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Stilwell 5 Nnw, OK: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00348506, 1960 to 2001, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,000 ft, 35.895, -94.649. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 11Oct 22
EarliestMar 21 (1967)Sep 23 (1995)
LatestMay 1 (1963)Nov 17 (1988)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.0 days earlier per decade
Years with data4141

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 27 and the median first fall date is Nov 4.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15196019701980199020001960: May 11961: Apr 181962: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 91965: Mar 311966: Apr 211967: Mar 211968: Apr 51969: Mar 301970: Apr 21971: Apr 141972: Apr 81973: Apr 111974: Apr 151975: Apr 121976: Mar 311977: Apr 61978: Mar 271979: Apr 281980: Apr 151981: Mar 231982: Apr 221983: Apr 201984: Mar 301985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 51988: Apr 191989: Apr 111990: Apr 121991: Mar 311992: Apr 271993: Apr 21995: Apr 241996: Apr 71997: Apr 171998: Apr 51999: Apr 182000: Apr 102001: Apr 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001960: Oct 201961: Oct 201962: Oct 251963: Oct 291964: Oct 101965: Oct 121966: Oct 161967: Nov 31968: Oct 251969: Oct 281970: Oct 101971: Nov 41972: Nov 81973: Nov 101974: Nov 61975: Oct 191976: Oct 171977: Oct 121978: Oct 271979: Oct 101980: Oct 251981: Oct 191982: Oct 221983: Oct 131984: Sep 301985: Nov 41986: Nov 111987: Oct 121988: Nov 171989: Sep 241990: Oct 221991: Nov 11992: Nov 31994: Oct 261995: Sep 231996: Oct 181997: Oct 221998: Nov 71999: Oct 202000: Oct 82001: Oct 15

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
2001Apr 18Oct 15Apr 18Oct 28
2000Apr 10Oct 8Mar 22Oct 9
1999Apr 18Oct 20Mar 16Oct 24
1998Apr 5Nov 7Mar 20Nov 7
1997Apr 17Oct 22Apr 14Nov 4
1996Apr 7Oct 18Apr 7Nov 2
1995Apr 24Sep 23Mar 9Nov 3
1994no dataOct 26no dataOct 26
1993Apr 2no dataApr 2no data
1992Apr 27Nov 3Apr 3Nov 3
1991Mar 31Nov 1Mar 30Nov 1
1990Apr 12Oct 22Apr 7Nov 28
1989Apr 11Sep 24Apr 11Oct 20
1988Apr 19Nov 17Mar 30Nov 17
1987Apr 5Oct 12Apr 5Nov 11
1986Apr 22Nov 11Mar 21Nov 12
1985Apr 9Nov 4Mar 5Nov 20
1984Mar 30Sep 30Mar 11Nov 11
1983Apr 20Oct 13Mar 22Nov 16
1982Apr 22Oct 22Apr 6Nov 4
1981Mar 23Oct 19Mar 19Oct 24
1980Apr 15Oct 25Apr 15Oct 30
1979Apr 28Oct 10Mar 25Nov 7
1978Mar 27Oct 27Mar 27Nov 18
1977Apr 6Oct 12Mar 22Nov 26
1976Mar 31Oct 17Mar 13Oct 28
1975Apr 12Oct 19Apr 3Nov 13
1974Apr 15Nov 6Apr 9Nov 14
1973Apr 11Nov 10Apr 11Dec 6
1972Apr 8Nov 8Apr 4Nov 22
1971Apr 14Nov 4Apr 7Nov 7
1970Apr 2Oct 10Apr 2Nov 15
1969Mar 30Oct 28Mar 26Nov 4
1968Apr 5Oct 25Mar 24Nov 12
1967Mar 21Nov 3Mar 18Nov 4
1966Apr 21Oct 16Mar 25Oct 16
1965Mar 31Oct 12Mar 27Nov 27
1964Apr 9Oct 10Apr 9Oct 20
1963May 1Oct 29Mar 22Nov 2
1962Apr 16Oct 25Apr 3Nov 4
1961Apr 18Oct 20Mar 10Nov 4
1960May 1Oct 20Mar 21Oct 20

"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.