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Frost history / Bankhead L&D, AL

Bankhead L&D, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00010505, 1957 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 280 ft, 33.453, -87.357. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 23Nov 6
EarliestFeb 14 (2011)Oct 19 (2022)
LatestApr 16 (1962)Dec 5 (1978)
Trend3.2 days earlier per decade1.0 days later per decade
Years with data3938

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 8 and the median first fall date is Nov 15.

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 3019601970198019902000201020201958: Mar 211959: Apr 141961: Apr 71962: Apr 161963: Mar 231964: Apr 101965: Mar 231966: Apr 61967: Mar 191968: Mar 251969: Mar 291970: Mar 281971: Apr 31972: Apr 31973: Apr 121974: Mar 231975: Apr 61977: Mar 21978: Mar 181980: Mar 151981: Mar 251990: Apr 81991: Apr 11995: Mar 122010: Mar 82011: Feb 142012: Mar 112013: Mar 282014: Mar 272015: Mar 302016: Feb 282017: Mar 172018: Mar 142019: Mar 82020: Feb 282021: Feb 212023: Mar 212024: Mar 202025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201957: Oct 281958: Nov 291959: Nov 71960: Nov 81961: Oct 271962: Oct 251963: Oct 301964: Oct 201965: Oct 251966: Nov 31967: Nov 51968: Oct 261969: Nov 41970: Nov 31971: Nov 41973: Nov 101974: Nov 131975: Nov 141978: Dec 51979: Nov 151980: Nov 191981: Nov 211990: Oct 271992: Nov 72010: Nov 62011: Nov 112012: Nov 252013: Oct 262014: Nov 22015: Nov 232016: Nov 202017: Nov 202018: Nov 112019: Oct 312020: Dec 12022: Oct 192023: Nov 22025: 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
2025Apr 9Nov 10Mar 22Nov 11
2024Mar 20no dataFeb 20no data
2023Mar 21Nov 2Mar 21Nov 2
2022no dataOct 19no dataNov 14
2021Feb 21no dataFeb 21no data
2020Feb 28Dec 1Feb 28Dec 1
2019Mar 8Oct 31Mar 7Nov 9
2018Mar 14Nov 11Jan 31Nov 16
2017Mar 17Nov 20Mar 17Nov 20
2016Feb 28Nov 20Feb 13Nov 20
2015Mar 30Nov 23Mar 8Nov 23
2014Mar 27Nov 2Mar 5Nov 14
2013Mar 28Oct 26Mar 8Nov 14
2012Mar 11Nov 25Feb 14Dec 23
2011Feb 14Nov 11Feb 14Nov 30
2010Mar 8Nov 6Mar 7Dec 6
1995Mar 12no dataMar 11no data
1992no dataNov 7no dataNov 9
1991Apr 1no dataMar 11no data
1990Apr 8Oct 27Mar 22Nov 12
1981Mar 25Nov 21Feb 14Nov 21
1980Mar 15Nov 19Mar 4Dec 20
1979no dataNov 15no dataNov 29
1978Mar 18Dec 5Mar 6Dec 10
1977Mar 2no dataFeb 22no data
1975Apr 6Nov 14Mar 15Dec 18
1974Mar 23Nov 13Feb 27Nov 13
1973Apr 12Nov 10Feb 22Nov 11
1972Apr 3no dataApr 3no data
1971Apr 3Nov 4Mar 26Nov 8
1970Mar 28Nov 3Mar 17Nov 17
1969Mar 29Nov 4Mar 29Nov 5
1968Mar 25Oct 26Mar 25Oct 29
1967Mar 19Nov 5Mar 8Nov 7
1966Apr 6Nov 3Mar 26Nov 3
1965Mar 23Oct 25Mar 23Nov 30
1964Apr 10Oct 20Mar 31Nov 22
1963Mar 23Oct 30Feb 28Nov 14
1962Apr 16Oct 25Mar 18Oct 26
1961Apr 7Oct 27Feb 12Nov 9
1960no dataNov 8no dataNov 30
1959Apr 14Nov 7Mar 9Nov 7
1958Mar 21Nov 29Mar 15Nov 29
1957no dataOct 28no dataDec 1

"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.