Last Frost Day

Frost history / Marion 2 N, OH

Marion 2 N, OH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00334942, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 965 ft, 40.617, -83.133. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 9
EarliestApr 6 (2011)Sep 14 (1964)
LatestMay 27 (1961)Nov 8 (2004)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade3.4 days later per decade
Years with data5354

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 17 and the median first fall date is Oct 25.

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 141960197019801990200020101951: Apr 231952: Apr 161953: Apr 211954: May 211955: Apr 81956: May 81957: May 61958: Apr 301959: May 161960: Apr 191961: May 271962: Apr 251963: May 241964: Apr 101965: Apr 281966: May 101967: May 231968: May 61969: May 11970: May 71971: May 41972: Apr 261973: May 181974: May 71975: Apr 281976: Apr 291977: May 101978: May 31979: May 11980: May 81981: May 81985: Apr 111987: Apr 91991: Apr 121992: Apr 141993: Apr 271994: May 21995: Apr 241996: May 131997: Apr 211998: Apr 291999: Apr 262000: Apr 142001: Apr 202002: Apr 242004: Apr 282005: May 52006: Apr 272007: Apr 152011: Apr 62013: Apr 272014: Apr 172015: Apr 28

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 31953: Oct 81954: Oct 181955: Oct 221956: Sep 201957: Sep 281958: Oct 21959: Sep 171960: Oct 11961: Sep 291962: Sep 211963: Sep 301964: Sep 141965: Oct 41966: Oct 21967: Sep 231968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 161971: Oct 121972: Oct 91973: Oct 191974: Sep 231975: Oct 271976: Oct 181977: Oct 141978: Oct 81979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Oct 31984: Nov 21985: Oct 21991: Oct 161992: Oct 191993: Oct 111994: Oct 101995: Sep 231996: Oct 111997: Oct 211998: Oct 231999: Oct 212000: Oct 72001: Oct 72002: Oct 142004: Nov 82005: Oct 282006: Sep 232007: Oct 282011: Oct 282012: Oct 92013: Oct 252014: Nov 12015: Oct 17

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
2015Apr 28Oct 17Apr 24Oct 19
2014Apr 17Nov 1Apr 17Nov 2
2013Apr 27Oct 25Apr 21Oct 25
2012no dataOct 9no dataNov 4
2011Apr 6Oct 28Apr 4Oct 29
2007Apr 15Oct 28Apr 11Nov 23
2006Apr 27Sep 23Apr 26Oct 26
2005May 5Oct 28Mar 22Nov 17
2004Apr 28Nov 8Apr 6Nov 9
2002Apr 24Oct 14Apr 7Nov 2
2001Apr 20Oct 7Apr 19Nov 6
2000Apr 14Oct 7Apr 9Oct 29
1999Apr 26Oct 21Mar 30Nov 7
1998Apr 29Oct 23Apr 6Nov 5
1997Apr 21Oct 21Apr 20Oct 22
1996May 13Oct 11May 13Nov 2
1995Apr 24Sep 23Apr 5Oct 17
1994May 2Oct 10Apr 10Oct 12
1993Apr 27Oct 11Apr 5Nov 2
1992Apr 14Oct 19Apr 6Oct 19
1991Apr 12Oct 16Apr 12Oct 16
1987Apr 9no dataApr 5no data
1985Apr 11Oct 2Apr 10Nov 21
1984no dataNov 2no dataNov 3
1981May 8Oct 3Apr 21Oct 24
1980May 8Oct 6Apr 17Oct 27
1979May 1Oct 14Apr 10Oct 14
1978May 3Oct 8Apr 22Oct 24
1977May 10Oct 14Apr 29Oct 15
1976Apr 29Oct 18Apr 13Oct 18
1975Apr 28Oct 27Apr 17Nov 14
1974May 7Sep 23May 7Sep 23
1973May 18Oct 19Apr 14Nov 4
1972Apr 26Oct 9Apr 25Oct 19
1971May 4Oct 12Apr 27Nov 4
1970May 7Oct 16Apr 11Oct 17
1969May 1Oct 15Apr 20Oct 23
1968May 6Oct 5May 6Oct 5
1967May 23Sep 23Apr 25Oct 22
1966May 10Oct 2May 10Oct 6
1965Apr 28Oct 4Apr 19Oct 5
1964Apr 10Sep 14Apr 5Oct 7
1963May 24Sep 30May 23Oct 30
1962Apr 25Sep 21Apr 17Oct 25
1961May 27Sep 29Apr 11Oct 27
1960Apr 19Oct 1Apr 19Oct 24
1959May 16Sep 17Apr 23Sep 18
1958Apr 30Oct 2Apr 9Nov 7
1957May 6Sep 28Apr 15Oct 12
1956May 8Sep 20Apr 23Oct 10
1955Apr 8Oct 22Apr 8Oct 25
1954May 21Oct 18Apr 9Nov 1
1953Apr 21Oct 8Apr 21Oct 8
1952Apr 16Oct 3Mar 28Oct 7
1951Apr 23Sep 29Apr 20Oct 11

"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.