Frost history / Plainsview Rch, NE
Plainsview Rch, NE: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00256765, 2003 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,680 ft, 42.261, -103.519. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 15 | Oct 4 |
| Earliest | Apr 28 (2018) | Aug 26 (2004) |
| Latest | Jun 8 (2007) | Oct 26 (2010) |
| Trend | 4.2 days earlier per decade | 8.0 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 17 | 16 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 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.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 2 | Sep 6 | Apr 22 | Sep 6 |
| 2024 | May 8 | Sep 22 | May 4 | Oct 1 |
| 2022 | May 25 | Sep 11 | May 22 | Oct 17 |
| 2018 | Apr 28 | Sep 28 | Apr 25 | Oct 4 |
| 2017 | May 20 | Oct 3 | Apr 30 | Oct 10 |
| 2016 | May 17 | Oct 5 | May 14 | Oct 7 |
| 2015 | May 21 | Oct 16 | May 12 | Oct 16 |
| 2014 | May 15 | Sep 12 | May 13 | Oct 3 |
| 2013 | May 5 | Oct 4 | May 3 | Oct 5 |
| 2012 | May 12 | Oct 4 | May 12 | Oct 4 |
| 2011 | May 15 | Oct 17 | May 3 | Oct 19 |
| 2010 | no data | Oct 26 | no data | Oct 27 |
| 2008 | May 11 | Oct 10 | May 11 | Oct 13 |
| 2007 | Jun 8 | Oct 15 | Apr 14 | Oct 16 |
| 2006 | May 11 | no data | May 11 | no data |
| 2005 | May 12 | Oct 4 | May 12 | Oct 4 |
| 2004 | May 16 | Aug 26 | May 13 | Nov 2 |
| 2003 | May 20 | no data | May 20 | no data |
"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.