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Frost history / Ord Evelyn Sharp Fld, NE

Ord Evelyn Sharp Fld, NE: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094958, 2000 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,069 ft, 41.624, -98.952. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 11Oct 6
EarliestApr 9 (2003)Sep 13 (2014)
LatestMay 25 (2002)Oct 22 (2007)
Trend1.6 days later per decade3.6 days later per decade
Years with data2425

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 24 and the median first fall date is Oct 14.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 302000201020202001: Apr 242002: May 252003: Apr 92004: May 142005: May 152006: May 122007: Apr 152008: May 22009: May 162010: May 142011: May 162012: Apr 232013: May 62014: May 172015: May 212016: May 152017: Apr 272018: Apr 282019: May 102020: May 102021: May 122022: May 222023: May 32024: Apr 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 272000201020202000: Sep 252001: Sep 242002: Sep 272003: Sep 192004: Oct 12005: Oct 62006: Oct 112007: Oct 222008: Oct 132009: Sep 292010: Oct 22011: Sep 232012: Sep 232013: Oct 72014: Sep 132015: Oct 162016: Oct 72017: Oct 102018: Oct 112019: Oct 72020: Sep 292021: Oct 142022: Oct 72023: Oct 62024: Oct 1

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 24Oct 1Apr 21Oct 14
2023May 3Oct 6May 3Oct 16
2022May 22Oct 7Apr 26Oct 8
2021May 12Oct 14May 12Oct 16
2020May 10Sep 29Apr 17Oct 23
2019May 10Oct 7Apr 14Oct 11
2018Apr 28Oct 11Apr 19Oct 11
2017Apr 27Oct 10Apr 27Oct 22
2016May 15Oct 7Apr 11Oct 7
2015May 21Oct 16Apr 22Oct 29
2014May 17Sep 13May 17Oct 18
2013May 6Oct 7May 3Oct 17
2012Apr 23Sep 23Apr 10Oct 2
2011May 16Sep 23May 3Oct 19
2010May 14Oct 2Apr 17Oct 17
2009May 16Sep 29Apr 11Oct 9
2008May 2Oct 13Apr 28Oct 25
2007Apr 15Oct 22Apr 15Oct 31
2006May 12Oct 11Apr 26Oct 12
2005May 15Oct 6May 3Oct 7
2004May 14Oct 1May 14Oct 14
2003Apr 9Sep 19Apr 9Oct 25
2002May 25Sep 27May 18Oct 13
2001Apr 24Sep 24Apr 17Oct 5
2000no dataSep 25no dataOct 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.