6Apr 22Oct 12
1987no dataOct 4no dataOct 13
1986no dataOct 16no dataNov 13
1985no dataOct 3no dataNov 8
1983Apr 22Nov 5Apr 22Nov 5
1982Apr 24no dataApr 24no data
1981no dataOct 3no dataOct 4
1980Apr 26no dataApr 18no data
1979no dataOct 14no dataOct 14
1978May 3Oct 16Apr 14Nov 9
1977Apr 25Oct 14Mar 26Oct 17
1976May 9no dataMay 5no data
1975Apr 22Oct 30Apr 13Nov 15
1974May 8Oct 3Mar 26Oct 19
1973May 19Nov 4Apr 15Nov 6
1972Apr 27Oct 20Apr 10Oct 20
1971May 5Nov 4May 5Nov 7
1970May 7Sep 30Apr 5Nov 17
1969Apr 1Oct 18Apr 1Oct 18
1968Apr 16Oct 26Mar 26Oct 30
1967Apr 5Oct 11Mar 20Nov 7
1966May 11Oct 21May 11Oct 27
1965Apr 4Oct 25Apr 4Oct 30
1964Apr 11Oct 7Apr 11Oct 10
1963May 2Oct 30Apr 15Nov 2
1962Apr 20Oct 24Apr 17Oct 26
1961May 2Oct 15Apr 11Oct 27
1960Apr 11Oct 21Mar 27Nov 8
1959no dataNov 3no dataNov 8

"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.