Last Frost Day

Frost history / Omaha #1, NE

Omaha #1, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094918, 1955 to 2001, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,280 ft, 41.354, -96.023. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 22Oct 13
EarliestMar 30 (1991)Sep 19 (1991)
LatestMay 15 (1959)Nov 10 (1983)
Trend1.0 days earlier per decade1.8 days earlier per decade
Years with data4644

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 8 and the median first fall date is Oct 25.

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 30196019701980199020001955: Apr 81956: Apr 301957: Apr 141958: Apr 291959: May 151960: Apr 301961: May 91962: Apr 151963: Apr 231964: Apr 91965: Apr 161966: May 91967: May 31968: Apr 251969: Apr 51970: May 21971: Apr 71972: Apr 91973: Apr 161974: Apr 151975: Apr 201976: May 31977: Apr 61978: Apr 211979: Apr 281980: May 81981: Apr 51982: Apr 221983: Apr 191984: Apr 291985: Apr 91986: Apr 281987: Apr 121988: Apr 271989: Apr 191990: Apr 301991: Mar 301992: Apr 221993: Apr 201995: Apr 271996: Apr 231997: May 131998: Apr 41999: Apr 172000: Apr 172001: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001955: Oct 231956: Nov 71957: Oct 241958: Oct 11959: Oct 91960: Oct 191961: Oct 11962: Oct 241963: Nov 11964: Oct 91965: Sep 241966: Oct 151967: Oct 101968: Oct 191969: Oct 131970: Oct 91971: Oct 311972: Oct 71973: Oct 291974: Oct 11975: Oct 251976: Oct 161977: Oct 91978: Oct 161979: Oct 121980: Oct 31981: Oct 191982: Oct 201983: Nov 101984: Sep 291985: Oct 11986: Oct 131987: Oct 71988: Oct 41989: Sep 231990: Oct 101991: Sep 191992: Oct 161993: Oct 91994: Oct 241997: Oct 141998: Nov 51999: Oct 42000: Oct 6

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
2001Apr 22no dataApr 22no data
2000Apr 17Oct 6Apr 9Oct 6
1999Apr 17Oct 4Mar 25Oct 24
1998Apr 4Nov 5Apr 2Nov 6
1997May 13Oct 14Apr 14Nov 3
1996Apr 23no dataApr 5no data
1995Apr 27no dataApr 4no data
1994no dataOct 24no dataOct 24
1993Apr 20Oct 9Apr 4Oct 27
1992Apr 22Oct 16Apr 22Nov 4
1991Mar 30Sep 19Mar 30Oct 19
1990Apr 30Oct 10Apr 17Nov 5
1989Apr 19Sep 23Apr 10Oct 19
1988Apr 27Oct 4Apr 18Oct 28
1987Apr 12Oct 7Apr 3Oct 11
1986Apr 28Oct 13Apr 15Nov 9
1985Apr 9Oct 1Apr 1Nov 9
1984Apr 29Sep 29Mar 30Sep 29
1983Apr 19Nov 10Apr 18Nov 10
1982Apr 22Oct 20Apr 9Oct 21
1981Apr 5Oct 19Mar 20Oct 22
1980May 8Oct 3Mar 25Oct 26
1979Apr 28Oct 12Apr 6Oct 13
1978Apr 21Oct 16Apr 21Nov 13
1977Apr 6Oct 9Apr 6Oct 12
1976May 3Oct 16May 3Oct 16
1975Apr 20Oct 25Apr 11Oct 25
1974Apr 15Oct 1Apr 8Nov 4
1973Apr 16Oct 29Apr 10Nov 4
1972Apr 9Oct 7Apr 8Oct 18
1971Apr 7Oct 31Apr 6Oct 31
1970May 2Oct 9Apr 4Oct 9
1969Apr 5Oct 13Mar 31Oct 14
1968Apr 25Oct 19Apr 5Nov 8
1967May 3Oct 10May 2Oct 27
1966May 9Oct 15Apr 21Nov 1
1965Apr 16Sep 24Mar 30Oct 24
1964Apr 9Oct 9Apr 8Oct 9
1963Apr 23Nov 1Apr 4Nov 1
1962Apr 15Oct 24Apr 15Oct 25
1961May 9Oct 1Apr 16Nov 2
1960Apr 30Oct 19Apr 10Oct 19
1959May 15Oct 9Apr 9Oct 17
1958Apr 29Oct 1Apr 29Oct 26
1957Apr 14Oct 24Apr 14Oct 25
1956Apr 30Nov 7Apr 24Nov 7
1955Apr 8Oct 23Mar 28Oct 24

"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.