Last Frost Day

Frost history / Milford, OH

Milford, OH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00335268, 1969 to 2002, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 520 ft, 39.181, -84.287. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 24Oct 15
EarliestApr 6 (1992)Sep 22 (1976)
LatestMay 13 (1996)Nov 7 (1985)
Trend6.9 days earlier per decade4.9 days later per decade
Years with data2531

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Oct 28.

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 3019701980199020001971: May 51972: Apr 281973: May 61974: May 81975: Apr 221976: May 131977: May 121978: May 41979: May 11980: May 101981: Apr 221984: Apr 111985: Apr 111986: May 41987: Apr 101989: Apr 141990: Apr 191991: Apr 111992: Apr 61993: Apr 221994: Apr 241995: Apr 141996: May 131997: Apr 262000: Apr 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619701980199020001969: Oct 151970: Oct 161971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Oct 171974: Sep 231975: Oct 31976: Sep 221977: Oct 171978: Oct 91979: Oct 131980: Oct 61981: Oct 31983: Sep 241984: Oct 21985: Nov 71986: Oct 181987: Oct 31988: Oct 51989: Oct 81990: Oct 251991: Oct 151992: Oct 181993: Oct 101994: Oct 271995: Oct 161996: Oct 191997: Oct 221998: Nov 51999: Oct 212002: Nov 2

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
2002no dataNov 2no dataNov 2
2000Apr 14no dataApr 10no data
1999no dataOct 21no dataOct 28
1998no dataNov 5no dataNov 5
1997Apr 26Oct 22Apr 19Oct 22
1996May 13Oct 19Apr 11Nov 3
1995Apr 14Oct 16Apr 6Nov 4
1994Apr 24Oct 27Apr 8Oct 28
1993Apr 22Oct 10Mar 19Nov 1
1992Apr 6Oct 18Apr 5Oct 18
1991Apr 11Oct 15Apr 1Oct 21
1990Apr 19Oct 25Apr 18Nov 7
1989Apr 14Oct 8Apr 13Nov 3
1988no dataOct 5no dataOct 11
1987Apr 10Oct 3Apr 3Oct 21
1986May 4Oct 18Apr 23Nov 9
1985Apr 11Nov 7Apr 11Nov 20
1984Apr 11Oct 2Apr 2Nov 3
1983no dataSep 24no dataSep 24
1981Apr 22Oct 3Mar 28Oct 24
1980May 10Oct 6Apr 17Oct 13
1979May 1Oct 13Apr 11Oct 25
1978May 4Oct 9Mar 23Nov 9
1977May 12Oct 17May 10Oct 17
1976May 13Sep 22May 10Oct 11
1975Apr 22Oct 3Apr 22Oct 3
1974May 8Sep 23Apr 9Oct 3
1973May 6Oct 17Apr 16Nov 6
1972Apr 28Oct 10Apr 9Oct 20
1971May 5Nov 4Mar 31Nov 7
1970no dataOct 16no dataNov 17
1969no dataOct 15no dataOct 23

"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.