Last Frost Day

Frost history / Salisbury, MO

Salisbury, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00237514, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 730 ft, 39.425, -92.811. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 14Oct 18
EarliestMar 25 (1998)Sep 23 (1983)
LatestMay 10 (1966)Nov 12 (2016)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data7373

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 29.

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 1519601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 231952: Apr 151953: Apr 201954: May 41955: Apr 71956: Apr 241957: Apr 141958: Apr 291959: Apr 131960: Apr 101961: Apr 181962: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 91965: Apr 161966: May 101967: Apr 241968: Apr 151969: Mar 311970: Apr 51971: Apr 71972: Apr 81973: Apr 131974: Apr 241975: Apr 121976: May 31977: Apr 61978: Apr 201979: Apr 101980: Apr 141981: Apr 61982: Apr 231983: Apr 201984: Apr 11985: Apr 91986: Apr 221988: Apr 241989: May 71991: Mar 311992: Apr 41993: Apr 171994: Apr 81995: Apr 141996: Apr 111997: Apr 181998: Mar 251999: Mar 272000: Apr 132001: Apr 182002: Apr 292003: Apr 112004: Apr 142005: May 52006: Apr 92007: Apr 162008: Apr 292009: Apr 132010: Mar 292011: Apr 62012: Apr 112013: Apr 212014: Apr 182015: Apr 52016: Apr 122017: Apr 72018: Apr 202019: Apr 12020: Apr 192021: Apr 232022: Apr 202023: Apr 242024: Apr 52025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 311952: Oct 61953: Oct 291954: Oct 301955: Oct 241956: Nov 81957: Oct 201958: Oct 11959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 201962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 91965: Oct 241966: Oct 171967: Oct 111968: Oct 251969: Oct 141970: Oct 161971: Nov 41972: Oct 191973: Oct 301974: Oct 21975: Oct 161976: Oct 81977: Oct 131978: Oct 81979: Oct 51980: Oct 121981: Oct 191982: Oct 161983: Sep 231984: Sep 261985: Sep 271986: Oct 141988: Oct 51989: Sep 231990: Oct 191991: Oct 71992: Oct 171993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 231996: Oct 231997: Oct 221998: Nov 61999: Oct 182000: Oct 72001: Oct 62002: Oct 142003: Oct 262004: Nov 52005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 282008: Oct 272009: Oct 102010: Oct 292011: Oct 212012: Oct 72013: Oct 232014: Nov 12015: Oct 302016: Nov 122017: Oct 282018: Oct 162019: Oct 122020: Oct 162021: Nov 22022: Oct 82023: Oct 282025: Nov 2

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 9Nov 2Apr 9Nov 2
2024Apr 5no dataMar 28no data
2023Apr 24Oct 28Mar 21Oct 30
2022Apr 20Oct 8Apr 19Oct 18
2021Apr 23Nov 2Apr 22Nov 3
2020Apr 19Oct 16Apr 14Oct 30
2019Apr 1Oct 12Mar 31Oct 31
2018Apr 20Oct 16Apr 19Oct 21
2017Apr 7Oct 28Mar 16Oct 29
2016Apr 12Nov 12Apr 12Nov 19
2015Apr 5Oct 30Apr 4Nov 8
2014Apr 18Nov 1Apr 16Nov 1
2013Apr 21Oct 23Apr 3Oct 25
2012Apr 11Oct 7Mar 10Oct 27
2011Apr 6Oct 21Mar 28Oct 21
2010Mar 29Oct 29Mar 5Oct 29
2009Apr 13Oct 10Apr 8Nov 26
2008Apr 29Oct 27Apr 3Oct 28
2007Apr 16Oct 28Apr 10Nov 1
2006Apr 9Oct 12Mar 26Oct 24
2005May 5Oct 26Mar 21Nov 16
2004Apr 14Nov 5Apr 14Nov 25
2003Apr 11Oct 26Apr 11Nov 7
2002Apr 29Oct 14Apr 6Oct 17
2001Apr 18Oct 6Mar 27Oct 27
2000Apr 13Oct 7Apr 13Oct 7
1999Mar 27Oct 18Mar 27Oct 18
1998Mar 25Nov 6Mar 25Nov 6
1997Apr 18Oct 22Apr 15Oct 22
1996Apr 11Oct 23Apr 9Nov 2
1995Apr 14Sep 23Apr 6Nov 3
1994Apr 8Oct 25Apr 8Oct 26
1993Apr 17Oct 10Mar 21Oct 30
1992Apr 4Oct 17Apr 3Nov 7
1991Mar 31Oct 7Mar 31Oct 19
1990no dataOct 19no dataOct 22
1989May 7Sep 23Apr 12Sep 24
1988Apr 24Oct 5Apr 24Oct 5
1986Apr 22Oct 14Apr 22Oct 15
1985Apr 9Sep 27Apr 9Oct 1
1984Apr 1Sep 26Apr 1Sep 29
1983Apr 20Sep 23Apr 19Nov 5
1982Apr 23Oct 16Apr 22Oct 21
1981Apr 6Oct 19Apr 6Oct 23
1980Apr 14Oct 12Mar 18Oct 26
1979Apr 10Oct 5Apr 6Oct 13
1978Apr 20Oct 8Mar 27Nov 14
1977Apr 6Oct 13Mar 22Nov 11
1976May 3Oct 8Apr 12Oct 17
1975Apr 12Oct 16Apr 4Nov 13
1974Apr 24Oct 2Apr 6Oct 2
1973Apr 13Oct 30Apr 11Nov 5
1972Apr 8Oct 19Apr 8Oct 19
1971Apr 7Nov 4Apr 7Nov 4
1970Apr 5Oct 16Apr 5Nov 1
1969Mar 31Oct 14Mar 31Oct 27
1968Apr 15Oct 25Mar 24Oct 25
1967Apr 24Oct 11Apr 24Oct 28
1966May 10Oct 17Apr 21Nov 2
1965Apr 16Oct 24Mar 30Nov 13
1964Apr 9Oct 9Apr 9Oct 10
1963May 1Oct 29Mar 22Nov 2
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 16Oct 26
1961Apr 18Oct 20Apr 2Nov 3
1960Apr 10Oct 20Apr 10Oct 20
1959Apr 13Oct 18Mar 28Nov 5
1958Apr 29Oct 1Mar 26Nov 26
1957Apr 14Oct 20Apr 13Oct 26
1956Apr 24Nov 8Apr 23Nov 9
1955Apr 7Oct 24Mar 28Nov 3
1954May 4Oct 30Apr 3Oct 31
1953Apr 20Oct 29Apr 18Nov 5
1952Apr 15Oct 6Apr 10Oct 6
1951Apr 23Oct 31Apr 3Nov 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.