Last Frost Day

Frost history / Barnesville, OH

Barnesville, OH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00330430, 1952 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,280 ft, 39.992, -81.185. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 4Oct 6
EarliestApr 10 (1987)Sep 17 (1959)
LatestJun 11 (1972)Nov 4 (1998)
Trend3.6 days earlier per decade5.5 days later per decade
Years with data5049

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

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 29196019701980199020001953: Apr 221954: May 51955: May 181956: May 251957: May 71958: Apr 301959: May 161960: May 31961: May 301962: Apr 241963: May 251964: Apr 171965: Apr 291966: Jun 21967: May 231968: May 81969: May 261970: May 81971: May 281972: Jun 111973: May 171974: May 111975: Apr 271976: May 191977: May 101978: May 31979: May 61980: May 91981: May 31982: Apr 231983: May 171984: May 161985: Apr 181986: May 41987: Apr 101988: Apr 211989: May 41990: Apr 191991: Apr 131993: Apr 281994: May 21995: Apr 261996: May 151997: Apr 211998: Apr 281999: Apr 262000: Apr 272001: Apr 192002: May 232006: Apr 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001952: Oct 41953: Sep 221954: Oct 71955: Oct 101956: Sep 211957: Sep 251958: Oct 21959: Sep 171960: Oct 11961: Sep 291962: Sep 211963: Sep 231964: Oct 61965: Oct 51966: Oct 21967: Sep 251968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 41971: Oct 81972: Oct 11973: Oct 171974: Sep 231975: Oct 31976: Oct 161977: Oct 141978: Oct 181979: Oct 131980: Oct 61981: Oct 41982: Oct 171983: Sep 241984: Sep 291985: Oct 71986: Oct 191987: Oct 41988: Oct 61989: Oct 51990: Oct 201993: Oct 111994: Oct 111995: Nov 41996: Nov 21997: Oct 211998: Nov 41999: Oct 252001: Oct 82002: Nov 22005: Oct 24

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

"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.