Last Frost Day

Frost history / Evergreen, AL

Evergreen, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00012758, 1961 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 290 ft, 31.445, -86.953. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 18Nov 15
EarliestFeb 14 (2012)Oct 20 (1989)
LatestApr 11 (1973)Dec 21 (2001)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade2.2 days later per decade
Years with data4849

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 27 and the median first fall date is Nov 29.

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 30197019801990200020101962: Mar 191963: Mar 231964: Mar 311965: Mar 231966: Apr 61967: Mar 191969: Mar 271970: Mar 141973: Apr 111974: Mar 11975: Mar 151976: Mar 181977: Mar 91978: Mar 281979: Mar 261980: Mar 51981: Mar 201986: Mar 241987: Apr 61989: Mar 81990: Mar 221991: Mar 121992: Mar 151993: Mar 161994: Mar 181995: Mar 101996: Mar 231997: Feb 171998: Mar 231999: Mar 172000: Apr 102001: Feb 192002: Mar 72003: Apr 12004: Mar 112005: Mar 32006: Mar 262007: Mar 62008: Mar 262009: Apr 92010: Mar 82011: Mar 112012: Feb 142013: Mar 282014: Mar 272015: Mar 72016: Feb 282017: Mar 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26197019801990200020101961: Nov 101962: Oct 271963: Oct 301964: Nov 221965: Oct 251966: Nov 31968: Nov 131970: Nov 171972: Nov 171973: Nov 111974: Nov 141975: Nov 141976: Nov 51977: Nov 111978: Dec 51979: Nov 151980: Nov 191981: Nov 151986: Nov 141987: Nov 111988: Nov 291989: Oct 201990: Dec 51991: Nov 41992: Nov 291993: Nov 11994: Dec 121995: Nov 121996: Nov 271997: Nov 171998: Dec 181999: Nov 42000: Nov 202001: Dec 212002: Nov 232004: Nov 262005: Nov 182006: Nov 202007: Nov 82008: Oct 292009: Nov 272010: Nov 72011: Nov 112012: Nov 252013: Nov 132014: Nov 142015: Nov 232016: Nov 202017: Nov 20

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
2017Mar 17Nov 20Jan 10Dec 9
2016Feb 28Nov 20Feb 11Dec 10
2015Mar 7Nov 23Mar 7Nov 23
2014Mar 27Nov 14Feb 28Nov 14
2013Mar 28Nov 13Mar 28Nov 28
2012Feb 14Nov 25Feb 14Nov 25
2011Mar 11Nov 11Feb 14Dec 8
2010Mar 8Nov 7Mar 7Dec 6
2009Apr 9Nov 27Mar 4Dec 21
2008Mar 26Oct 29Mar 26Nov 19
2007Mar 6Nov 8Mar 5Dec 4
2006Mar 26Nov 20Feb 14Dec 5
2005Mar 3Nov 18Feb 12Dec 20
2004Mar 11Nov 26Feb 9Dec 15
2003Apr 1no dataFeb 12no data
2002Mar 7Nov 23Mar 7Nov 29
2001Feb 19Dec 21Jan 27Dec 26
2000Apr 10Nov 20Feb 7Nov 22
1999Mar 17Nov 4Feb 23Dec 25
1998Mar 23Dec 18Mar 14none
1997Feb 17Nov 17Feb 17Nov 17
1996Mar 23Nov 27Mar 11Dec 19
1995Mar 10Nov 12Feb 13Dec 10
1994Mar 18Dec 12Feb 15none
1993Mar 16Nov 1Mar 16Nov 1
1992Mar 15Nov 29Jan 26Nov 30
1991Mar 12Nov 4Feb 17Nov 4
1990Mar 22Dec 5Jan 15Dec 5
1989Mar 8Oct 20Feb 26Nov 17
1988no dataNov 29no dataDec 4
1987Apr 6Nov 11Apr 5Dec 5
1986Mar 24Nov 14Mar 23none
1981Mar 20Nov 15Feb 13Nov 21
1980Mar 5Nov 19Mar 4Nov 29
1979Mar 26Nov 15Feb 12Nov 15
1978Mar 28Dec 5Mar 6Dec 10
1977Mar 9Nov 11Feb 22Nov 27
1976Mar 18Nov 5Feb 9Nov 6
1975Mar 15Nov 14Feb 9Nov 15
1974Mar 1Nov 14Feb 28Nov 26
1973Apr 11Nov 11Feb 23Dec 8
1972no dataNov 17no dataDec 16
1970Mar 14Nov 17Feb 28Nov 17
1969Mar 27no dataMar 13no data
1968no dataNov 13no dataNov 13
1967Mar 19no dataFeb 27no data
1966Apr 6Nov 3Mar 25Nov 3
1965Mar 23Oct 25Mar 22Nov 30
1964Mar 31Nov 22Feb 28Nov 22
1963Mar 23Oct 30Feb 28Oct 30
1962Mar 19Oct 27Mar 6Nov 6
1961no dataNov 10no dataNov 30

"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.