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United States: frost dates by city

The average last spring frost and first autumn frost in 23 cities of United States, from ten years of weather. The last spring frost comes earliest in Phoenix and latest in Denver.

CityLast spring frostFirst autumn frostFrost-free days
Los Angelesnone in ten yearsnone in ten years—
Miaminone in ten yearsnone in ten years—
San Francisconone in ten yearsnone in ten years—
Phoenix4 February29 December328 days
Houston17 February27 November283 days
Austin19 February13 December297 days
Dallas19 February5 December289 days
Atlanta15 March22 November252 days
Charlotte19 March13 November239 days
Seattle20 March24 November249 days
Nashville24 March14 November235 days
Portland26 March22 November241 days
Washington, D.C.31 March16 November230 days
New York3 April20 November231 days
Philadelphia3 April11 November222 days
St. Louis6 April4 November212 days
Kansas City7 April1 November208 days
Boston9 April13 November218 days
Chicago18 April6 November202 days
Detroit24 April7 November197 days
Salt Lake City24 April26 October185 days
Minneapolis28 April24 October179 days
Denver1 May15 October167 days

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

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