Last Frost Day

Frost history / Creighton, NE

Creighton, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00251990, 1955 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,660 ft, 42.460, -97.905. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 2Oct 2
EarliestApr 6 (1977)Sep 3 (1974)
LatestMay 22 (1963)Oct 29 (1963)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decade1.2 days later per decade
Years with data5355

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 12.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301960197019801990200020101956: May 41957: Apr 141958: Apr 291959: May 151960: May 81961: May 91962: Apr 191963: May 221964: May 131965: Apr 281966: May 131967: May 41968: May 211969: May 121970: May 21971: May 121972: Apr 251973: May 141974: May 31975: May 11976: May 71977: Apr 61978: May 21979: May 121980: May 81981: May 101982: Apr 221983: May 151984: May 91985: Apr 141986: Apr 221987: Apr 121988: Apr 271989: May 61990: May 11991: Apr 231992: Apr 271993: Apr 211994: Apr 301995: Apr 271997: May 131998: Apr 171999: Apr 192000: Apr 212001: Apr 232002: May 182003: Apr 92004: May 142006: Apr 272007: Apr 152008: Apr 292010: May 82011: May 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101955: Oct 81956: Sep 301957: Oct 171958: Sep 271959: Sep 301960: Sep 301961: Sep 151962: Sep 51963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Sep 241966: Oct 11967: Sep 281968: Oct 41969: Oct 81970: Oct 81971: Sep 191972: Sep 261973: Oct 121974: Sep 31976: Sep 281977: Oct 21978: Oct 61979: Oct 41980: Oct 31981: Oct 221982: Sep 211983: Sep 211984: Sep 261985: Sep 241986: Oct 111987: Oct 31988: Oct 41989: Sep 131990: Sep 231991: Sep 191992: Sep 281993: Oct 91994: Oct 231995: Sep 221996: Oct 101997: Oct 141998: Oct 221999: Sep 212000: Sep 252001: Oct 62002: Sep 272003: Sep 302004: Oct 22005: Oct 72006: Oct 122007: Oct 112008: Oct 142009: Sep 292010: Oct 17

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

"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.