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Frost history / Sedalia Mem Ap, MO

Sedalia Mem Ap, MO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003994, 1996 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 900 ft, 38.704, -93.183. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 10Oct 29
EarliestMar 5 (2012)Oct 7 (2000)
LatestApr 23 (2023)Nov 22 (2024)
Trend3.2 days later per decade1.8 days later per decade
Years with data2829

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 21 and the median first fall date is Nov 7.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 302000201020201997: Apr 171998: Mar 241999: Mar 272000: Apr 82001: Apr 172002: Apr 52003: Apr 102004: Apr 132005: Mar 202006: Mar 262007: Apr 92008: Apr 142009: Apr 72010: Mar 212011: Mar 272012: Mar 52013: Apr 202014: Apr 152015: Apr 42016: Apr 122017: Mar 152018: Apr 162019: Apr 122020: Apr 182021: Apr 222022: Apr 192023: Apr 232024: Mar 27

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 112000201020201996: Oct 311997: Oct 271998: Nov 61999: Oct 182000: Oct 72001: Oct 172002: Nov 12003: Nov 62004: Nov 52005: Nov 102006: Oct 132007: Nov 22008: Oct 272009: Oct 182010: Oct 292011: Nov 102012: Oct 272013: Oct 232014: Oct 312015: Nov 92016: Nov 192017: Oct 282018: Oct 152019: Oct 112020: Oct 262021: Nov 32022: Oct 172023: Oct 302024: Nov 22

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
2024Mar 27Nov 22Mar 27Nov 26
2023Apr 23Oct 30Mar 19Oct 30
2022Apr 19Oct 17Apr 1Oct 18
2021Apr 22Nov 3Mar 1Nov 19
2020Apr 18Oct 26Mar 21Nov 13
2019Apr 12Oct 11Mar 16Oct 31
2018Apr 16Oct 15Apr 7Oct 21
2017Mar 15Oct 28Mar 15Oct 28
2016Apr 12Nov 19Mar 2Nov 20
2015Apr 4Nov 9Mar 6Nov 21
2014Apr 15Oct 31Mar 26Nov 1
2013Apr 20Oct 23Mar 27Nov 12
2012Mar 5Oct 27Mar 5Nov 12
2011Mar 27Nov 10Mar 1Nov 17
2010Mar 21Oct 29Mar 4Nov 25
2009Apr 7Oct 18Mar 12Nov 30
2008Apr 14Oct 27Mar 24Oct 28
2007Apr 9Nov 2Apr 9Nov 7
2006Mar 26Oct 13Mar 22Oct 24
2005Mar 20Nov 10Mar 20Nov 16
2004Apr 13Nov 5Mar 12Nov 24
2003Apr 10Nov 6Mar 30Nov 7
2002Apr 5Nov 1Apr 5Nov 1
2001Apr 17Oct 17Mar 29Oct 27
2000Apr 8Oct 7Mar 28Oct 8
1999Mar 27Oct 18Mar 26Dec 5
1998Mar 24Nov 6Mar 21Nov 6
1997Apr 17Oct 27Apr 14Nov 4
1996no dataOct 31no dataNov 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.