Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mccook Muni Ap, NE

Mccook Muni Ap, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094040, 1997 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,530 ft, 40.206, -100.591. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 3Oct 11
EarliestApr 10 (2012)Sep 13 (2014)
LatestMay 16 (2011)Oct 25 (2008)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade1.8 days later per decade
Years with data2828

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 16 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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 302000201020201997: May 91998: May 31999: May 122000: Apr 212001: Apr 222002: May 22003: Apr 212004: May 142005: May 32006: May 122007: Apr 152008: May 112009: Apr 282010: May 132011: May 162012: Apr 102013: May 52014: May 142015: May 122016: May 22017: May 42018: Apr 232019: May 102020: Apr 212021: Apr 232022: May 32023: May 22024: Apr 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 112000201020201997: Oct 251998: Oct 121999: Sep 292000: Sep 252001: Oct 112002: Oct 132003: Sep 192004: Oct 132005: Sep 292006: Sep 192007: Oct 222008: Oct 252009: Oct 32010: Oct 132011: Sep 302012: Oct 22013: Oct 152014: Sep 132015: Oct 162016: Oct 72017: Oct 112018: Oct 52019: Oct 102020: Oct 192021: Oct 142022: Oct 172023: Oct 62024: Oct 14

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 21Oct 14Apr 21Nov 15
2023May 2Oct 6May 1Oct 16
2022May 3Oct 17Apr 16Oct 17
2021Apr 23Oct 14Apr 21Nov 4
2020Apr 21Oct 19Apr 18Oct 23
2019May 10Oct 10Apr 13Oct 10
2018Apr 23Oct 5Apr 19Oct 11
2017May 4Oct 11Apr 11Oct 27
2016May 2Oct 7Apr 2Nov 9
2015May 12Oct 16Apr 10Oct 29
2014May 14Sep 13Apr 15Oct 28
2013May 5Oct 15May 5Nov 2
2012Apr 10Oct 2Mar 9Oct 7
2011May 16Sep 30Apr 5Oct 20
2010May 13Oct 13Apr 3Nov 1
2009Apr 28Oct 3Apr 8Oct 9
2008May 11Oct 25Apr 14Oct 26
2007Apr 15Oct 22Apr 12Nov 1
2006May 12Sep 19Apr 26Oct 18
2005May 3Sep 29May 3Oct 6
2004May 14Oct 13Apr 13Oct 14
2003Apr 21Sep 19Apr 9Oct 25
2002May 2Oct 13Apr 25Oct 13
2001Apr 22Oct 11Apr 17Oct 16
2000Apr 21Sep 25Apr 21Oct 6
1999May 12Sep 29Apr 18Oct 17
1998May 3Oct 12Apr 22Nov 10
1997May 9Oct 25Apr 25Oct 25

"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.