Last Frost Day

Frost history / Auburn No.2, AL

Auburn No.2, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00010425, 1996 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 545 ft, 32.599, -85.465. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 15Nov 15
EarliestFeb 8 (2024)Oct 29 (2008)
LatestApr 22 (2021)Dec 22 (2001)
Trend1.4 days earlier per decade4.5 days earlier per decade
Years with data2827

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 1 and the median first fall date is Dec 1.

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)

Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 302000201020201997: Feb 161998: Mar 141999: Mar 42000: Apr 92001: Mar 82002: Mar 232003: Mar 312004: Mar 112005: Mar 192006: Mar 262008: Apr 132009: Apr 122010: Mar 72011: Feb 142012: Feb 132013: Mar 272014: Mar 262015: Mar 72016: Feb 272017: Mar 162018: Mar 152019: Mar 72020: Mar 82021: Apr 222022: Mar 132023: Mar 152024: Feb 82025: Mar 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 102000201020201996: Nov 111997: Nov 151998: Dec 161999: Nov 32000: Nov 202001: Dec 222002: Nov 182003: Nov 252004: Dec 22005: Nov 172008: Oct 292009: Nov 262010: Nov 62011: Oct 302012: Nov 242013: Nov 132014: Nov 142015: Dec 182016: Nov 112017: Oct 302018: Nov 152019: Oct 312020: Nov 172021: Nov 142023: Oct 312024: Nov 302025: Nov 10

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
2025Mar 21Nov 10Feb 22Nov 11
2024Feb 8Nov 30Jan 21Dec 6
2023Mar 15Oct 31Jan 15Nov 29
2022Mar 13no dataMar 13no data
2021Apr 22Nov 14Mar 19Dec 23
2020Mar 8Nov 17Feb 28Dec 1
2019Mar 7Oct 31Mar 7Nov 12
2018Mar 15Nov 15Feb 8Nov 28
2017Mar 16Oct 30Mar 16Dec 10
2016Feb 27Nov 11Feb 11Nov 26
2015Mar 7Dec 18Mar 6Dec 19
2014Mar 26Nov 14Mar 26Nov 14
2013Mar 27Nov 13Mar 27Nov 13
2012Feb 13Nov 24Feb 13Dec 22
2011Feb 14Oct 30Feb 13Oct 30
2010Mar 7Nov 6Mar 7Dec 2
2009Apr 12Nov 26Mar 3Dec 6
2008Apr 13Oct 29Mar 13Nov 19
2006Mar 26no dataFeb 27no data
2005Mar 19Nov 17Mar 5Dec 2
2004Mar 11Dec 2Feb 19Dec 14
2003Mar 31Nov 25Feb 25Nov 29
2002Mar 23Nov 18Mar 5Nov 29
2001Mar 8Dec 22Feb 6Dec 27
2000Apr 9Nov 20Feb 6Nov 21
1999Mar 4Nov 3Mar 4Dec 24
1998Mar 14Dec 16Mar 13Dec 31
1997Feb 16Nov 15Feb 16Nov 17
1996no dataNov 11no dataDec 19

"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.