The database also includes the first projected frost dates for fall, and the Almanac acknowledges a 30% probability that frosts can occur outside of the spring and fall dates listed.

Attention gardeners: The Old Farmers Almanac has predicted the last frost dates across the U.S. for 2025 -- and some in the Chicago area might be surprised.

What is a frost date? A frost date refers to when temperatures fall to 32°F or lower, which is cold enough to damage leaves or kill young, tender plants. In the most basic sense, your growing ...

And that means looking ahead to the final frost date. " A frost date is the average date of the last light freeze in spring or the first light freeze in fall," according to the Farmer's Almanac.

In the map below the darkest orange-brown color represents a three to four days later per decade for the first 35 degree temperature. Most of Michigan has a two to three days later trend.

That happens to be exactly when the mercury first dipped to 32 degrees last fall. However, the first fall frost of 2022 didn’t happen until Nov. 14, and in 2020 it didn’t happen until Nov. 18.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Now that temperatures have cooled down, giving us that first taste of fall, the chances for our first frost and freeze are here. October is the month where temperatures could ...

Frost and freeze alerts stretch across parts of New England this evening and early Thursday morning. Boston Globe The average dates of first freeze and frost in the Northeast. Boston Globe ...

Last year's warm fall pushed the first hard freeze back to October 29th and October 30th. A reminder of the difference between frost, freeze, and hard freeze.

These dates are not set in stone, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. There is a 30% chance that frost can occur after the spring frost date or before the fall frost date.

These dates are not set in stone, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. There is a 30% chance that frost can occur after the spring frost date or before the fall frost date.

Normal First Frost Dates According to the 1991-2020 climate averages, Indianapolis has an average first frost of Oct. 17. A frost is considered any day with a low temperature of 36 degrees or below.