Last Frost Day

Frost history / Doniphan, MO

Doniphan, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00232289, 1951 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 289 ft, 36.621, -90.813. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 17Oct 15
EarliestMar 31 (1991)Sep 23 (1995)
LatestMay 12 (1960)Nov 5 (2004)
Trend1.8 days earlier per decade1.1 days later per decade
Years with data5959

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 7 and the median first fall date is Oct 26.

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 171953: Apr 271954: May 41955: Apr 91956: Apr 231957: Apr 151958: Apr 121959: Apr 231960: May 121961: May 21962: Apr 161963: May 21964: Apr 101965: Apr 291966: May 101967: May 31968: Apr 251969: May 111970: Apr 71971: Apr 141972: Apr 91973: Apr 281974: Apr 171975: Apr 151976: May 81977: Apr 61978: Apr 211979: Apr 101980: May 91981: Apr 61988: Apr 291989: May 21990: Apr 131991: Mar 311992: May 81993: Apr 231994: Apr 81995: Apr 291996: May 11997: Apr 251998: Apr 121999: Apr 192000: Apr 102001: Apr 192002: Apr 72003: Apr 122004: Apr 152005: May 52006: Apr 112007: Apr 172008: Apr 302009: Apr 92010: Apr 102011: Apr 62012: Apr 132014: Apr 172015: Apr 52016: Apr 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Oct 201952: Oct 31953: Oct 251954: Oct 161955: Oct 151956: Oct 81957: Oct 191958: Oct 21959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 31962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Oct 121966: Oct 21967: Sep 291968: Oct 41969: Oct 151970: Oct 101971: Nov 41972: Oct 191973: Oct 301974: Oct 211975: Oct 31976: Oct 101977: Oct 131978: Oct 71979: Oct 51980: Oct 51981: Oct 31988: Oct 51989: Oct 201990: Oct 111991: Oct 71992: Oct 111993: Oct 221994: Oct 261995: Sep 231996: Oct 111997: Oct 181998: Oct 231999: Oct 52000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 272004: Nov 52005: Oct 252006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 252009: Oct 182010: Oct 42011: Oct 212013: Oct 252014: Nov 12015: Oct 182016: Oct 21

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 7Oct 21Mar 20Oct 21
2015Apr 5Oct 18Mar 29Nov 13
2014Apr 17Nov 1Mar 30Nov 2
2013no dataOct 25no dataOct 25
2012Apr 13no dataMar 5no data
2011Apr 6Oct 21Apr 6Oct 29
2010Apr 10Oct 4Mar 7Oct 29
2009Apr 9Oct 18Apr 9Oct 18
2008Apr 30Oct 25Apr 16Oct 28
2007Apr 17Oct 29Apr 10Nov 2
2006Apr 11Oct 13Apr 10Oct 13
2005May 5Oct 25Apr 25Oct 26
2004Apr 15Nov 5Apr 2Nov 5
2003Apr 12Oct 27Apr 1Oct 29
2002Apr 7Oct 14Apr 6Nov 7
2001Apr 19Oct 7Apr 19Oct 17
2000Apr 10Oct 8Apr 10Oct 8
1999Apr 19Oct 5Mar 28Oct 24
1998Apr 12Oct 23Mar 23Nov 6
1997Apr 25Oct 18Apr 19Oct 28
1996May 1Oct 11Apr 17Nov 2
1995Apr 29Sep 23Apr 6Oct 25
1994Apr 8Oct 26Apr 8Oct 26
1993Apr 23Oct 22Mar 19Oct 28
1992May 8Oct 11Apr 4Nov 7
1991Mar 31Oct 7Mar 31Nov 2
1990Apr 13Oct 11Apr 13Oct 11
1989May 2Oct 20Apr 13Oct 20
1988Apr 29Oct 5Apr 17Oct 24
1981Apr 6Oct 3Mar 24Oct 3
1980May 9Oct 5Apr 5Oct 25
1979Apr 10Oct 5Apr 5Oct 14
1978Apr 21Oct 7Mar 19Oct 8
1977Apr 6Oct 13Mar 8Nov 11
1976May 8Oct 10Mar 24Oct 17
1975Apr 15Oct 3Apr 13Oct 19
1974Apr 17Oct 21Apr 9Oct 22
1973Apr 28Oct 30Apr 11Nov 6
1972Apr 9Oct 19Apr 5Oct 26
1971Apr 14Nov 4Apr 8Nov 4
1970Apr 7Oct 10Apr 3Nov 6
1969May 11Oct 15Mar 31Oct 28
1968Apr 25Oct 4Apr 6Oct 25
1967May 3Sep 29Mar 18Oct 28
1966May 10Oct 2Apr 10Oct 16
1965Apr 29Oct 12Mar 27Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 2Oct 29Mar 27Oct 29
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 16Oct 24
1961May 2Oct 3Apr 7Oct 15
1960May 12Oct 20Apr 10Nov 3
1959Apr 23Oct 18Apr 14Oct 18
1958Apr 12Oct 2Apr 8Nov 6
1957Apr 15Oct 19Apr 14Oct 27
1956Apr 23Oct 8Apr 19Nov 9
1955Apr 9Oct 15Apr 8Oct 25
1954May 4Oct 16Apr 2Oct 30
1953Apr 27Oct 25Apr 21Oct 30
1952Apr 17Oct 3Apr 17Oct 7
1951Apr 23Oct 20Apr 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.