Last Frost Day

Frost history / Bartlett 1W, NE

Bartlett 1W, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00250525, 1983 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,175 ft, 41.886, -98.563. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 5Oct 7
EarliestApr 12 (2012)Aug 16 (2008)
LatestJul 31 (2009)Oct 28 (2007)
Trend2.2 days later per decade3.0 days later per decade
Years with data2933

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 13.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 1319902000201020201985: Apr 141986: Apr 221988: Apr 271989: May 71990: May 211991: May 61996: May 21997: May 211999: Apr 192000: May 142001: Apr 242004: May 142005: May 52006: Apr 272007: Apr 142009: Jul 312011: May 32012: Apr 122013: May 72014: May 172015: May 192017: May 12018: Apr 282019: May 102020: May 112021: May 102022: May 222023: May 22024: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119902000201020201983: Sep 201984: Sep 251985: Sep 241986: Oct 111987: Oct 71988: Oct 41989: Sep 231990: Sep 231995: Sep 221996: Oct 101997: Oct 142000: Sep 252001: Sep 242002: Oct 72003: Sep 192004: Oct 32005: Oct 72006: Oct 122007: Oct 282008: Aug 162011: Oct 132012: Oct 52013: Oct 182014: Oct 42016: Oct 72017: Oct 112018: Oct 42019: Oct 102020: Sep 292021: Oct 142022: Oct 82023: Oct 72024: Oct 14

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
2024Apr 22Oct 14Apr 20Oct 14
2023May 2Oct 7Apr 24Oct 27
2022May 22Oct 8Apr 26Oct 17
2021May 10Oct 14Apr 22Oct 16
2020May 11Sep 29May 10Oct 16
2019May 10Oct 10May 10Oct 11
2018Apr 28Oct 4Apr 19Oct 11
2017May 1Oct 11Apr 27Oct 27
2016no dataOct 7no dataOct 7
2015May 19no dataApr 22no data
2014May 17Oct 4Apr 17Oct 4
2013May 7Oct 18May 3Oct 18
2012Apr 12Oct 5Apr 11Oct 5
2011May 3Oct 13Apr 21Oct 14
2009Jul 31no dataJul 31no data
2008no dataAug 16no dataAug 16
2007Apr 14Oct 28Apr 12Nov 2
2006Apr 27Oct 12Apr 27Oct 13
2005May 5Oct 7May 5Oct 8
2004May 14Oct 3Apr 13Oct 15
2003no dataSep 19no dataOct 26
2002no dataOct 7no dataOct 15
2001Apr 24Sep 24Apr 18Oct 16
2000May 14Sep 25Apr 22Oct 6
1999Apr 19no dataApr 19no data
1997May 21Oct 14May 14Oct 21
1996May 2Oct 10Apr 23Oct 10
1995no dataSep 22no dataSep 22
1991May 6no dataMar 30no data
1990May 21Sep 23May 21Oct 18
1989May 7Sep 23May 7Sep 23
1988Apr 27Oct 4Apr 18Oct 4
1987no dataOct 7no dataOct 10
1986Apr 22Oct 11Apr 16Oct 12
1985Apr 14Sep 24Apr 14Oct 1
1984no dataSep 25no dataSep 28
1983no dataSep 20no dataOct 13

"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.