Last Frost Day

Frost history / St Charles 7 Ssw, MO

St Charles 7 Ssw, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00237398, 1975 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 450 ft, 38.685, -90.523. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 8Oct 22
EarliestMar 10 (2012)Sep 22 (1991)
LatestMay 22 (1997)Nov 28 (1978)
Trend1.7 days earlier per decade4.5 days later per decade
Years with data4545

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 28 and the median first fall date is Nov 6.

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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30198019902000201020201975: Apr 131976: May 31977: Mar 221979: Apr 71980: Apr 151981: Apr 61983: Apr 191984: Apr 21985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 51988: Apr 171989: Apr 131990: Apr 181991: Mar 311992: May 71993: Apr 221994: Apr 81995: Apr 281996: Apr 301997: May 221998: Mar 261999: Mar 272000: Apr 82001: Apr 12002: Apr 62003: Apr 102004: Mar 222005: Mar 202006: Mar 272007: Apr 152009: Apr 82010: Mar 272011: Mar 292012: Mar 102015: Apr 52016: Apr 102018: Apr 182019: Apr 162020: Apr 182021: Apr 212022: Apr 192023: Mar 302024: Mar 292025: Apr 8

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11198019902000201020201975: Oct 261976: Oct 171977: Oct 131978: Nov 281979: Oct 101980: Oct 51981: Oct 231982: Oct 211983: Sep 231984: Oct 11985: Oct 21986: Nov 101987: Oct 81988: Oct 131990: Oct 111991: Sep 221993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 231996: Oct 91997: Oct 221998: Nov 71999: Oct 242000: Oct 72001: Oct 172002: Nov 12003: Nov 72004: Oct 22005: Nov 102006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 282009: Oct 182010: Nov 32011: Nov 112012: Oct 282017: Oct 312018: Oct 212019: Oct 312020: Nov 22021: Nov 42022: Oct 182023: Oct 302024: Nov 262025: Nov 10

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 8Nov 10Mar 6Nov 10
2024Mar 29Nov 26Mar 18Nov 26
2023Mar 30Oct 30Mar 20Oct 31
2022Apr 19Oct 18Mar 13Oct 20
2021Apr 21Nov 4Mar 2Nov 19
2020Apr 18Nov 2Mar 1Nov 2
2019Apr 16Oct 31Mar 7Nov 1
2018Apr 18Oct 21Apr 9Oct 21
2017no dataOct 31no dataNov 10
2016Apr 10no dataMar 3no data
2015Apr 5no dataMar 28no data
2012Mar 10Oct 28Mar 5Nov 8
2011Mar 29Nov 11Mar 29Nov 11
2010Mar 27Nov 3Mar 26Nov 6
2009Apr 8Oct 18Mar 15Dec 4
2008no dataOct 28no dataNov 10
2007Apr 15Oct 29Apr 10Nov 2
2006Mar 27Oct 13Mar 26Oct 24
2005Mar 20Nov 10Mar 20Nov 17
2004Mar 22Oct 2Mar 22Nov 25
2003Apr 10Nov 7Mar 30Nov 24
2002Apr 6Nov 1Apr 5Nov 17
2001Apr 1Oct 17Mar 28Dec 9
2000Apr 8Oct 7Mar 13Nov 15
1999Mar 27Oct 24Mar 27Nov 30
1998Mar 26Nov 7Mar 15Nov 21
1997May 22Oct 22Apr 14Nov 12
1996Apr 30Oct 9Apr 10Oct 19
1995Apr 28Sep 23Apr 6Oct 26
1994Apr 8Oct 25Apr 8Oct 26
1993Apr 22Oct 10Apr 17Oct 11
1992May 7no dataApr 28no data
1991Mar 31Sep 22Mar 30Oct 7
1990Apr 18Oct 11Apr 13Oct 26
1989Apr 13no dataApr 11no data
1988Apr 17Oct 13Mar 30Oct 31
1987Apr 5Oct 8Apr 5Oct 12
1986Apr 22Nov 10Mar 22Nov 13
1985Apr 9Oct 2Apr 9Nov 20
1984Apr 2Oct 1Apr 1Nov 2
1983Apr 19Sep 23Apr 19Nov 5
1982no dataOct 21no dataOct 22
1981Apr 6Oct 23Mar 24Oct 23
1980Apr 15Oct 5Mar 22Oct 26
1979Apr 7Oct 10Apr 7Oct 14
1978no dataNov 28no dataNov 28
1977Mar 22Oct 13Mar 7Nov 12
1976May 3Oct 17Mar 17Oct 22
1975Apr 13Oct 26Apr 4Nov 14

"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.