Cleveland, OH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00014820, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 763 ft, 41.413, -81.860. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Apr 26	Oct 29
Earliest	Apr 2 (2019)	Oct 2 (1975)
Latest	Jun 11 (1972)	Nov 21 (2024)
Trend	1.2 days earlier per decade	1.7 days later per decade
Years with data	74	74

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 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)

First fall frost (32°F)

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

Year	Last spring 32°F	First fall 32°F	Last spring 28°F	First fall 28°F
2024	Apr 25	Nov 21	Mar 28	Nov 29
2023	Apr 27	Oct 31	Mar 30	Nov 26
2022	Apr 29	Nov 17	Mar 29	Nov 18
2021	May 1	Nov 4	Apr 3	Nov 20
2020	May 12	Oct 31	Apr 16	Nov 24
2019	Apr 2	Nov 1	Apr 1	Nov 8
2018	Apr 29	Oct 21	Apr 10	Nov 10
2017	Apr 8	Nov 8	Mar 23	Nov 10
2016	Apr 13	Nov 20	Apr 10	Nov 23
2015	Apr 24	Oct 18	Apr 24	Nov 22
2014	Apr 16	Oct 12	Apr 16	Nov 13
2013	Apr 26	Oct 29	Apr 4	Nov 13
2012	Apr 29	Nov 6	Apr 29	Nov 15
2011	Apr 3	Oct 29	Mar 30	Nov 18
2010	Apr 19	Nov 1	Mar 27	Nov 3
2009	Apr 17	Nov 2	Apr 7	Dec 4
2008	Apr 15	Oct 19	Apr 15	Oct 30
2007	Apr 14	Oct 29	Apr 14	Nov 19
2006	Apr 26	Nov 2	Apr 26	Nov 2
2005	Apr 24	Nov 11	Mar 27	Nov 17
2004	May 4	Nov 9	Apr 6	Nov 14
2003	Apr 27	Nov 8	Apr 24	Nov 10
2002	Apr 10	Oct 31	Apr 7	Nov 18
2001	Apr 29	Oct 8	Apr 19	Nov 12
2000	Apr 27	Oct 29	Apr 10	Nov 18
1999	Apr 25	Oct 21	Apr 25	Nov 8
1998	Apr 28	Oct 31	Apr 11	Nov 21
1997	Apr 20	Oct 23	Apr 20	Nov 12
1996	May 14	Oct 31	Apr 9	Nov 11
1995	Apr 26	Nov 4	Apr 15	Nov 5
1994	May 2	Nov 11	Apr 23	Nov 23
1993	Apr 27	Oct 11	Mar 19	Nov 2
1992	Apr 13	Oct 19	Apr 6	Oct 20
1991	Apr 11	Oct 16	Apr 3	Nov 3
1990	Apr 19	Oct 27	Apr 18	Nov 13
1989	Apr 24	Oct 9	Apr 23	Nov 3
1988	Apr 20	Oct 13	Apr 19	Oct 27
1987	Apr 9	Oct 13	Apr 9	Oct 26
1986	May 4	Oct 19	May 3	Nov 3
1985	May 9	Nov 8	Apr 10	Nov 21
1984	May 16	Nov 2	Apr 11	Nov 3
1983	May 10	Oct 30	May 10	Oct 31
1982	Apr 23	Oct 23	Apr 12	Oct 24
1981	Apr 26	Oct 17	Apr 21	Oct 24
1980	Apr 17	Oct 5	Apr 17	Oct 27
1979	May 5	Oct 27	Apr 19	Oct 27
1978	May 3	Oct 29	Apr 22	Nov 8
1977	May 8	Nov 12	Apr 29	Nov 13
1976	May 12	Oct 22	Apr 13	Oct 22
1975	Apr 27	Oct 2	Apr 14	Oct 31
1974	May 7	Oct 3	Apr 10	Nov 14
1973	Apr 29	Nov 4	Apr 14	Nov 6
1972	Jun 11	Oct 10	Apr 26	Oct 20
1971	May 4	Nov 5	May 4	Nov 7
1970	May 7	Nov 8	May 7	Nov 16
1969	May 1	Oct 18	Apr 30	Oct 23
1968	May 7	Oct 30	May 6	Oct 31
1967	Apr 28	Oct 22	Apr 28	Nov 6
1966	May 10	Oct 25	May 10	Oct 26
1965	Apr 19	Oct 25	Apr 19	Oct 29
1964	Apr 11	Oct 7	Apr 5	Oct 11
1963	May 24	Nov 3	May 2	Nov 14
1962	Apr 24	Oct 24	Apr 21	Oct 25
1961	May 30	Nov 4	May 4	Nov 21
1960	Apr 19	Oct 22	Apr 19	Nov 7
1959	Apr 23	Oct 19	Apr 13	Nov 3
1958	Apr 30	Nov 7	Apr 9	Nov 26
1957	Apr 15	Oct 28	Apr 15	Nov 9
1956	Apr 23	Oct 11	Apr 9	Nov 17
1955	Apr 8	Nov 3	Apr 8	Nov 16
1954	Apr 9	Oct 30	Apr 9	Nov 1
1953	Apr 21	Oct 8	Apr 19	Nov 6
1952	May 3	Oct 8	Mar 30	Oct 21
1951	Apr 20	Nov 2	Apr 20	Nov 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.