Last Frost Day

Frost history / Hastings Muni Ap, NE

Hastings Muni Ap, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094949, 1996 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,940 ft, 40.604, -98.427. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 25Oct 14
EarliestMar 9 (2012)Sep 25 (2000)
LatestMay 17 (2014)Nov 3 (1998)
Trend2.9 days later per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data2829

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

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 302000201020201997: Apr 251998: Apr 171999: Apr 182000: Apr 172001: Apr 172002: Apr 252003: Apr 92004: May 32005: May 32006: Apr 262007: Apr 122008: Apr 282009: Apr 282010: Apr 172011: May 32012: Mar 92013: May 32014: May 172015: Apr 222016: Apr 112017: Apr 272018: Apr 192019: May 22020: May 102021: Apr 222022: Apr 262023: May 22024: Apr 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 112000201020201996: Oct 101997: Oct 251998: Nov 31999: Oct 22000: Sep 252001: Oct 152002: Oct 132003: Oct 252004: Oct 142005: Oct 72006: Oct 122007: Oct 262008: Oct 262009: Oct 92010: Oct 282011: Oct 192012: Oct 52013: Oct 172014: Oct 112015: Oct 162016: Oct 122017: Oct 112018: Oct 112019: Oct 112020: Oct 162021: Nov 12022: Oct 172023: Oct 162024: 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 4Nov 21
2023May 2Oct 16Apr 23Oct 27
2022Apr 26Oct 17Apr 16Oct 17
2021Apr 22Nov 1Apr 20Nov 12
2020May 10Oct 16Apr 17Oct 25
2019May 2Oct 11Apr 14Oct 12
2018Apr 19Oct 11Apr 19Oct 15
2017Apr 27Oct 11Apr 27Oct 27
2016Apr 11Oct 12Apr 8Nov 12
2015Apr 22Oct 16Mar 28Oct 29
2014May 17Oct 11Apr 15Oct 31
2013May 3Oct 17Apr 24Nov 11
2012Mar 9Oct 5Mar 9Oct 6
2011May 3Oct 19Mar 24Oct 19
2010Apr 17Oct 28Mar 25Nov 1
2009Apr 28Oct 9Apr 7Oct 10
2008Apr 28Oct 26Apr 14Oct 27
2007Apr 12Oct 26Apr 8Nov 6
2006Apr 26Oct 12Mar 28Oct 13
2005May 3Oct 7May 3Oct 24
2004May 3Oct 14Apr 13Nov 3
2003Apr 9Oct 25Apr 9Oct 25
2002Apr 25Oct 13Apr 5Oct 23
2001Apr 17Oct 15Apr 17Nov 9
2000Apr 17Sep 25Apr 15Oct 5
1999Apr 18Oct 2Apr 4Oct 17
1998Apr 17Nov 3Apr 17Nov 11
1997Apr 25Oct 25Apr 13Oct 25
1996no dataOct 10no dataOct 18

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.