Frost history / Independence, MO
Independence, MO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00234154, 1990 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 985 ft, 39.065, -94.386. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 11 | Oct 26 |
| Earliest | Mar 16 (2017) | Oct 7 (1991) |
| Latest | May 3 (2013) | Nov 12 (2016) |
| Trend | 0.8 days later per decade | 3.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 27 | 27 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 30 and the median first fall date is Nov 1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Apr 18 | Oct 26 | Apr 14 | Oct 26 |
| 2019 | Apr 13 | Oct 12 | Apr 1 | Oct 31 |
| 2018 | Apr 20 | no data | Apr 17 | no data |
| 2017 | Mar 16 | Oct 28 | Mar 16 | Oct 29 |
| 2016 | Apr 10 | Nov 12 | Mar 26 | Nov 19 |
| 2015 | Apr 5 | Oct 30 | Mar 7 | Nov 22 |
| 2014 | Apr 18 | no data | Apr 16 | no data |
| 2013 | May 3 | Oct 25 | Apr 20 | Oct 25 |
| 2012 | no data | Oct 27 | no data | Oct 27 |
| 2011 | Apr 6 | Oct 21 | Mar 16 | Nov 17 |
| 2010 | Mar 30 | Oct 29 | Mar 21 | Nov 6 |
| 2009 | Apr 11 | Oct 18 | Apr 8 | Nov 30 |
| 2008 | Apr 15 | Oct 28 | Mar 25 | Oct 28 |
| 2007 | Apr 10 | Nov 1 | Apr 9 | Nov 7 |
| 2006 | Mar 30 | Oct 22 | Mar 26 | Nov 2 |
| 2005 | Mar 21 | Oct 26 | Mar 21 | Nov 16 |
| 2004 | Apr 13 | Nov 12 | Mar 22 | Nov 25 |
| 2003 | no data | Nov 6 | no data | Nov 7 |
| 2002 | Apr 5 | Nov 1 | Apr 5 | Nov 1 |
| 2001 | Apr 19 | no data | Mar 28 | no data |
| 2000 | Apr 13 | Oct 7 | Mar 29 | Oct 9 |
| 1999 | Apr 19 | Oct 18 | Mar 27 | Oct 25 |
| 1998 | Apr 2 | Nov 6 | Mar 22 | Nov 6 |
| 1997 | Apr 18 | Oct 27 | Apr 15 | Oct 27 |
| 1996 | Apr 15 | Oct 23 | Apr 7 | Nov 1 |
| 1995 | no data | Oct 22 | no data | Nov 3 |
| 1994 | Apr 7 | no data | Apr 6 | no data |
| 1993 | Apr 5 | Oct 9 | Apr 5 | Oct 29 |
| 1992 | no data | Oct 17 | no data | Nov 5 |
| 1991 | Mar 31 | Oct 7 | Mar 30 | Oct 19 |
| 1990 | Apr 13 | Oct 19 | Apr 13 | Oct 23 |
"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.