Last Frost Day

Frost history / Carpenter 2 S, OH

Carpenter 2 S, OH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00331288, 1964 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 822 ft, 39.147, -82.219. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 5Oct 6
EarliestApr 16 (1964)Sep 13 (1975)
LatestJun 11 (1972)Oct 27 (2005)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.1 days later per decade
Years with data2729

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 26 and the median first fall date is Oct 20.

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)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919701980199020001964: Apr 161965: Apr 291966: May 111967: May 101968: May 61969: May 11970: May 71971: May 141972: Jun 111973: May 181975: Apr 211978: May 31979: May 171980: May 91981: May 31995: May 31996: May 141997: May 221998: Apr 291999: Apr 262000: Apr 282001: Apr 262002: May 232003: Apr 272004: May 52005: May 52006: May 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119701980199020001964: Sep 141965: Oct 41966: Oct 21967: Sep 231968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 171971: Oct 81972: Oct 201973: Oct 171974: Sep 231975: Sep 131978: Oct 81980: Sep 271981: Oct 41986: Oct 71994: Oct 61995: Sep 231996: Oct 41997: Oct 21998: Oct 21999: Oct 152000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Oct 222003: Oct 32004: Oct 62005: Oct 272006: Oct 13

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
2006May 24Oct 13Apr 11Oct 15
2005May 5Oct 27May 4Oct 29
2004May 5Oct 6May 5Nov 9
2003Apr 27Oct 3Apr 24Oct 3
2002May 23Oct 22May 22Nov 2
2001Apr 26Oct 7Apr 19Oct 7
2000Apr 28Oct 8Apr 13Oct 8
1999Apr 26Oct 15Mar 31Oct 21
1998Apr 29Oct 2Apr 12Oct 23
1997May 22Oct 2Apr 20Oct 21
1996May 14Oct 4May 14Nov 2
1995May 3Sep 23Apr 26Oct 17
1994no dataOct 6no dataOct 28
1986no dataOct 7no dataNov 10
1981May 3Oct 4Apr 21Oct 24
1980May 9Sep 27May 9Oct 5
1979May 17no dataMay 5no data
1978May 3Oct 8Mar 30Oct 9
1975Apr 21Sep 13Apr 16Sep 14
1974no dataSep 23no dataSep 24
1973May 18Oct 17May 5Nov 4
1972Jun 11Oct 20Apr 26Oct 20
1971May 14Oct 8May 4Nov 5
1970May 7Oct 17May 7Oct 17
1969May 1Oct 15Apr 24Oct 18
1968May 6Oct 5May 6Oct 5
1967May 10Sep 23Apr 28Oct 20
1966May 11Oct 2May 10Oct 21
1965Apr 29Oct 4Apr 17Oct 5
1964Apr 16Sep 14Apr 10Oct 6

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.