Last Frost Day

Frost history / Trenton Dam 1N, NE

Trenton Dam 1N, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00258628, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,813 ft, 40.190, -101.067. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 4Oct 11
EarliestMar 12 (2012)Sep 9 (2020)
LatestMay 27 (1992)Oct 28 (1963)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data6464

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.

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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 71952: May 111953: May 141954: May 41955: Apr 81956: Apr 301957: Apr 141958: Apr 291959: Apr 221960: Apr 301961: Apr 181962: Apr 141963: May 221964: May 131965: May 91966: May 131967: May 51968: May 101969: Apr 291970: May 31971: May 121972: May 71973: May 151974: Apr 171975: Apr 301976: May 71980: May 81981: May 101987: Apr 231988: May 41989: May 61990: May 111991: May 51992: May 271993: May 21994: May 11995: Apr 281996: Apr 301997: May 91998: Apr 231999: Apr 192000: Apr 222001: Apr 232002: May 32003: Apr 102004: May 142005: May 42006: Apr 272007: Apr 272008: May 122009: Apr 122010: May 132011: May 42012: Mar 122013: May 52014: May 132015: May 122019: May 122020: May 112021: Apr 242022: May 32023: May 22024: Apr 212025: May 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201952: Oct 61953: Oct 41954: Oct 151955: Oct 141956: Oct 211957: Oct 241958: Oct 101959: Oct 11960: Oct 191961: Oct 191962: Oct 161963: Oct 281964: Sep 271965: Sep 241966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Oct 181969: Oct 121970: Sep 261971: Sep 231972: Oct 131973: Oct 271974: Sep 131975: Oct 11979: Oct 221981: Oct 181983: Sep 201986: Oct 111987: Oct 101988: Oct 201989: Sep 231990: Oct 81991: Sep 191992: Oct 151993: Oct 91994: Oct 231995: Sep 211996: Oct 181997: Oct 221998: Oct 121999: Oct 22000: Oct 62001: Oct 62002: Oct 132003: Oct 162004: Oct 142005: Oct 62006: Sep 192007: Oct 222008: Oct 232009: Oct 32010: Oct 132011: Oct 192012: Oct 52013: Oct 162014: Oct 112018: Oct 102019: Oct 82020: Sep 92021: Oct 142022: Oct 172023: Oct 72024: Oct 142025: Oct 19

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 19Apr 19Oct 29
2024Apr 21Oct 14Apr 21Nov 5
2023May 2Oct 7Apr 23Oct 7
2022May 3Oct 17Apr 25Oct 17
2021Apr 24Oct 14Apr 23Oct 21
2020May 11Sep 9Apr 18Oct 23
2019May 12Oct 8May 10Oct 11
2018no dataOct 10no dataOct 11
2015May 12no dataMar 27no data
2014May 13Oct 11Apr 15Oct 29
2013May 5Oct 16Apr 24Oct 16
2012Mar 12Oct 5Mar 10Oct 7
2011May 4Oct 19Apr 16Oct 20
2010May 13Oct 13Apr 3Oct 29
2009Apr 12Oct 3Apr 9Oct 9
2008May 12Oct 23May 11Oct 27
2007Apr 27Oct 22Apr 26Nov 1
2006Apr 27Sep 19Apr 27Oct 19
2005May 4Oct 6May 3Oct 6
2004May 14Oct 14Apr 14Nov 2
2003Apr 10Oct 16Apr 9Oct 26
2002May 3Oct 13Apr 26Oct 13
2001Apr 23Oct 6Apr 18Oct 17
2000Apr 22Oct 6Apr 18Oct 7
1999Apr 19Oct 2Apr 18Oct 17
1998Apr 23Oct 12Apr 22Nov 10
1997May 9Oct 22Apr 25Oct 25
1996Apr 30Oct 18Apr 22Oct 18
1995Apr 28Sep 21Apr 27Oct 22
1994May 1Oct 23Apr 29Oct 25
1993May 2Oct 9Apr 17Oct 27
1992May 27Oct 15Apr 26Oct 16
1991May 5Sep 19Apr 14Oct 6
1990May 11Oct 8Apr 12Oct 18
1989May 6Sep 23May 2Oct 17
1988May 4Oct 20Apr 27Oct 28
1987Apr 23Oct 10Apr 23Oct 11
1986no dataOct 11no dataOct 12
1983no dataSep 20no dataSep 21
1981May 10Oct 18Apr 14Oct 22
1980May 8no dataApr 15no data
1979no dataOct 22no dataNov 2
1976May 7no dataApr 5no data
1975Apr 30Oct 1Apr 5Oct 17
1974Apr 17Sep 13Apr 17Oct 15
1973May 15Oct 27Apr 27Oct 27
1972May 7Oct 13Apr 24Oct 19
1971May 12Sep 23Apr 9Oct 29
1970May 3Sep 26Apr 21Oct 8
1969Apr 29Oct 12Apr 28Oct 12
1968May 10Oct 18Apr 15Oct 18
1967May 5Sep 27May 4Oct 10
1966May 13Oct 1May 13Oct 15
1965May 9Sep 24Apr 28Nov 4
1964May 13Sep 27Apr 8Oct 9
1963May 22Oct 28May 22Nov 1
1962Apr 14Oct 16Apr 3Oct 25
1961Apr 18Oct 19Apr 17Oct 23
1960Apr 30Oct 19Mar 25Oct 19
1959Apr 22Oct 1Apr 14Oct 17
1958Apr 29Oct 10Apr 24Oct 30
1957Apr 14Oct 24Apr 13Oct 25
1956Apr 30Oct 21Apr 30Nov 3
1955Apr 8Oct 14Apr 8Oct 24
1954May 4Oct 15May 4Oct 27
1953May 14Oct 4May 14Oct 6
1952May 11Oct 6May 11Oct 6
1951May 7no dataMay 7no 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.