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Frost history / St Louis Sprt Of S L Ap, MO

St Louis Sprt Of S L Ap, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003966, 1988 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 462 ft, 38.657, -90.656. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 13Oct 18
EarliestMar 16 (2017)Sep 24 (1989)
LatestMay 6 (1992)Nov 10 (2016)
Trend0.8 days later per decade4.0 days later per decade
Years with data3333

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

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 1519902000201020201989: Apr 131990: Apr 181991: Mar 301992: May 61993: Apr 221994: Apr 71995: Apr 51999: Mar 272000: Apr 222001: Apr 182002: Apr 62003: Apr 112004: Apr 142005: Apr 32006: Apr 92007: Apr 132008: Apr 292009: Apr 112010: Mar 262011: Apr 52012: Apr 122013: Apr 202014: Apr 152015: Apr 52016: Apr 122017: Mar 162018: Apr 202019: Apr 152020: Apr 182021: Apr 222022: Apr 192023: Apr 242024: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619902000201020201988: Oct 61989: Sep 241990: Oct 111991: Oct 161992: Oct 171994: Oct 261998: Oct 221999: Oct 172000: Oct 72001: Oct 172002: Oct 142003: Oct 292004: Oct 52005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Oct 282008: Oct 282009: Oct 182010: Oct 292011: Oct 282012: Oct 82013: Oct 222014: Nov 12015: Oct 172016: Nov 102017: Oct 282018: Oct 212019: Oct 312020: Oct 52021: Nov 22022: Oct 82023: Oct 302024: Oct 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
2024Apr 22Oct 16Mar 28Nov 26
2023Apr 24Oct 30Apr 24Oct 30
2022Apr 19Oct 8Mar 12Oct 19
2021Apr 22Nov 2Apr 2Nov 4
2020Apr 18Oct 5Mar 7Nov 1
2019Apr 15Oct 31Mar 19Oct 31
2018Apr 20Oct 21Apr 20Oct 21
2017Mar 16Oct 28Mar 16Oct 29
2016Apr 12Nov 10Mar 6Nov 13
2015Apr 5Oct 17Mar 28Nov 20
2014Apr 15Nov 1Mar 30Nov 1
2013Apr 20Oct 22Apr 4Oct 24
2012Apr 12Oct 8Mar 10Oct 29
2011Apr 5Oct 28Mar 27Nov 10
2010Mar 26Oct 29Mar 6Oct 29
2009Apr 11Oct 18Mar 14Nov 12
2008Apr 29Oct 28Mar 24Oct 28
2007Apr 13Oct 28Apr 9Nov 2
2006Apr 9Oct 12Mar 26Oct 24
2005Apr 3Oct 26Mar 20Nov 16
2004Apr 14Oct 5Mar 22Nov 13
2003Apr 11Oct 29Apr 10Nov 7
2002Apr 6Oct 14Apr 6Nov 1
2001Apr 18Oct 17Apr 18Oct 27
2000Apr 22Oct 7Apr 9Oct 9
1999Mar 27Oct 17Mar 27Oct 18
1998no dataOct 22no dataNov 6
1995Apr 5no dataApr 1no data
1994Apr 7Oct 26Apr 7Nov 22
1993Apr 22no dataMar 18no data
1992May 6Oct 17Apr 3Oct 19
1991Mar 30Oct 16Mar 30Nov 2
1990Apr 18Oct 11Apr 12Nov 6
1989Apr 13Sep 24Apr 11Nov 2
1988no dataOct 6no dataOct 31

"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.