Last Frost Day

Frost history / Hayes Center 1NW, NE

Hayes Center 1NW, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00024020, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,045 ft, 40.523, -101.034. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 1Oct 11
EarliestMar 24 (2012)Sep 13 (1974)
LatestMay 26 (1992)Nov 3 (1998)
Trend0.9 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data6972

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 21.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 71952: Apr 151953: May 141954: May 41955: Apr 71956: May 21957: Apr 151958: Apr 301959: Apr 221960: May 11961: May 11962: Apr 151963: May 221964: Apr 221965: Apr 281966: May 131967: May 51969: Apr 281970: May 11971: Apr 281972: May 71973: Apr 271974: Apr 171975: May 11976: May 61977: Apr 211978: May 61979: May 121980: Apr 251981: May 101982: May 11983: Apr 191984: May 81985: Apr 101986: Apr 281987: Apr 231988: Apr 281989: May 21990: May 111991: May 61992: May 261993: May 21994: May 11995: Apr 281996: Apr 301997: May 131998: Apr 291999: Apr 182000: May 132001: Apr 242002: May 252003: Apr 102004: May 152005: May 42006: Apr 272010: May 142011: May 42012: Mar 242013: May 62014: May 102015: May 122016: May 12017: May 12018: Apr 262019: May 112021: May 132022: May 222023: May 32024: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Sep 281953: Oct 261954: Oct 151956: Oct 211957: Oct 241958: Oct 11959: Oct 11960: Oct 191961: Oct 191962: Oct 241963: Oct 281964: Sep 271965: Sep 241966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Oct 181969: Oct 121970: Oct 71971: Sep 191972: Oct 181973: Oct 121974: Sep 131975: Oct 151976: Sep 271977: Oct 111978: Oct 61979: Oct 221980: Oct 111981: Oct 181982: Oct 111983: Sep 201984: Sep 281985: Sep 241986: Oct 111987: Oct 101988: Oct 211989: Sep 231990: Oct 81991: Oct 61992: Oct 151993: Oct 91994: Oct 251995: Sep 221996: Oct 31997: Oct 221998: Nov 31999: Oct 22000: Sep 242001: Oct 62002: Oct 132003: Oct 262004: Oct 142005: Oct 62006: Oct 122007: Oct 162008: Oct 142009: Oct 32010: Oct 282011: Oct 192012: Oct 62013: Oct 162014: Sep 132015: Oct 172016: Oct 72017: Oct 102018: Oct 52019: Oct 102020: Oct 32021: Oct 142022: Oct 172023: Oct 72024: 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 16Apr 22Nov 6
2023May 3Oct 7Apr 24Oct 27
2022May 22Oct 17Apr 26Oct 18
2021May 13Oct 14Apr 24Oct 21
2020no dataOct 3no dataOct 21
2019May 11Oct 10May 3Oct 11
2018Apr 26Oct 5Apr 20Oct 11
2017May 1Oct 10Apr 27Oct 27
2016May 1Oct 7Apr 10Nov 12
2015May 12Oct 17Apr 4Oct 29
2014May 10Sep 13Apr 18Oct 28
2013May 6Oct 16May 6Oct 16
2012Mar 24Oct 6Mar 10Oct 7
2011May 4Oct 19Apr 17Oct 20
2010May 14Oct 28Apr 4Oct 29
2009no dataOct 3no dataOct 9
2008no dataOct 14no dataOct 27
2007no dataOct 16no dataNov 1
2006Apr 27Oct 12Apr 26Oct 12
2005May 4Oct 6May 3Oct 6
2004May 15Oct 14Apr 14Nov 2
2003Apr 10Oct 26Apr 9Oct 26
2002May 25Oct 13Apr 25Oct 23
2001Apr 24Oct 6Apr 23Oct 16
2000May 13Sep 24Apr 18Oct 6
1999Apr 18Oct 2Apr 18Oct 2
1998Apr 29Nov 3Apr 18Nov 10
1997May 13Oct 22Apr 15Oct 25
1996Apr 30Oct 3Apr 22Oct 18
1995Apr 28Sep 22Apr 27Sep 22
1994May 1Oct 25May 1Oct 25
1993May 2Oct 9Apr 21Oct 27
1992May 26Oct 15Apr 3Oct 16
1991May 6Oct 6Apr 14Oct 6
1990May 11Oct 8Apr 12Oct 13
1989May 2Sep 23May 2Oct 18
1988Apr 28Oct 21Apr 24Oct 28
1987Apr 23Oct 10Apr 12Oct 10
1986Apr 28Oct 11Apr 17Oct 12
1985Apr 10Sep 24Apr 10Sep 29
1984May 8Sep 28Apr 30Sep 29
1983Apr 19Sep 20Apr 15Sep 20
1982May 1Oct 11Apr 21Oct 11
1981May 10Oct 18May 10Oct 22
1980Apr 25Oct 11Apr 14Oct 24
1979May 12Oct 22May 11Nov 1
1978May 6Oct 6Apr 21Nov 6
1977Apr 21Oct 11Apr 5Oct 12
1976May 6Sep 27May 3Oct 16
1975May 1Oct 15Apr 19Oct 25
1974Apr 17Sep 13Apr 16Oct 15
1973Apr 27Oct 12Apr 16Oct 28
1972May 7Oct 18Apr 24Oct 18
1971Apr 28Sep 19Apr 27Oct 29
1970May 1Oct 7Apr 21Oct 8
1969Apr 28Oct 12Apr 28Oct 12
1968no dataOct 18no dataOct 24
1967May 5Sep 27May 4Oct 24
1966May 13Oct 1May 1Oct 15
1965Apr 28Sep 24Mar 31Nov 10
1964Apr 22Sep 27Apr 9Oct 9
1963May 22Oct 28Apr 4Nov 1
1962Apr 15Oct 24Apr 13Oct 25
1961May 1Oct 19Apr 18Oct 25
1960May 1Oct 19Apr 30Oct 19
1959Apr 22Oct 1Apr 22Oct 17
1958Apr 30Oct 1Apr 29Oct 31
1957Apr 15Oct 24Apr 14Oct 25
1956May 2Oct 21Apr 29Oct 31
1955Apr 7no dataApr 7no data
1954May 4Oct 15May 4Oct 31
1953May 14Oct 26May 14Oct 26
1952Apr 15no dataApr 14no data
1951May 7Sep 28Apr 23Sep 28

"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.