Frost history / Eufaula Wildlife Ref, AL
Eufaula Wildlife Ref, AL: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00012730, 1967 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 300 ft, 32.011, -85.090. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 24 | Nov 9 |
| Earliest | Feb 18 (1997) | Oct 14 (1988) |
| Latest | Apr 25 (1968) | Dec 3 (1985) |
| Trend | 2.9 days earlier per decade | 2.3 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 32 | 33 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 11 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | no data | Nov 13 | no data | Dec 18 |
| 2018 | Mar 10 | no data | Feb 4 | no data |
| 2017 | Mar 20 | no data | Mar 20 | no data |
| 2016 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | Dec 10 |
| 2015 | no data | Nov 23 | no data | none |
| 2003 | no data | Nov 14 | no data | Nov 25 |
| 1998 | Mar 14 | Nov 6 | Mar 14 | Nov 7 |
| 1997 | Feb 18 | Nov 17 | Feb 18 | Nov 17 |
| 1996 | Apr 11 | Oct 20 | Mar 22 | Nov 27 |
| 1995 | Mar 10 | Nov 9 | Feb 25 | Nov 15 |
| 1994 | Mar 17 | Nov 25 | Mar 12 | Nov 25 |
| 1993 | Apr 23 | Nov 1 | Mar 15 | Nov 1 |
| 1992 | Apr 4 | Nov 8 | Feb 10 | Nov 30 |
| 1991 | Mar 11 | Nov 4 | Mar 11 | Nov 4 |
| 1990 | Apr 8 | Oct 27 | Mar 21 | Nov 30 |
| 1989 | no data | Oct 21 | no data | Nov 17 |
| 1988 | Mar 20 | Oct 14 | Mar 17 | Nov 29 |
| 1987 | Apr 1 | Oct 15 | Apr 1 | Oct 22 |
| 1986 | Apr 24 | Nov 22 | Mar 23 | none |
| 1985 | Mar 19 | Dec 3 | Feb 17 | Dec 7 |
| 1984 | Mar 10 | no data | Mar 10 | no data |
| 1983 | Apr 19 | Nov 13 | Feb 15 | Dec 24 |
| 1982 | Apr 7 | Oct 25 | Mar 8 | Nov 5 |
| 1981 | Mar 25 | no data | Mar 17 | no data |
| 1980 | Mar 4 | Nov 13 | Mar 4 | Nov 21 |
| 1979 | Mar 26 | Oct 25 | Mar 26 | Nov 15 |
| 1978 | Mar 28 | no data | Mar 6 | no data |
| 1977 | Mar 9 | Nov 11 | Mar 1 | Nov 14 |
| 1976 | Mar 18 | Oct 22 | Feb 24 | Oct 29 |
| 1975 | Apr 5 | Nov 14 | Feb 9 | Nov 15 |
| 1974 | Mar 1 | Nov 13 | Mar 1 | Nov 13 |
| 1973 | Apr 11 | Nov 11 | Feb 22 | Nov 11 |
| 1972 | Mar 11 | Nov 18 | Mar 6 | Nov 24 |
| 1971 | Apr 8 | Nov 8 | Mar 21 | Nov 11 |
| 1970 | Mar 23 | Nov 17 | Mar 16 | Nov 17 |
| 1969 | Mar 28 | Nov 5 | Mar 28 | Nov 15 |
| 1968 | Apr 25 | Oct 26 | Mar 25 | Oct 26 |
| 1967 | no data | Oct 19 | no data | Nov 7 |
"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.