Frost history / Festus, MO
Festus, MO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00232850, 1960 to 2023, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 600 ft, 38.233, -90.398. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 17 | Oct 18 |
| Earliest | Mar 17 (2017) | Sep 23 (1974) |
| Latest | May 12 (1969) | Nov 11 (2011) |
| Trend | 3.3 days earlier per decade | 3.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 46 | 46 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 1 and the median first fall date is Oct 28.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Apr 25 | Oct 31 | Mar 30 | Oct 31 |
| 2022 | Apr 20 | Oct 18 | Mar 13 | Oct 19 |
| 2021 | Apr 23 | Nov 3 | Apr 22 | Nov 4 |
| 2020 | Apr 19 | Oct 6 | Mar 8 | Nov 2 |
| 2019 | Apr 16 | Oct 12 | Apr 2 | Nov 1 |
| 2018 | Apr 18 | Oct 21 | Apr 9 | Oct 21 |
| 2017 | Mar 17 | Oct 29 | Mar 17 | Oct 29 |
| 2016 | Apr 10 | Nov 10 | Mar 3 | Nov 20 |
| 2015 | Apr 5 | Oct 18 | Mar 7 | Nov 21 |
| 2014 | Apr 16 | Nov 1 | Mar 27 | Nov 2 |
| 2013 | Apr 3 | Oct 25 | Mar 28 | Oct 25 |
| 2012 | Apr 13 | Oct 30 | Mar 6 | Nov 13 |
| 2011 | Apr 6 | Nov 11 | Mar 28 | Nov 11 |
| 2010 | Mar 27 | Oct 29 | Mar 27 | Nov 6 |
| 2009 | no data | Oct 18 | no data | Nov 27 |
| 2008 | Apr 30 | Oct 28 | Apr 16 | Oct 29 |
| 2007 | Apr 14 | Oct 29 | Apr 10 | Nov 2 |
| 2006 | Apr 10 | no data | Mar 28 | no data |
| 2005 | Mar 21 | Oct 26 | Mar 21 | Nov 17 |
| 2004 | no data | Nov 4 | no data | Nov 24 |
| 2001 | Apr 18 | Oct 16 | Mar 27 | Oct 27 |
| 2000 | no data | Oct 6 | no data | Oct 8 |
| 1998 | Apr 4 | no data | Mar 15 | no data |
| 1997 | Apr 18 | Oct 22 | Apr 14 | Oct 22 |
| 1996 | Apr 10 | Oct 19 | Mar 27 | Nov 2 |
| 1995 | Apr 5 | Oct 25 | Apr 1 | Nov 3 |
| 1994 | Apr 8 | no data | Apr 7 | no data |
| 1993 | Apr 23 | Oct 10 | Mar 19 | Oct 31 |
| 1992 | Apr 28 | Oct 19 | Apr 3 | Oct 19 |
| 1991 | Apr 1 | Oct 7 | Apr 1 | Oct 19 |
| 1990 | Apr 13 | Oct 11 | Apr 13 | Nov 6 |
| 1989 | no data | Oct 20 | no data | Nov 3 |
| 1982 | no data | Oct 17 | no data | Oct 21 |
| 1981 | Apr 6 | Oct 3 | Apr 6 | Oct 24 |
| 1980 | May 9 | Oct 5 | May 9 | Oct 6 |
| 1979 | May 5 | Oct 5 | Apr 6 | Oct 5 |
| 1978 | Apr 27 | Oct 8 | Apr 22 | Oct 8 |
| 1977 | Apr 7 | no data | Mar 24 | no data |
| 1976 | May 8 | no data | May 4 | no data |
| 1975 | Apr 20 | Oct 2 | Apr 13 | Oct 19 |
| 1974 | Apr 24 | Sep 23 | Mar 26 | Oct 3 |
| 1973 | Apr 14 | Nov 1 | Apr 14 | Nov 5 |
| 1972 | Apr 26 | Oct 19 | Apr 5 | Oct 19 |
| 1971 | Apr 15 | Oct 12 | Apr 10 | Nov 4 |
| 1970 | no data | Oct 10 | no data | Oct 17 |
| 1969 | May 12 | Oct 14 | Mar 31 | Oct 23 |
| 1968 | May 6 | Oct 4 | Apr 25 | Oct 25 |
| 1967 | May 3 | no data | Mar 22 | no data |
| 1966 | May 9 | Oct 2 | Apr 10 | Oct 16 |
| 1965 | Apr 30 | Oct 12 | Apr 1 | Oct 25 |
| 1962 | Apr 15 | no data | Apr 15 | no data |
| 1961 | May 2 | Oct 3 | Apr 7 | Oct 26 |
| 1960 | no data | Oct 20 | no data | Oct 20 |
"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.