Bay Minette, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00010583, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 271 ft, 30.884, -87.785. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 5	Nov 18
Earliest	Jan 26 (1990)	Oct 20 (1989)
Latest	Apr 6 (2007)	Dec 15 (1953)
Trend	0.5 days earlier per decade	1.1 days later per decade
Years with data	72	73, 3 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 17 and the median first fall date is Dec 3.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

First fall frost (32°F)

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

Year	Last spring 32°F	First fall 32°F	Last spring 28°F	First fall 28°F
2025	Feb 21	Nov 11	Feb 21	Dec 15
2024	Mar 19	Dec 4	Jan 21	none
2023	Mar 20	Nov 29	Mar 20	none
2022	Mar 14	Nov 14	Mar 14	Nov 18
2021	no data	none	no data	none
2020	Feb 22	no data	Jan 22	no data
2019	Mar 5	Nov 13	Jan 21	Nov 13
2018	Jan 30	Nov 15	Jan 19	none
2017	Mar 15	Dec 9	Jan 9	Dec 9
2016	Feb 11	Dec 9	Feb 10	Dec 10
2015	Mar 7	Nov 23	Mar 7	none
2014	Mar 4	Nov 15	Feb 7	Nov 18
2013	Mar 27	Nov 13	none	Nov 28
2012	Feb 13	Nov 25	Feb 13	Dec 30
2011	Feb 13	Dec 1	Feb 12	none
2010	Mar 5	Nov 27	Feb 25	Dec 6
2009	Mar 4	Dec 6	Feb 21	none
2008	Feb 28	Oct 29	Jan 21	Nov 19
2007	Apr 6	Nov 7	Feb 17	Dec 17
2006	Feb 27	Nov 21	Feb 13	Dec 5
2005	Feb 12	Nov 18	Jan 25	Nov 18
2004	Feb 18	Dec 14	Feb 8	Dec 15
2003	Mar 31	Nov 25	Jan 26	Nov 25
2002	Mar 6	Nov 23	Mar 5	Dec 8
2001	Feb 18	Nov 21	Jan 23	Dec 26
2000	Feb 7	no data	Feb 6	no data
1999	Feb 22	Dec 7	Feb 22	none
1998	Mar 13	none	Mar 13	none
1997	Feb 16	Nov 16	Feb 11	Nov 17
1996	Mar 21	Nov 27	Mar 11	Dec 19
1995	Mar 10	Nov 12	Feb 12	Dec 10
1994	Feb 27	Dec 12	Feb 14	Dec 12
1993	Mar 15	Oct 31	Mar 15	Nov 1
1992	Mar 11	Nov 30	Feb 9	none
1991	Feb 16	Nov 4	Feb 16	Nov 4
1990	Jan 26	Dec 5	none	Dec 5
1989	Feb 25	Oct 20	Feb 25	Nov 17
1988	Mar 17	Dec 2	Mar 15	Dec 13
1987	Apr 5	Nov 12	Apr 4	Dec 17
1986	Mar 22	Nov 14	Mar 22	none
1985	Feb 16	Dec 3	Feb 16	Dec 3
1984	Mar 10	Nov 13	Mar 1	Nov 24
1983	no data	Nov 12	no data	Dec 24
1982	Mar 8	Nov 5	Mar 8	Dec 13
1981	Feb 13	Nov 21	Feb 13	Nov 21
1980	Mar 4	Nov 19	Mar 3	Dec 25
1979	Mar 26	Nov 15	Feb 11	Nov 30
1978	Mar 27	Dec 5	Mar 5	Dec 10
1977	no data	Nov 27	no data	Dec 7
1976	Feb 24	Nov 13	Feb 8	Nov 30
1975	Mar 5	Nov 15	Feb 8	Dec 18
1974	Feb 27	Nov 15	Feb 26	Dec 1
1973	Feb 17	Dec 8	Feb 17	Dec 8
1972	Feb 20	Dec 1	Feb 5	Dec 16
1971	Mar 8	none	Mar 4	none
1970	Mar 14	Nov 17	Feb 26	Nov 24
1969	Mar 13	Nov 15	Mar 11	Nov 15
1968	Mar 24	Nov 13	Mar 24	Dec 8
1967	Feb 26	Dec 4	Feb 26	Dec 23
1966	Mar 7	Nov 3	Mar 7	Nov 3
1965	Mar 21	Nov 30	Mar 8	Dec 1
1964	Feb 24	Nov 22	Feb 23	Nov 22
1963	Feb 27	Nov 2	Feb 27	Nov 14
1962	Mar 7	Dec 6	Mar 6	Dec 10
1961	Feb 5	Nov 30	Feb 4	Dec 25
1960	Mar 22	Dec 1	Mar 6	Dec 2
1959	Feb 21	Nov 7	Feb 21	Nov 7
1958	Feb 21	Nov 29	Feb 21	Nov 29
1957	Mar 9	Oct 28	Jan 19	Dec 1
1956	Mar 21	Nov 10	Jan 17	Nov 23
1955	Mar 29	Nov 4	Mar 27	Nov 29
1954	Mar 16	Nov 3	Feb 8	Nov 3
1953	Feb 18	Dec 15	Jan 4	Dec 15
1952	Feb 7	Oct 29	Feb 7	Dec 15
1951	Mar 13	Nov 3	Feb 8	Nov 8

"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.