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Frost history / Sedalia Wtp, MO

Sedalia Wtp, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00237632, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 780 ft, 38.675, -93.223. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 16Oct 19
EarliestMar 10 (2012)Sep 20 (1991)
LatestMay 28 (1992)Nov 10 (2016)
Trend0.7 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data7471

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 31.

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 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 231952: Apr 151953: Apr 201954: May 41955: Mar 291956: Apr 241957: Apr 141958: Mar 281959: Apr 141960: Apr 101961: May 21962: Apr 161963: Mar 221964: Apr 91965: Mar 311966: Apr 211967: Apr 241969: Mar 311970: Apr 51971: Apr 71972: Apr 251973: Apr 131974: Apr 181975: Apr 201976: May 41977: Apr 61978: Mar 281979: Apr 71980: May 91981: Apr 61982: Apr 261983: Apr 191984: Apr 61985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 131988: Apr 251989: May 81990: Apr 131991: Apr 241992: May 281993: Apr 231994: Apr 81995: Apr 141996: Apr 301997: Apr 181998: Apr 51999: Apr 182000: Apr 92001: Apr 182002: Apr 262003: Apr 122004: Apr 142005: May 32006: Apr 102007: Apr 162008: Apr 292009: May 192010: Mar 302011: Apr 62012: Mar 102013: May 42014: May 162015: Apr 52016: Apr 132017: Apr 82018: Apr 212019: Apr 12020: Apr 192021: Apr 232022: Apr 272023: Apr 252024: Apr 232025: 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 261958: Oct 291959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 201962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 91965: Oct 241966: Oct 161967: Oct 281968: Oct 251969: Oct 141971: Oct 311972: Oct 191973: Oct 301974: Oct 31975: Oct 191976: Oct 81977: Oct 131979: Oct 61980: Oct 121981: Oct 191984: Sep 301985: Oct 11986: Oct 151987: Oct 31988: Oct 51989: Sep 241990: Oct 111991: Sep 201992: Sep 241993: Oct 101994: Oct 251995: Sep 221996: Oct 191997: Oct 211998: Nov 61999: Oct 52000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 132003: Oct 252004: Nov 42005: Oct 252006: Oct 122007: Oct 272008: Oct 272009: Oct 102010: Oct 292011: Oct 212012: Oct 62013: Oct 232014: Nov 12015: Oct 302016: Nov 102017: Oct 282018: Oct 162019: Oct 122020: Oct 162021: Nov 32022: Oct 82023: Oct 112024: Oct 162025: Oct 31

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 9Oct 31Apr 9Nov 2
2024Apr 23Oct 16Mar 29Oct 16
2023Apr 25Oct 11Apr 24Oct 30
2022Apr 27Oct 8Apr 20Oct 18
2021Apr 23Nov 3Apr 23Nov 3
2020Apr 19Oct 16Apr 19Oct 16
2019Apr 1Oct 12Apr 1Oct 31
2018Apr 21Oct 16Apr 9Oct 16
2017Apr 8Oct 28Mar 16Oct 29
2016Apr 13Nov 10Mar 29Nov 13
2015Apr 5Oct 30Apr 5Nov 8
2014May 16Nov 1Mar 27Nov 1
2013May 4Oct 23Apr 14Oct 25
2012Mar 10Oct 6Mar 10Oct 28
2011Apr 6Oct 21Apr 6Oct 21
2010Mar 30Oct 29Mar 6Oct 29
2009May 19Oct 10Apr 12Nov 27
2008Apr 29Oct 27Apr 15Oct 28
2007Apr 16Oct 27Apr 9Nov 1
2006Apr 10Oct 12Mar 26Oct 13
2005May 3Oct 25Mar 27Nov 9
2004Apr 14Nov 4Mar 20Nov 24
2003Apr 12Oct 25Apr 11Nov 6
2002Apr 26Oct 13Apr 6Nov 1
2001Apr 18Oct 7Apr 1Oct 26
2000Apr 9Oct 7Mar 29Oct 7
1999Apr 18Oct 5Mar 27Oct 18
1998Apr 5Nov 6Mar 20Nov 6
1997Apr 18Oct 21Apr 18Nov 3
1996Apr 30Oct 19Apr 10Oct 31
1995Apr 14Sep 22Apr 5Nov 3
1994Apr 8Oct 25Apr 8Oct 26
1993Apr 23Oct 10Apr 23Oct 30
1992May 28Sep 24May 5Oct 11
1991Apr 24Sep 20Mar 31Oct 7
1990Apr 13Oct 11Apr 13Oct 19
1989May 8Sep 24May 7Oct 19
1988Apr 25Oct 5Apr 16Oct 5
1987Apr 13Oct 3Apr 6Oct 8
1986Apr 23Oct 15Apr 22Nov 10
1985Apr 10Oct 1Apr 10Nov 5
1984Apr 6Sep 30Apr 1Sep 30
1983Apr 19no dataApr 19no data
1982Apr 26no dataApr 21no data
1981Apr 6Oct 19Apr 6Oct 24
1980May 9Oct 12Mar 26Oct 12
1979Apr 7Oct 6Apr 7Oct 10
1978Mar 28no dataMar 27no data
1977Apr 6Oct 13Apr 6Nov 11
1976May 4Oct 8Mar 17Oct 17
1975Apr 20Oct 19Apr 20Nov 13
1974Apr 18Oct 3Apr 10Nov 13
1973Apr 13Oct 30Apr 11Nov 5
1972Apr 25Oct 19Apr 9Oct 19
1971Apr 7Oct 31Mar 25Nov 7
1970Apr 5no dataApr 2no data
1969Mar 31Oct 14Mar 30Oct 27
1968no dataOct 25no dataNov 8
1967Apr 24Oct 28Apr 24Oct 28
1966Apr 21Oct 16Apr 21Nov 2
1965Mar 31Oct 24Mar 27Nov 17
1964Apr 9Oct 9Mar 31Nov 20
1963Mar 22Oct 29Mar 22Nov 2
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 15Nov 5
1961May 2Oct 20Apr 2Nov 3
1960Apr 10Oct 20Apr 10Oct 20
1959Apr 14Oct 18Mar 22Oct 28
1958Mar 28Oct 29Mar 21Nov 26
1957Apr 14Oct 26Apr 14Oct 26
1956Apr 24Nov 8Apr 24Nov 9
1955Mar 29Oct 24Mar 28Nov 3
1954May 4Oct 30Apr 3Oct 31
1953Apr 20Oct 29Apr 20Nov 6
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.