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Anadarko 3 E, OK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00340224, 1951 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,168 ft, 35.062, -98.199. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 11Oct 27
EarliestMar 11 (2012)Sep 21 (1983)
LatestMay 3 (1954)Nov 14 (1974)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade0.6 days later per decade
Years with data4144

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 1 and the median first fall date is Nov 8.

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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151960197019801990200020101951: Apr 131952: Apr 101953: Apr 201954: May 31955: Mar 281956: Apr 201957: Apr 141958: Mar 311959: Apr 221960: May 11961: Apr 161962: Apr 21963: Mar 221964: Apr 91965: Apr 281966: Apr 211967: Mar 211968: Apr 241969: Mar 261970: Apr 51971: Apr 141972: Apr 41973: Apr 111974: Apr 91975: Apr 121976: Apr 11978: Mar 271979: Apr 91983: Apr 161993: Apr 161997: Apr 141999: Apr 192000: Apr 52001: Apr 12002: Apr 52003: Apr 112005: Apr 252006: Mar 252007: Apr 162012: Mar 112016: Apr 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Oct 241952: Oct 71953: Oct 271954: Oct 301955: Oct 241956: Nov 91957: Oct 261958: Oct 281959: Oct 271960: Oct 201961: Oct 261962: Nov 41963: Nov 21964: Oct 201965: Oct 271966: Oct 161967: Nov 41968: Oct 181969: Oct 141970: Oct 281971: Nov 71972: Nov 141973: Oct 291974: Nov 141977: Oct 121978: Oct 141980: Oct 251981: Oct 231982: Oct 201983: Sep 211986: Nov 111988: Nov 61991: Oct 301998: Nov 111999: Oct 192000: Oct 92001: Oct 62002: Nov 42003: Nov 72004: Nov 42006: Oct 222007: Oct 262014: Nov 12015: Nov 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
2016Apr 3no dataApr 3no data
2015no dataNov 13no dataNov 13
2014no dataNov 1no dataNov 12
2012Mar 11no dataMar 4no data
2007Apr 16Oct 26Mar 5Nov 22
2006Mar 25Oct 22Mar 25Nov 1
2005Apr 25no dataApr 2no data
2004no dataNov 4no dataNov 25
2003Apr 11Nov 7Apr 10Nov 24
2002Apr 5Nov 4Apr 4Nov 19
2001Apr 1Oct 6Mar 21Nov 20
2000Apr 5Oct 9Mar 13Oct 9
1999Apr 19Oct 19Apr 18Nov 24
1998no dataNov 11no dataDec 8
1997Apr 14no dataApr 14no data
1993Apr 16no dataApr 2no data
1991no dataOct 30no dataOct 31
1988no dataNov 6no dataNov 17
1986no dataNov 11no dataNov 11
1983Apr 16Sep 21Apr 15Nov 11
1982no dataOct 20no dataNov 4
1981no dataOct 23no dataNov 10
1980no dataOct 25no dataOct 30
1979Apr 9no dataMar 25no data
1978Mar 27Oct 14Mar 25Oct 27
1977no dataOct 12no dataOct 12
1976Apr 1no dataApr 1no data
1975Apr 12no dataApr 3no data
1974Apr 9Nov 14Mar 25Nov 25
1973Apr 11Oct 29Feb 27Nov 16
1972Apr 4Nov 14Apr 1Nov 17
1971Apr 14Nov 7Apr 7Nov 7
1970Apr 5Oct 28Apr 5Nov 12
1969Mar 26Oct 14Mar 26Nov 4
1968Apr 24Oct 18Apr 5Nov 9
1967Mar 21Nov 4Mar 16Nov 4
1966Apr 21Oct 16Mar 23Oct 16
1965Apr 28Oct 27Mar 27Nov 27
1964Apr 9Oct 20Apr 8Oct 20
1963Mar 22Nov 2Mar 22Nov 2
1962Apr 2Nov 4Apr 2Nov 9
1961Apr 16Oct 26Apr 16Nov 3
1960May 1Oct 20Apr 18Oct 20
1959Apr 22Oct 27Mar 22Nov 5
1958Mar 31Oct 28Mar 20Nov 3
1957Apr 14Oct 26Apr 14Oct 26
1956Apr 20Nov 9Mar 17Nov 9
1955Mar 28Oct 24Mar 28Nov 3
1954May 3Oct 30Apr 1Oct 30
1953Apr 20Oct 27Mar 4Nov 9
1952Apr 10Oct 7Apr 10Oct 7
1951Apr 13Oct 24Apr 3Nov 2

"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.