Last Frost Day

Frost history / Alva 1W, OK

Alva 1W, OK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00340193, 1951 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,464 ft, 36.801, -98.688. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 10Oct 27
EarliestMar 21 (1963)Sep 24 (1989)
LatestMay 4 (2005)Nov 20 (1999)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4848

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 31 and the median first fall date is Nov 5.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15196019701980199020001951: Apr 231953: Apr 201954: May 31955: Mar 291956: Apr 111957: Apr 141958: Apr 71959: Apr 221960: Apr 31961: Apr 101962: Apr 31963: Mar 211964: Apr 91965: Apr 281966: Apr 211967: Apr 271968: Apr 51969: Mar 301970: Apr 141971: Apr 71972: Apr 41973: Apr 101974: Mar 251975: Apr 41976: Mar 211977: Apr 51978: Mar 261979: Apr 61980: Apr 141989: Apr 111990: Apr 121991: Mar 311992: Apr 31993: Apr 21994: Apr 71995: Apr 121996: Apr 151997: Apr 141998: Apr 41999: Apr 172000: Apr 82001: Mar 252002: Apr 52003: Apr 122004: Apr 132005: May 42006: Apr 102008: Apr 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001952: Oct 71953: Oct 71954: Oct 301955: Oct 241956: Nov 81957: Oct 251958: Nov 31959: Oct 271960: Oct 201961: Oct 261962: Nov 41963: Nov 131964: Oct 201965: Nov 171966: Oct 161967: Nov 31968: Nov 81969: Oct 141970: Oct 281971: Nov 61972: Oct 191973: Oct 291974: Nov 61975: Oct 251976: Oct 171977: Nov 101978: Nov 71979: Nov 61980: Oct 281989: Sep 241990: Oct 101991: Oct 291992: Oct 171993: Oct 211994: Oct 271995: Oct 241996: Nov 21997: Oct 261998: Nov 111999: Nov 202001: Oct 262002: Nov 42003: Oct 262004: Nov 42005: Oct 242006: Oct 222007: Oct 232008: Oct 27

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 15Oct 27Mar 12Oct 27
2007no dataOct 23no dataOct 23
2006Apr 10Oct 22Mar 29Oct 23
2005May 4Oct 24Apr 1Oct 24
2004Apr 13Nov 4Apr 12Nov 4
2003Apr 12Oct 26Apr 12Nov 7
2002Apr 5Nov 4Apr 5Nov 25
2001Mar 25Oct 26Mar 18Nov 20
2000Apr 8no dataMar 17no data
1999Apr 17Nov 20Mar 15Nov 24
1998Apr 4Nov 11Mar 21Dec 8
1997Apr 14Oct 26Apr 13Oct 27
1996Apr 15Nov 2Apr 6Nov 11
1995Apr 12Oct 24Apr 11Nov 3
1994Apr 7Oct 27Apr 6Nov 16
1993Apr 2Oct 21Mar 23Oct 27
1992Apr 3Oct 17Mar 23Nov 5
1991Mar 31Oct 29Mar 16Oct 29
1990Apr 12Oct 10Mar 27Nov 5
1989Apr 11Sep 24Apr 11Oct 19
1980Apr 14Oct 28Mar 8Oct 29
1979Apr 6Nov 6Apr 4Nov 10
1978Mar 26Nov 7Mar 25Nov 20
1977Apr 5Nov 10Mar 31Nov 10
1976Mar 21Oct 17Mar 14Oct 20
1975Apr 4Oct 25Apr 3Oct 25
1974Mar 25Nov 6Mar 25Nov 14
1973Apr 10Oct 29Apr 10Dec 6
1972Apr 4Oct 19Apr 4Nov 19
1971Apr 7Nov 6Apr 6Nov 7
1970Apr 14Oct 28Apr 5Nov 12
1969Mar 30Oct 14Mar 30Nov 4
1968Apr 5Nov 8Apr 5Nov 11
1967Apr 27Nov 3Mar 18Nov 4
1966Apr 21Oct 16Apr 21Nov 2
1965Apr 28Nov 17Mar 31Nov 29
1964Apr 9Oct 20Apr 8Nov 20
1963Mar 21Nov 13Mar 14Nov 13
1962Apr 3Nov 4Apr 2Nov 5
1961Apr 10Oct 26Mar 9Nov 3
1960Apr 3Oct 20Mar 23Nov 9
1959Apr 22Oct 27Mar 22Nov 5
1958Apr 7Nov 3Mar 21Nov 18
1957Apr 14Oct 25Apr 14Oct 26
1956Apr 11Nov 8Mar 20Nov 8
1955Mar 29Oct 24Mar 28Nov 3
1954May 3Oct 30Apr 1Nov 2
1953Apr 20Oct 7Apr 20Nov 9
1952no dataOct 7no dataOct 7
1951Apr 23no dataApr 12no data

"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.