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Frost history / Dayton Wright Bros Ap, OH

Dayton Wright Bros Ap, OH: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00053859, 1998 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 962 ft, 39.594, -84.226. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 16Oct 25
EarliestMar 28 (1999)Oct 3 (2003)
LatestMay 16 (2016)Nov 21 (2024)
Trend4.6 days later per decade7.3 days later per decade
Years with data2726

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 2 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 302000201020201998: Apr 51999: Mar 282000: Apr 132001: Apr 252002: Apr 72003: Apr 232004: Apr 282005: May 32006: Apr 92007: Apr 102008: Apr 152009: Apr 122010: Mar 302011: Apr 32012: Apr 122013: Apr 262014: Apr 162015: Apr 242016: May 162017: May 82018: Apr 182019: Apr 22020: May 92021: May 12022: Apr 202023: Mar 302024: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 262000201020201998: Oct 231999: Oct 192000: Oct 72002: Oct 142003: Oct 32004: Nov 92005: Oct 282006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 192009: Oct 182010: Oct 302011: Oct 282012: Oct 82013: Oct 252014: Nov 12015: Oct 172016: Nov 122017: Oct 262018: Oct 182019: Nov 12020: Nov 22021: Nov 32022: Oct 202023: Oct 312024: Nov 21

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

"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.