Last Frost Day

Frost history / Elsmere 9 Ene, NE

Elsmere 9 Ene, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00252680, 1980 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,654 ft, 42.172, -100.011. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 10Sep 29
EarliestApr 20 (2007)Sep 6 (2025)
LatestMay 28 (1992)Oct 17 (2013)
Trend0.9 days later per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data3944

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 1 and the median first fall date is Oct 8.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14198019902000201020201981: May 191982: May 71983: May 161984: May 91985: May 101986: May 11987: Apr 221988: Apr 281989: May 101990: May 101991: May 61992: May 281993: May 21994: May 71996: May 111997: May 121998: May 31999: Apr 252000: May 132001: Apr 232002: May 182003: May 202006: May 122007: Apr 202008: May 142009: May 162010: May 142011: May 172012: May 92013: May 62014: May 172015: May 212016: May 152017: May 242018: Apr 252019: May 102020: May 102021: May 122023: May 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27198019902000201020201980: Oct 31981: Sep 161982: Sep 211983: Sep 201984: Sep 241985: Sep 241986: Oct 111987: Oct 21988: Oct 41989: Sep 131990: Sep 231991: Sep 181992: Sep 281993: Sep 141994: Sep 221996: Sep 241997: Oct 131998: Oct 71999: Sep 212000: Sep 242001: Sep 242002: Sep 222003: Sep 192004: Oct 22005: Oct 72006: Sep 192007: Sep 142008: Sep 302009: Sep 292010: Oct 22011: Sep 222012: Sep 92013: Oct 172014: Oct 42015: Oct 142016: Sep 292018: Oct 42019: Oct 72020: Oct 12021: Oct 142022: Oct 82023: Oct 72024: Oct 12025: Sep 6

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
2025no dataSep 6no dataOct 19
2024no dataOct 1no dataOct 4
2023May 3Oct 7May 2Oct 7
2022no dataOct 8no dataOct 17
2021May 12Oct 14May 4Oct 15
2020May 10Oct 1May 10Oct 15
2019May 10Oct 7May 10Oct 11
2018Apr 25Oct 4Apr 19Oct 11
2017May 24no dataApr 27no data
2016May 15Sep 29May 15Oct 7
2015May 21Oct 14Apr 23Oct 16
2014May 17Oct 4May 15Oct 4
2013May 6Oct 17May 6Oct 18
2012May 9Sep 9Apr 11Oct 2
2011May 17Sep 22May 17Sep 30
2010May 14Oct 2May 8Oct 19
2009May 16Sep 29Apr 28Oct 4
2008May 14Sep 30May 11Oct 14
2007Apr 20Sep 14Apr 15Oct 22
2006May 12Sep 19May 12Oct 12
2005no dataOct 7no dataOct 7
2004no dataOct 2no dataOct 14
2003May 20Sep 19Apr 9Sep 25
2002May 18Sep 22May 9Oct 13
2001Apr 23Sep 24Apr 23Oct 6
2000May 13Sep 24May 13Oct 6
1999Apr 25Sep 21Apr 18Sep 29
1998May 3Oct 7Apr 17Nov 4
1997May 12Oct 13May 4Oct 25
1996May 11Sep 24Apr 29Oct 10
1994May 7Sep 22May 1Oct 9
1993May 2Sep 14Apr 21Oct 9
1992May 28Sep 28Apr 27Oct 9
1991May 6Sep 18May 6Sep 19
1990May 10Sep 23May 1Sep 23
1989May 10Sep 13May 6Sep 23
1988Apr 28Oct 4Apr 27Oct 4
1987Apr 22Oct 2Apr 22Oct 2
1986May 1Oct 11Apr 21Oct 12
1985May 10Sep 24Apr 14Sep 24
1984May 9Sep 24May 1Sep 26
1983May 16Sep 20Apr 24Sep 21
1982May 7Sep 21Apr 30Oct 20
1981May 19Sep 16May 19Sep 17
1980no dataOct 3no dataOct 3

"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.