Last Frost Day

Frost history / Nowata, OK

Nowata, OK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00346485, 1951 to 2002, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 710 ft, 36.692, -95.644. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 8Oct 28
EarliestMar 20 (1981)Oct 1 (1985)
LatestMay 7 (1982)Nov 17 (1965)
Trend2.3 days earlier per decade1.1 days earlier per decade
Years with data4645

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 25 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15196019701980199020001951: Apr 171952: Apr 101953: Apr 201954: May 41955: Mar 301956: Apr 171957: Apr 141958: Mar 311959: Apr 141960: May 11961: Apr 171962: Apr 131963: Mar 221964: Apr 101965: Mar 271966: Apr 211967: Mar 211968: Apr 51969: Mar 301970: Apr 141971: Apr 141972: Apr 81973: Apr 111974: Apr 51975: Apr 41976: May 31977: Mar 221978: Apr 211980: Mar 211981: Mar 201982: May 71983: Apr 151984: Mar 201985: Apr 11986: Mar 211987: Apr 51988: Mar 301989: Apr 111990: Apr 71991: Mar 291992: Apr 31993: Apr 21994: Apr 71996: Apr 71997: Apr 142000: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001951: Nov 21952: Oct 91953: Nov 91954: Oct 301955: Oct 241956: Nov 81957: Oct 261958: Nov 101959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 261962: Oct 251963: Nov 21964: Oct 91965: Nov 171966: Oct 161967: Oct 271968: Nov 41969: Oct 281970: Nov 21971: Nov 71972: Nov 121973: Nov 161974: Nov 61976: Oct 171977: Nov 101978: Nov 71980: Oct 291982: Oct 201983: Oct 261984: Nov 21985: Oct 11986: Nov 111987: Oct 201988: Nov 61989: Oct 191990: Oct 221992: Nov 21993: Oct 271994: Oct 261995: Nov 31996: Nov 21999: Oct 242000: Oct 82002: Oct 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
2002no dataOct 13no dataNov 19
2000Apr 9Oct 8Mar 20Oct 8
1999no dataOct 24no dataNov 25
1997Apr 14no dataApr 14no data
1996Apr 7Nov 2Apr 6Nov 24
1995no dataNov 3no dataNov 3
1994Apr 7Oct 26Mar 11Nov 23
1993Apr 2Oct 27Apr 2Oct 30
1992Apr 3Nov 2Mar 23Nov 6
1991Mar 29no dataMar 8no data
1990Apr 7Oct 22Mar 25Nov 28
1989Apr 11Oct 19Mar 22Oct 20
1988Mar 30Nov 6Mar 18Nov 21
1987Apr 5Oct 20Apr 4Nov 11
1986Mar 21Nov 11Mar 21Nov 11
1985Apr 1Oct 1Mar 5Nov 20
1984Mar 20Nov 2Mar 20Nov 11
1983Apr 15Oct 26Mar 22Nov 11
1982May 7Oct 20Mar 26Oct 21
1981Mar 20no dataMar 19no data
1980Mar 21Oct 29Mar 6Oct 29
1978Apr 21Nov 7Mar 27Nov 28
1977Mar 22Nov 10Mar 22Nov 10
1976May 3Oct 17Mar 16Oct 20
1975Apr 4no dataApr 4no data
1974Apr 5Nov 6Mar 25Nov 14
1973Apr 11Nov 16Feb 23Nov 28
1972Apr 8Nov 12Apr 4Nov 21
1971Apr 14Nov 7Apr 7Nov 7
1970Apr 14Nov 2Apr 2Nov 5
1969Mar 30Oct 28Mar 29Nov 4
1968Apr 5Nov 4Apr 5Nov 12
1967Mar 21Oct 27Mar 18Nov 4
1966Apr 21Oct 16Mar 26Nov 2
1965Mar 27Nov 17Mar 26Nov 27
1964Apr 10Oct 9Mar 31Nov 19
1963Mar 22Nov 2Mar 7Nov 13
1962Apr 13Oct 25Apr 3Nov 5
1961Apr 17Oct 26Apr 17Nov 6
1960May 1Oct 20Mar 25Oct 20
1959Apr 14Oct 18Mar 22Nov 5
1958Mar 31Nov 10Mar 20Nov 18
1957Apr 14Oct 26Apr 14Oct 26
1956Apr 17Nov 8Mar 20Nov 8
1955Mar 30Oct 24Mar 28Nov 3
1954May 4Oct 30Apr 1Oct 30
1953Apr 20Nov 9Apr 19Nov 9
1952Apr 10Oct 9Apr 10Oct 9
1951Apr 17Nov 2Mar 30Nov 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.