Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mexico, MO

Mexico, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00235541, 1951 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 802 ft, 39.176, -91.886. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 16Oct 18
EarliestMar 27 (2010)Sep 23 (1989)
LatestMay 11 (1966)Nov 13 (2004)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data5249

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301960197019801990200020101952: Apr 151953: Apr 201954: May 41955: Mar 291956: Apr 241957: Apr 141958: Apr 291959: Apr 221960: May 11961: May 21962: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 101965: Apr 161966: May 111967: Apr 271968: Apr 251969: Apr 301970: Apr 51971: Apr 101972: Apr 91973: Apr 131974: Apr 251975: Apr 121976: May 41977: Apr 71978: May 31979: Apr 101980: Apr 151981: Apr 61982: Apr 221983: Apr 211985: Apr 101986: Apr 241988: Apr 181989: May 51990: Apr 111991: Mar 311999: Mar 282000: Apr 132001: Apr 192002: Apr 72004: Apr 142005: Mar 292006: Apr 102007: Apr 162008: Apr 302009: Apr 122010: Mar 272011: Apr 62012: Apr 132013: Apr 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Oct 311952: Oct 61953: Oct 291954: Oct 191955: Oct 311956: Nov 81957: Sep 291958: Oct 291959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 261962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 91965: Oct 241966: Oct 171967: Sep 291968: Oct 251969: Oct 141970: Oct 101971: Nov 41972: Oct 151973: Nov 31974: Oct 21975: Oct 21976: Oct 81977: Oct 131978: Oct 81979: Oct 51980: Oct 51981: Oct 191982: Oct 211984: Oct 241985: Oct 11986: Oct 141988: Oct 41989: Sep 231990: Oct 211991: Oct 181999: Oct 182000: Oct 72004: Nov 132005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 282009: Oct 182010: Oct 292011: Oct 282012: Oct 27

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
2013Apr 21no dataApr 4no data
2012Apr 13Oct 27Mar 6Nov 12
2011Apr 6Oct 28Mar 28Nov 11
2010Mar 27Oct 29Mar 27Oct 30
2009Apr 12Oct 18Mar 14Nov 27
2008Apr 30no dataMar 25no data
2007Apr 16Oct 28Apr 10Nov 7
2006Apr 10Oct 12Mar 27Oct 24
2005Mar 29Oct 26Mar 21Nov 16
2004Apr 14Nov 13Mar 13Nov 14
2002Apr 7no dataApr 6no data
2001Apr 19no dataMar 28no data
2000Apr 13Oct 7Mar 29Oct 8
1999Mar 28Oct 18Mar 27Oct 24
1991Mar 31Oct 18Mar 30Nov 2
1990Apr 11Oct 21Apr 10Nov 7
1989May 5Sep 23Apr 12Oct 19
1988Apr 18Oct 4Mar 30Oct 4
1986Apr 24Oct 14Apr 23Nov 10
1985Apr 10Oct 1Apr 10Nov 4
1984no dataOct 24no dataNov 2
1983Apr 21no dataApr 21no data
1982Apr 22Oct 21Apr 21Oct 21
1981Apr 6Oct 19Mar 24Oct 23
1980Apr 15Oct 5Mar 22Oct 26
1979Apr 10Oct 5Apr 7Oct 5
1978May 3Oct 8Mar 28Nov 7
1977Apr 7Oct 13Mar 22Nov 11
1976May 4Oct 8May 3Oct 17
1975Apr 12Oct 2Apr 5Oct 19
1974Apr 25Oct 2Apr 9Oct 2
1973Apr 13Nov 3Apr 13Nov 5
1972Apr 9Oct 15Apr 8Oct 19
1971Apr 10Nov 4Apr 6Nov 4
1970Apr 5Oct 10Apr 3Nov 1
1969Apr 30Oct 14Apr 1Oct 27
1968Apr 25Oct 25Apr 1Oct 25
1967Apr 27Sep 29Apr 24Oct 11
1966May 11Oct 17Apr 10Nov 2
1965Apr 16Oct 24Apr 1Nov 13
1964Apr 10Oct 9Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 1Oct 29Apr 24Nov 2
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 16Oct 24
1961May 2Oct 26Apr 10Nov 4
1960May 1Oct 20Apr 10Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 18Apr 13Nov 6
1958Apr 29Oct 29Mar 29Oct 30
1957Apr 14Sep 29Apr 13Oct 26
1956Apr 24Nov 8Apr 23Nov 9
1955Mar 29Oct 31Mar 29Nov 3
1954May 4Oct 19Apr 3Nov 2
1953Apr 20Oct 29Apr 20Nov 5
1952Apr 15Oct 6Mar 27Oct 6
1951no dataOct 31no dataNov 1

"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.