Last Frost Day

Frost history / Kimball 2NE, NE

Kimball 2NE, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00254440, 1951 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,708 ft, 41.245, -103.634. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 14Sep 23
EarliestApr 21 (1977)Sep 2 (2006)
LatestJun 14 (1969)Oct 27 (1963)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data6262

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 and the median first fall date is Oct 5.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101951: Jun 41952: May 121953: May 141955: May 171956: May 141957: May 181958: Apr 301959: May 141960: May 61961: May 151962: May 151963: May 221964: May 121965: May 101966: May 131967: May 151968: May 191969: Jun 141970: May 151971: May 121972: May 31973: May 131974: May 121975: May 71976: May 31977: Apr 211978: May 131979: May 121980: Apr 281981: May 191982: May 71983: May 181984: May 91985: Apr 271986: May 101987: Apr 221988: May 31989: May 71990: May 171991: May 71992: May 261994: May 41995: May 151996: May 51997: May 151998: May 21999: May 122000: May 142001: May 252002: May 252003: May 202004: May 142005: May 282006: May 312007: Jun 82008: May 142010: May 142011: May 62013: May 62014: May 152015: May 212016: May 12

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 221953: Sep 211954: Sep 211955: Sep 251956: Oct 101957: Sep 221958: Sep 261959: Sep 281960: Oct 161961: Sep 131962: Sep 91963: Oct 271964: Sep 271965: Sep 161966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Oct 41969: Oct 41970: Sep 261971: Sep 171972: Sep 211973: Sep 171974: Sep 121975: Sep 201976: Sep 281977: Sep 241978: Sep 201979: Oct 41980: Oct 101981: Oct 11982: Sep 201983: Sep 201984: Sep 231985: Sep 231986: Oct 111988: Sep 301989: Sep 131990: Oct 71991: Sep 191993: Sep 131994: Sep 221995: Sep 211996: Sep 261997: Oct 91998: Oct 61999: Sep 132000: Sep 232001: Sep 92002: Sep 222003: Sep 182004: Oct 142005: Sep 292006: Sep 22007: Sep 112008: Oct 72010: Sep 72011: Oct 132012: Oct 42013: Oct 42014: Sep 122015: Oct 162016: Sep 10

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
2016May 12Sep 10May 2Oct 5
2015May 21Oct 16May 11Oct 16
2014May 15Sep 12May 2Oct 14
2013May 6Oct 4May 5Oct 5
2012no dataOct 4no dataOct 4
2011May 6Oct 13May 3Oct 18
2010May 14Sep 7May 13Oct 28
2008May 14Oct 7May 14Oct 13
2007Jun 8Sep 11Apr 21Oct 10
2006May 31Sep 2May 31Sep 28
2005May 28Sep 29May 3Oct 6
2004May 14Oct 14May 13Oct 26
2003May 20Sep 18Apr 9Oct 1
2002May 25Sep 22May 13Oct 12
2001May 25Sep 9Apr 24Oct 5
2000May 14Sep 23May 13Sep 24
1999May 12Sep 13May 12Sep 29
1998May 2Oct 6May 2Oct 18
1997May 15Oct 9May 12Oct 9
1996May 5Sep 26May 5Sep 27
1995May 15Sep 21May 4Oct 7
1994May 4Sep 22Apr 30Oct 23
1993no dataSep 13no dataSep 14
1992May 26no dataApr 25no data
1991May 7Sep 19May 6Oct 6
1990May 17Oct 7May 1Oct 8
1989May 7Sep 13May 2Oct 11
1988May 3Sep 30May 3Oct 23
1987Apr 22no dataApr 21no data
1986May 10Oct 11Apr 19Oct 11
1985Apr 27Sep 23Apr 9Sep 24
1984May 9Sep 23May 1Sep 25
1983May 18Sep 20May 13Sep 20
1982May 7Sep 20May 7Oct 9
1981May 19Oct 1Apr 6Oct 22
1980Apr 28Oct 10Apr 25Oct 11
1979May 12Oct 4May 11Oct 4
1978May 13Sep 20May 7Oct 3
1977Apr 21Sep 24Apr 4Oct 9
1976May 3Sep 28May 2Oct 7
1975May 7Sep 20May 1Oct 1
1974May 12Sep 12May 3Sep 28
1973May 13Sep 17May 3Oct 27
1972May 3Sep 21May 1Sep 26
1971May 12Sep 17Apr 27Sep 19
1970May 15Sep 26May 2Oct 7
1969Jun 14Oct 4Apr 28Oct 5
1968May 19Oct 4Apr 28Oct 9
1967May 15Sep 27May 4Sep 27
1966May 13Oct 1May 12Oct 1
1965May 10Sep 16Apr 28Sep 16
1964May 12Sep 27Apr 19Sep 27
1963May 22Oct 27Apr 23Oct 28
1962May 15Sep 9Apr 13Sep 9
1961May 15Sep 13Apr 27Sep 30
1960May 6Oct 16Apr 30Oct 16
1959May 14Sep 28Apr 25Sep 30
1958Apr 30Sep 26Apr 30Oct 1
1957May 18Sep 22May 17Sep 22
1956May 14Oct 10Apr 29Oct 15
1955May 17Sep 25Apr 28Oct 7
1954no dataSep 21no dataOct 14
1953May 14Sep 21May 14Oct 4
1952May 12no dataMay 11no data
1951Jun 4Sep 22Apr 22Sep 27

"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.