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Frost history / St Peters 2 Se, MO

St Peters 2 Se, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00237475, 1980 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 575 ft, 38.768, -90.589. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 9Oct 28
EarliestMar 22 (2005)Oct 5 (1980)
LatestApr 24 (1984)Nov 11 (2011)
Trend1.3 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data2323

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 28 and the median first fall date is Nov 3.

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 3019801990200020101981: Mar 251982: Apr 211983: Apr 201984: Apr 241985: Apr 91986: Apr 231987: Apr 61988: Mar 311989: Apr 141990: Apr 131991: Mar 311992: Apr 31993: Apr 32004: Apr 32005: Mar 222006: Apr 102009: Apr 122010: Mar 292011: Apr 62012: Apr 132013: Apr 212014: Apr 92015: Apr 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619801990200020101980: Oct 51981: Oct 231982: Oct 211983: Nov 51984: Nov 21985: Nov 41986: Nov 101987: Oct 121988: Oct 291989: Nov 31990: Oct 101991: Nov 21992: Oct 192004: Nov 52005: Oct 262006: Oct 122008: Oct 282010: Oct 292011: Nov 112012: Oct 92013: Oct 252014: Nov 12015: Oct 18

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
2015Apr 5Oct 18Mar 29Nov 22
2014Apr 9Nov 1Mar 27Nov 2
2013Apr 21Oct 25Apr 3Oct 25
2012Apr 13Oct 9Mar 6Oct 29
2011Apr 6Nov 11Mar 28Nov 11
2010Mar 29Oct 29Mar 29Nov 6
2009Apr 12no dataMar 14no data
2008no dataOct 28no dataOct 28
2006Apr 10Oct 12Mar 27Oct 24
2005Mar 22Oct 26Mar 22Nov 17
2004Apr 3Nov 5Mar 23Nov 25
1993Apr 3no dataMar 19no data
1992Apr 3Oct 19Apr 3Nov 15
1991Mar 31Nov 2Mar 30Nov 2
1990Apr 13Oct 10Apr 8Dec 4
1989Apr 14Nov 3Apr 11Nov 3
1988Mar 31Oct 29Mar 19Oct 31
1987Apr 6Oct 12Apr 5Nov 11
1986Apr 23Nov 10Mar 22Nov 13
1985Apr 9Nov 4Apr 9Nov 20
1984Apr 24Nov 2Mar 14Nov 2
1983Apr 20Nov 5Apr 19Nov 17
1982Apr 21Oct 21Apr 8Oct 22
1981Mar 25Oct 23Mar 25Oct 24
1980no dataOct 5no dataOct 26

"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.