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Frost history / Ft Robinson, NE

Ft Robinson, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00253015, 1951 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,812 ft, 42.666, -103.462. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 16Sep 19
EarliestMay 1 (1958)Sep 2 (1974)
LatestJun 14 (1969)Oct 26 (1963)
Trend0.6 days earlier per decade2.3 days later per decade
Years with data3130

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 5 and the median first fall date is Oct 1.

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 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101951: Jun 31952: May 111953: May 151954: May 81955: May 51956: May 141957: May 231958: May 11959: May 231960: May 291961: May 141962: May 21963: May 211964: May 241965: May 271966: May 251967: May 151968: May 211969: Jun 141970: May 151971: May 201974: May 221982: May 71983: May 182010: May 142011: May 162012: May 112013: May 62014: May 152015: May 202016: May 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 161952: Sep 151953: Sep 51954: Sep 191955: Sep 111956: Sep 61957: Sep 111958: Sep 251959: Sep 101960: Sep 301961: Sep 141962: Sep 91963: Oct 261964: Sep 201965: Sep 161966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Oct 31969: Oct 41970: Sep 101971: Sep 171974: Sep 21983: Sep 182008: Oct 62010: Oct 132011: Sep 212013: Oct 42014: Sep 112016: Oct 42017: Oct 3

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
2017no dataOct 3no dataOct 3
2016May 17Oct 4May 13Oct 6
2015May 20no dataMay 20no data
2014May 15Sep 11May 15Oct 27
2013May 6Oct 4May 5Oct 5
2012May 11no dataMay 11no data
2011May 16Sep 21May 3Oct 26
2010May 14Oct 13May 14Oct 28
2008no dataOct 6no dataOct 12
1983May 18Sep 18May 15Sep 20
1982May 7no dataMay 5no data
1974May 22Sep 2May 14Sep 28
1971May 20Sep 17Apr 28Sep 17
1970May 15Sep 10May 2Sep 26
1969Jun 14Oct 4Jun 14Oct 12
1968May 21Oct 3May 20Oct 3
1967May 15Sep 27May 12Sep 27
1966May 25Oct 1May 25Oct 1
1965May 27Sep 16Apr 6Sep 17
1964May 24Sep 20Apr 9Sep 27
1963May 21Oct 26May 21Oct 28
1962May 2Sep 9May 1Sep 10
1961May 14Sep 14Apr 28Sep 14
1960May 29Sep 30Apr 30Sep 30
1959May 23Sep 10Apr 22Sep 30
1958May 1Sep 25May 1Sep 25
1957May 23Sep 11Apr 14Oct 24
1956May 14Sep 6Apr 29Oct 20
1955May 5Sep 11Apr 28Oct 7
1954May 8Sep 19May 4Sep 21
1953May 15Sep 5May 15Sep 21
1952May 11Sep 15May 11Oct 2
1951Jun 3Sep 16Jun 3Sep 22

"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.