Last Frost Day

Frost history / Oakdale, NE

Oakdale, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00256135, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,749 ft, 42.064, -97.967. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 6Oct 1
EarliestApr 6 (1977)Sep 3 (1974)
LatestMay 28 (1992)Oct 28 (1963)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.1 days later per decade
Years with data7374

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 26 and the median first fall date is Oct 9.

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 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 71952: May 121954: May 91955: May 81956: Apr 301958: Apr 291959: May 151960: May 121961: May 91962: Apr 171963: May 221964: May 131965: Apr 281966: May 131967: May 151968: May 211969: May 121970: May 21971: May 121972: Apr 251973: May 171974: May 31975: May 11976: May 71977: Apr 61978: May 31979: May 111980: May 81981: May 111982: Apr 221983: May 151984: May 11985: Apr 141986: Apr 221987: Apr 231988: Apr 281989: May 101990: May 61991: May 61992: May 281993: May 201994: Apr 301995: May 51996: May 11997: May 201998: Apr 231999: Apr 192000: Apr 222001: Apr 242002: May 252003: Apr 222004: May 142005: May 152006: Apr 272007: May 172008: May 142009: May 112010: May 52011: May 172012: Apr 232013: May 122014: May 172015: Apr 292016: May 22017: May 12018: Apr 282019: May 102020: May 102021: May 122022: Apr 262023: May 32024: Apr 242025: May 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 281952: Oct 21954: Sep 221955: Oct 81956: Sep 301957: Oct 171958: Oct 11959: Sep 301960: Sep 301961: Sep 251962: Sep 201963: Oct 281964: Sep 271965: Sep 231966: Oct 11967: Sep 281968: Oct 31969: Oct 81970: Sep 261971: Sep 191972: Oct 71973: Oct 121974: Sep 31975: Sep 121976: Sep 281977: Oct 91978: Oct 41979: Oct 41980: Oct 31981: Sep 171982: Sep 211983: Sep 211984: Sep 261985: Sep 241986: Oct 121987: Oct 31988: Oct 41989: Sep 231990: Sep 231991: Sep 191992: Sep 281993: Sep 151994: Oct 91995: Sep 221996: Sep 241997: Oct 141998: Oct 11999: Sep 152000: Sep 212001: Oct 62002: Sep 242003: Sep 192004: Oct 22005: Oct 72006: Oct 122007: Oct 112008: Oct 142009: Sep 292010: Oct 32011: Sep 152012: Sep 182013: Oct 132014: Oct 42015: Oct 162016: Sep 282017: Oct 112018: Oct 112019: Oct 112020: Oct 22021: Oct 112022: Oct 82023: Oct 72024: Oct 142025: Oct 22

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
2025May 3Oct 22Apr 19Oct 30
2024Apr 24Oct 14Apr 21Oct 14
2023May 3Oct 7Apr 24Oct 27
2022Apr 26Oct 8Apr 26Oct 8
2021May 12Oct 11Apr 22Nov 2
2020May 10Oct 2Apr 18Oct 24
2019May 10Oct 11Apr 15Oct 12
2018Apr 28Oct 11Apr 19Oct 11
2017May 1Oct 11Apr 27Oct 11
2016May 2Sep 28Apr 11Oct 13
2015Apr 29Oct 16Apr 22Oct 30
2014May 17Oct 4May 16Oct 29
2013May 12Oct 13May 12Oct 18
2012Apr 23Sep 18Apr 12Oct 2
2011May 17Sep 15May 3Sep 23
2010May 5Oct 3Apr 17Oct 3
2009May 11Sep 29Apr 14Sep 29
2008May 14Oct 14Apr 28Oct 27
2007May 17Oct 11Apr 15Oct 28
2006Apr 27Oct 12Apr 26Oct 12
2005May 15Oct 7May 4Oct 7
2004May 14Oct 2May 3Oct 2
2003Apr 22Sep 19Apr 9Sep 30
2002May 25Sep 24May 20Oct 13
2001Apr 24Oct 6Apr 18Oct 6
2000Apr 22Sep 21Apr 21Sep 25
1999Apr 19Sep 15Apr 19Sep 21
1998Apr 23Oct 1Apr 18Nov 6
1997May 20Oct 14May 13Oct 14
1996May 1Sep 24Apr 30Oct 10
1995May 5Sep 22May 2Sep 22
1994Apr 30Oct 9Apr 30Oct 25
1993May 20Sep 15Apr 5Oct 9
1992May 28Sep 28Apr 27Oct 17
1991May 6Sep 19Apr 10Sep 19
1990May 6Sep 23Apr 30Oct 10
1989May 10Sep 23May 7Sep 23
1988Apr 28Oct 4Apr 28Oct 4
1987Apr 23Oct 3Apr 12Oct 3
1986Apr 22Oct 12Apr 22Oct 13
1985Apr 14Sep 24Apr 14Oct 1
1984May 1Sep 26May 1Sep 26
1983May 15Sep 21May 15Sep 21
1982Apr 22Sep 21Apr 22Oct 21
1981May 11Sep 17May 11Oct 22
1980May 8Oct 3May 8Oct 12
1979May 11Oct 4Apr 28Oct 13
1978May 3Oct 4May 2Oct 6
1977Apr 6Oct 9Apr 5Oct 9
1976May 7Sep 28May 3Sep 28
1975May 1Sep 12Apr 20Sep 25
1974May 3Sep 3Apr 16Sep 30
1973May 17Oct 12May 15Oct 29
1972Apr 25Oct 7Apr 10Oct 7
1971May 12Sep 19Apr 14Sep 19
1970May 2Sep 26Apr 15Oct 10
1969May 12Oct 8Mar 31Oct 14
1968May 21Oct 3May 21Oct 4
1967May 15Sep 28May 3Sep 28
1966May 13Oct 1May 13Oct 5
1965Apr 28Sep 23Apr 28Sep 23
1964May 13Sep 27Apr 8Oct 5
1963May 22Oct 28May 22Oct 29
1962Apr 17Sep 20Apr 15Oct 25
1961May 9Sep 25May 2Sep 28
1960May 12Sep 30Apr 30Oct 16
1959May 15Sep 30May 15Oct 9
1958Apr 29Oct 1Apr 29Oct 1
1957no dataOct 17no dataOct 25
1956Apr 30Sep 30Apr 30Oct 21
1955May 8Oct 8Apr 7Oct 15
1954May 9Sep 22May 3Oct 16
1952May 12Oct 2Apr 15Oct 6
1951May 7Sep 28Apr 22Sep 28

"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.