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Where spring frost ends earliest

Average last spring frost.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

The average date of the last freeze in spring. Planting tender crops before this is a gamble; it is the date most seed packets are counting back from.

Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming. Needs a station reporting daily minimum temperatures through spring.

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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS. · How this is built