Last Frost Day

Frost history / Ardmore, OK

Ardmore, OK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00340292, 1951 to 2009, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 841 ft, 34.177, -97.162. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 19Nov 11
EarliestFeb 28 (1961)Oct 20 (1976)
LatestApr 13 (1997)Dec 21 (1998)
Trend1.1 days later per decade2.0 days later per decade
Years with data4649

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 27.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30196019701980199020001951: Mar 211952: Apr 101953: Mar 41954: Mar 301955: Mar 281956: Mar 161958: Mar 181959: Mar 61960: Mar 181961: Feb 281962: Mar 151963: Mar 61964: Mar 301965: Mar 271966: Mar 241967: Mar 91968: Mar 231969: Mar 131970: Apr 21971: Apr 71972: Mar 21973: Apr 101974: Mar 241975: Apr 31976: Mar 131977: Feb 281978: Mar 91979: Mar 41980: Mar 61982: Mar 81983: Apr 91984: Mar 211985: Mar 311986: Mar 11987: Apr 31988: Mar 301991: Mar 141992: Mar 231993: Mar 141994: Apr 61995: Mar 91996: Mar 271997: Apr 131998: Mar 131999: Mar 152009: Apr 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26196019701980199020001951: Nov 21952: Nov 41953: Nov 91954: Nov 21955: Nov 31956: Nov 91958: Nov 21959: Nov 61960: Nov 101961: Nov 171962: Dec 61963: Nov 241964: Nov 201965: Dec 171966: Nov 21967: Nov 41968: Nov 91969: Nov 141970: Nov 41971: Nov 191972: Nov 201973: Dec 51974: Nov 291975: Nov 131976: Oct 201977: Nov 101978: Dec 31979: Nov 101980: Nov 171982: Nov 41983: Nov 111984: Nov 211985: Nov 201986: Nov 111987: Nov 111988: Nov 211990: Nov 51991: Nov 11992: Nov 51993: Oct 291994: Nov 281995: Nov 41996: Nov 241997: Nov 121998: Dec 212001: Nov 262002: Nov 262004: Dec 12008: Nov 16

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
2009Apr 6no dataFeb 4no data
2008no dataNov 16no dataNov 21
2004no dataDec 1no dataDec 14
2002no dataNov 26no dataNov 26
2001no dataNov 26no dataNov 27
1999Mar 15no dataJan 15no data
1998Mar 13Dec 21Mar 13Dec 22
1997Apr 13Nov 12Jan 30Dec 5
1996Mar 27Nov 24Mar 27Nov 25
1995Mar 9Nov 4Mar 9Nov 11
1994Apr 6Nov 28Mar 10Nov 30
1993Mar 14Oct 29Mar 14Oct 30
1992Mar 23Nov 5Mar 11Nov 5
1991Mar 14Nov 1Feb 20Nov 1
1990no dataNov 5no dataDec 4
1988Mar 30Nov 21Mar 19Nov 28
1987Apr 3Nov 11Mar 30Dec 15
1986Mar 1Nov 11Feb 22Nov 11
1985Mar 31Nov 20Feb 15Nov 20
1984Mar 21Nov 21Mar 9Dec 3
1983Apr 9Nov 11Mar 27Nov 24
1982Mar 8Nov 4Mar 8Nov 13
1980Mar 6Nov 17Mar 6Nov 19
1979Mar 4Nov 10Feb 26Nov 29
1978Mar 9Dec 3Mar 5Dec 3
1977Feb 28Nov 10Feb 5Dec 6
1976Mar 13Oct 20Feb 22Nov 12
1975Apr 3Nov 13Apr 3Nov 23
1974Mar 24Nov 29Mar 24Nov 29
1973Apr 10Dec 5Feb 17Dec 10
1972Mar 2Nov 20Mar 2Dec 4
1971Apr 7Nov 19Apr 7none
1970Apr 2Nov 4Mar 13Nov 15
1969Mar 13Nov 14Mar 11Nov 28
1968Mar 23Nov 9Mar 23Dec 8
1967Mar 9Nov 4Mar 8Dec 3
1966Mar 24Nov 2Mar 6Nov 2
1965Mar 27Dec 17Mar 26none
1964Mar 30Nov 20Mar 26Nov 21
1963Mar 6Nov 24Feb 24Dec 11
1962Mar 15Dec 6Mar 12Dec 11
1961Feb 28Nov 17Feb 19Dec 10
1960Mar 18Nov 10Mar 17Nov 10
1959Mar 6Nov 6Feb 20Nov 6
1958Mar 18Nov 2Mar 14Nov 28
1956Mar 16Nov 9Mar 16Nov 27
1955Mar 28Nov 3Mar 27Nov 16
1954Mar 30Nov 2Mar 14Dec 13
1953Mar 4Nov 9Feb 22Dec 13
1952Apr 10Nov 4Mar 23Nov 26
1951Mar 21Nov 2Mar 14Nov 3

"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.