Last Frost Day

Frost history / Camden 3 Nw, AL

Camden 3 Nw, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00011301, 1962 to 2001, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 235 ft, 32.029, -87.317. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 21Nov 5
EarliestFeb 17 (1985)Oct 14 (1977)
LatestApr 12 (1973)Dec 16 (1998)
Trend5.0 days earlier per decade3.8 days later per decade
Years with data3939

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 4 and the median first fall date is Nov 18.

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)

Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019701980199020001962: Apr 31963: Mar 231964: Mar 311965: Mar 221966: Mar 251967: Mar 191968: Mar 251969: Mar 281970: Apr 31971: Apr 81972: Apr 21973: Apr 121974: Apr 61975: Mar 151976: Mar 171977: Mar 81978: Mar 281979: Mar 261980: Mar 51981: Mar 101982: Mar 91983: Mar 261984: Mar 101985: Feb 171986: Mar 241987: Apr 61988: Mar 171989: Mar 81990: Mar 211991: Mar 111992: Apr 21993: Mar 161994: Apr 11995: Mar 101997: Feb 171998: Mar 141999: Mar 162000: Mar 132001: Mar 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 2619701980199020001962: Oct 261963: Oct 301964: Nov 221965: Oct 251966: Nov 31967: Nov 51968: Oct 261969: Nov 41970: Nov 31971: Nov 41972: Nov 161973: Oct 291974: Nov 121975: Nov 141976: Oct 221977: Oct 141978: Dec 51979: Nov 41981: Nov 211982: Nov 51983: Nov 171984: Nov 141985: Dec 31986: Nov 141987: Nov 111988: Nov 291989: Oct 201990: Nov 301991: Nov 41992: Nov 141993: Oct 311994: Nov 21995: Nov 41996: Nov 31997: Nov 161998: Dec 161999: Nov 32000: Nov 152001: Nov 21

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
2001Mar 10Nov 21Jan 26Dec 26
2000Mar 13Nov 15Feb 7Nov 20
1999Mar 16Nov 3Feb 22Dec 7
1998Mar 14Dec 16Mar 13none
1997Feb 17Nov 16Jan 21Nov 17
1996no dataNov 3no dataNov 27
1995Mar 10Nov 4Feb 13Nov 15
1994Apr 1Nov 2Feb 27Nov 24
1993Mar 16Oct 31Mar 16Nov 1
1992Apr 2Nov 14Mar 11Nov 30
1991Mar 11Nov 4Feb 27Nov 4
1990Mar 21Nov 30Jan 27Nov 30
1989Mar 8Oct 20Feb 26Nov 17
1988Mar 17Nov 29Mar 16Dec 3
1987Apr 6Nov 11Apr 1Nov 12
1986Mar 24Nov 14Mar 23Dec 30
1985Feb 17Dec 3Feb 17Dec 3
1984Mar 10Nov 14Mar 2Nov 23
1983Mar 26Nov 17Feb 9Dec 24
1982Mar 9Nov 5Mar 8Dec 13
1981Mar 10Nov 21Feb 13Nov 21
1980Mar 5no dataMar 4no data
1979Mar 26Nov 4Feb 12Nov 30
1978Mar 28Dec 5Mar 6Dec 10
1977Mar 8Oct 14Feb 22Dec 7
1976Mar 17Oct 22Feb 9Nov 6
1975Mar 15Nov 14Mar 6Nov 14
1974Apr 6Nov 12Mar 22Nov 13
1973Apr 12Oct 29Apr 11Nov 11
1972Apr 2Nov 16Apr 2Nov 16
1971Apr 8Nov 4Apr 3Nov 8
1970Apr 3Nov 3Mar 16Nov 5
1969Mar 28Nov 4Mar 27Nov 4
1968Mar 25Oct 26Mar 25Oct 26
1967Mar 19Nov 5Feb 26Nov 5
1966Mar 25Nov 3Mar 25Nov 3
1965Mar 22Oct 25Mar 21Nov 30
1964Mar 31Nov 22Feb 28Nov 22
1963Mar 23Oct 30Feb 27Nov 3
1962Apr 3Oct 26Mar 7Nov 6

"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.