Last Frost Day

Frost history / Ashland 2 Sw, OH

Ashland 2 Sw, OH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00330256, 1951 to 2001, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,265 ft, 40.833, -82.350. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 4Oct 8
EarliestApr 8 (1955)Sep 14 (1975)
LatestJun 11 (1972)Nov 2 (1984)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data4646

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 20 and the median first fall date is Oct 23.

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 14Jun 29196019701980199020001951: Apr 231952: Apr 161953: Apr 211954: May 81955: Apr 81956: May 81957: May 41958: Apr 301959: May 161960: May 101961: May 41962: Apr 211963: May 231964: Apr 91965: Apr 191966: May 111968: May 71969: May 11970: May 71971: May 41972: Jun 111973: May 61974: May 71975: Apr 271976: May 191977: May 111979: May 61980: May 91981: May 71982: Apr 301983: May 111984: May 161985: Apr 171986: May 51987: May 61991: Apr 131992: Apr 291993: Apr 281994: May 31995: Apr 261996: May 141997: May 101998: Apr 281999: Apr 262000: Apr 272001: Apr 27

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001951: Oct 91952: Oct 71953: Oct 81954: Oct 71955: Oct 221956: Oct 101957: Oct 121958: Oct 21959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Oct 71965: Oct 41968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 171971: Oct 81972: Oct 101973: Oct 191974: Sep 231975: Sep 141976: Oct 181977: Oct 141978: Oct 81979: Oct 111980: Oct 61981: Oct 41982: Sep 221983: Sep 241984: Nov 21985: Oct 21987: Oct 41989: Sep 251991: Sep 211992: Oct 171993: Oct 31994: Oct 111995: Sep 231996: Oct 41997: Oct 161998: Oct 231999: Oct 212000: Sep 172001: Oct 7

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

"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.