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Frost history / Rosebud, MO

Rosebud, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00237300, 1981 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 730 ft, 38.451, -91.375. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 23Oct 10
EarliestApr 3 (1992)Sep 22 (1983)
LatestMay 18 (2014)Nov 6 (2016)
Trend2.5 days later per decade5.3 days later per decade
Years with data3637

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 13 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019902000201020201981: Apr 61982: Apr 231983: May 161984: Apr 231988: Apr 171989: May 61990: May 111992: Apr 31993: Apr 31994: Apr 81998: Apr 201999: Apr 182000: Apr 272001: Apr 192003: Apr 232004: Apr 162005: May 52006: Apr 102007: Apr 152008: May 42009: Apr 152010: Apr 202011: May 52012: Apr 232013: May 142014: May 182015: May 22016: Apr 142017: Apr 252018: Apr 302019: Apr 202020: May 112021: May 142022: Apr 272023: May 52025: Apr 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119902000201020201981: Oct 31983: Sep 221984: Sep 301988: Oct 51989: Sep 241990: Sep 241992: Oct 171994: Oct 251995: Sep 231998: Oct 221999: Oct 52000: Oct 72001: Sep 252002: Oct 142003: Sep 292004: Oct 52005: Oct 262006: Oct 72007: Oct 282008: Oct 282009: Oct 102010: Oct 42011: Oct 22012: Sep 232013: Oct 222014: Oct 192015: Oct 172016: Nov 62017: Oct 292018: Oct 162019: Oct 122020: Oct 52021: Nov 12022: Oct 82023: Oct 302024: Oct 162025: Oct 23

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 16Oct 23Apr 9Nov 10
2024no dataOct 16no dataOct 16
2023May 5Oct 30Apr 25Oct 30
2022Apr 27Oct 8Apr 20Oct 8
2021May 14Nov 1Apr 23Nov 3
2020May 11Oct 5Apr 19Oct 5
2019Apr 20Oct 12Apr 16Nov 1
2018Apr 30Oct 16Apr 21Oct 21
2017Apr 25Oct 29Mar 16Oct 29
2016Apr 14Nov 6Apr 13Nov 10
2015May 2Oct 17Apr 5Oct 17
2014May 18Oct 19Apr 16Nov 1
2013May 14Oct 22Apr 21Oct 22
2012Apr 23Sep 23Apr 13Oct 8
2011May 5Oct 2Apr 6Oct 29
2010Apr 20Oct 4Mar 27Oct 29
2009Apr 15Oct 10Apr 11Oct 18
2008May 4Oct 28Apr 30Oct 28
2007Apr 15Oct 28Apr 10Oct 28
2006Apr 10Oct 7Apr 10Oct 13
2005May 5Oct 26May 4Oct 26
2004Apr 16Oct 5Apr 16Nov 5
2003Apr 23Sep 29Apr 12Nov 7
2002no dataOct 14no dataOct 14
2001Apr 19Sep 25Apr 19Oct 17
2000Apr 27Oct 7Apr 14Oct 7
1999Apr 18Oct 5Mar 28Oct 18
1998Apr 20Oct 22Mar 25Oct 24
1995no dataSep 23no dataNov 3
1994Apr 8Oct 25Apr 7Oct 26
1993Apr 3no dataApr 3no data
1992Apr 3Oct 17Apr 3Nov 7
1990May 11Sep 24Apr 13Oct 11
1989May 6Sep 24Apr 12Sep 24
1988Apr 17Oct 5Apr 16Oct 29
1984Apr 23Sep 30Apr 1Nov 2
1983May 16Sep 22Apr 20Sep 22
1982Apr 23no dataApr 23no data
1981Apr 6Oct 3Mar 20Oct 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.