Last Frost Day

Frost history / Napoleon, OH

Napoleon, OH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00335669, 1962 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 682 ft, 41.394, -84.114. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 29Oct 16
EarliestApr 10 (1964)Sep 21 (1991)
LatestMay 29 (1992)Nov 8 (2004)
Trend1.1 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data3737

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 12 and the median first fall date is Oct 30.

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 1419701980199020001963: May 231964: Apr 101965: Apr 191966: May 111967: Apr 281968: May 61969: Apr 201970: May 61971: Apr 271972: Apr 261973: May 171974: May 71975: Apr 261976: May 191977: Apr 291978: May 11979: May 11980: Apr 241981: Apr 251982: Apr 291983: May 101984: May 161985: Apr 111986: May 31987: Apr 111988: Apr 261990: May 31991: Apr 121992: May 291994: May 21995: Apr 252003: Apr 232004: May 32005: May 42006: Apr 262007: Apr 162008: Apr 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619701980199020001962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Oct 51965: Oct 41966: Oct 61967: Oct 221968: Oct 301969: Oct 231970: Oct 161971: Nov 41972: Oct 151973: Nov 41974: Sep 231975: Oct 301976: Oct 171977: Oct 131978: Oct 171979: Oct 271980: Oct 221981: Oct 31983: Sep 241984: Oct 21985: Oct 21986: Oct 161987: Oct 41989: Sep 241990: Oct 201991: Sep 211992: Oct 141994: Oct 112002: Oct 142003: Oct 22004: Nov 82005: Oct 292006: Oct 242007: Nov 22008: Oct 22

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
2008Apr 30Oct 22Apr 14Oct 30
2007Apr 16Nov 2Apr 15Nov 23
2006Apr 26Oct 24Apr 24Nov 2
2005May 4Oct 29Mar 17Nov 17
2004May 3Nov 8Apr 6Nov 9
2003Apr 23Oct 2Apr 11Nov 8
2002no dataOct 14no dataNov 3
1995Apr 25no dataApr 6no data
1994May 2Oct 11Apr 9Nov 11
1992May 29Oct 14Apr 28Oct 19
1991Apr 12Sep 21Apr 12Sep 28
1990May 3Oct 20Apr 19Oct 26
1989no dataSep 24no dataOct 4
1988Apr 26no dataApr 26no data
1987Apr 11Oct 4Apr 10Oct 13
1986May 3Oct 16Apr 24Nov 3
1985Apr 11Oct 2Apr 11Nov 21
1984May 16Oct 2Apr 11Nov 3
1983May 10Sep 24May 9Oct 30
1982Apr 29no dataApr 14no data
1981Apr 25Oct 3Mar 25Oct 24
1980Apr 24Oct 22Apr 18Oct 27
1979May 1Oct 27Apr 10Nov 12
1978May 1Oct 17Apr 12Oct 24
1977Apr 29Oct 13Apr 9Oct 14
1976May 19Oct 17Apr 13Oct 18
1975Apr 26Oct 30Apr 13Nov 14
1974May 7Sep 23May 7Oct 2
1973May 17Nov 4Apr 14Nov 6
1972Apr 26Oct 15Apr 9Oct 19
1971Apr 27Nov 4Apr 7Nov 7
1970May 6Oct 16Apr 5Nov 16
1969Apr 20Oct 23Mar 31Oct 23
1968May 6Oct 30Apr 6Oct 30
1967Apr 28Oct 22Apr 25Oct 29
1966May 11Oct 6May 10Oct 25
1965Apr 19Oct 4Apr 3Oct 29
1964Apr 10Oct 5Apr 9Oct 7
1963May 23Oct 30May 1Nov 24
1962no dataOct 24no dataOct 25

"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.