Laixi, Shandong, China

Frost dates for Laixi

The full distribution rather than a single date. Every figure below is a percentile of 30 years of daily minimum temperatures at this location, expressed as the date it fell on.

Median last spring frost

8 April

Half of years are later than this. Not a planting date.

Median first autumn frost

10 November

The far end of the outdoor season.

Frost-free season

216 days

Between those two dates in a median year.

Last and first frost by severity

Read a row as: in this fraction of years, the last frost of spring had already happened by this date. The 90% column is the cautious planting date; the 10% column is the gamble.

Light frost — nights at or below 0°C (32°F). Air temperature reaches freezing. Kills basil, beans and unhardened tomatoes; hardy crops shrug it off.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	28 Mar	8 Apr	16 Apr	22 Mar	25 Apr
First of autumn	27 Oct	10 Nov	17 Nov	17 Oct	21 Nov
Frost-free days	234	216	194	every year on record saw this

Moderate frost — nights at or below -2.2°C (28°F). Damages half-hardy plants and most blossom. This is the threshold that decides a fruit crop.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	22 Mar	31 Mar	7 Apr	13 Mar	15 Apr
First of autumn	2 Nov	16 Nov	27 Nov	31 Oct	4 Dec
Frost-free days	251	231	209	every year on record saw this

Hard frost — nights at or below -4.4°C (24.1°F). Ground freezes and even hardy crops check their growth. Effectively the end of the outdoor year.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	6 Mar	18 Mar	26 Mar	17 Feb	4 Apr
First of autumn	23 Nov	30 Nov	12 Dec	3 Nov	20 Dec
Frost-free days	281	258	241	every year on record saw this

Dates in the southern hemisphere are computed on a growing year that starts in July, which is why "last of spring" falls where it should rather than in the middle of the calendar.

Chance of frost, week by week

Chance of at least one air frost during each week of the year, measured across the full record. The flat stretch in the middle is your frost-free season.

Temperature through the year

Mean monthly temperature across the record. Months shown in blue average at least one air frost.

Monthly means and average number of frost nights.
Month	Mean low	Mean high	Frost nights
January	-6.9°C	2.7°C	30.5
February	-5.1°C	5.9°C	27.1
March	-1.1°C	12.8°C	20.2
April	5°C	20.2°C	2.9
May	11.4°C	26.8°C	0
June	17.2°C	31.2°C	0
July	21.4°C	32.1°C	0
August	20.9°C	30.4°C	0
September	15.5°C	26.9°C	0
October	8.5°C	20.7°C	0.4
November	1.3°C	12.4°C	12.6
December	-4.3°C	4.6°C	29.1

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