Last Frost Day

Frost history / Jackson, AL

Jackson, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00014193, 1984 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 220 ft, 31.525, -87.928. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 21Nov 14
EarliestJan 26 (1990)Oct 19 (2022)
LatestApr 17 (2014)Dec 11 (1994)
Trend4.2 days later per decade1.4 days earlier per decade
Years with data3636

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 1 and the median first fall date is Nov 25.

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 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019902000201020201984: Mar 81985: Feb 171986: Mar 231987: Apr 51988: Mar 201989: Feb 251990: Jan 261991: Feb 151992: Mar 111993: Mar 151994: Feb 251995: Feb 251996: Mar 211998: Mar 221999: Mar 272000: Apr 92001: Mar 262002: Mar 242003: Apr 12004: Apr 22005: Mar 32006: Mar 282007: Mar 182008: Apr 152009: Apr 102012: Mar 52013: Mar 292014: Apr 172015: Mar 92016: Mar 222017: Mar 172021: Feb 242022: Mar 152023: Mar 212024: Mar 202025: Mar 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 2619902000201020201984: Nov 141985: Dec 31986: Nov 141987: Nov 121988: Nov 281989: Oct 201990: Nov 281991: Nov 21992: Nov 291993: Oct 311994: Dec 111995: Nov 111996: Nov 21997: Nov 151998: Nov 51999: Oct 232000: Nov 152001: Oct 282002: Nov 232003: Nov 142005: Oct 272006: Nov 142007: Nov 82008: Oct 282009: Nov 262011: Oct 302012: Nov 182013: Nov 132014: Nov 22015: Nov 252016: Nov 212017: Nov 202022: Oct 192023: Nov 22024: Nov 302025: Nov 11

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
2025Mar 22Nov 11Feb 22Nov 11
2024Mar 20Nov 30Jan 22Nov 30
2023Mar 21Nov 2Mar 21Nov 2
2022Mar 15Oct 19Mar 14Nov 18
2021Feb 24no dataFeb 20no data
2017Mar 17Nov 20Jan 10Dec 10
2016Mar 22Nov 21Feb 11Nov 21
2015Mar 9Nov 25Mar 8Nov 25
2014Apr 17Nov 2Mar 1Nov 15
2013Mar 29Nov 13Mar 28Nov 14
2012Mar 5Nov 18Feb 14Nov 25
2011no dataOct 30no dataDec 1
2009Apr 10Nov 26Mar 4Nov 28
2008Apr 15Oct 28Mar 26Nov 19
2007Mar 18Nov 8Mar 6Dec 4
2006Mar 28Nov 14Feb 28Nov 20
2005Mar 3Oct 27Mar 2Nov 18
2004Apr 2no dataFeb 9no data
2003Apr 1Nov 14Feb 12Nov 25
2002Mar 24Nov 23Mar 7Nov 28
2001Mar 26Oct 28Mar 10Oct 28
2000Apr 9Nov 15Feb 9Nov 16
1999Mar 27Oct 23Mar 4Nov 30
1998Mar 22Nov 5Mar 12Dec 17
1997no dataNov 15no dataNov 16
1996Mar 21Nov 2Mar 9Dec 18
1995Feb 25Nov 11Feb 9Dec 9
1994Feb 25Dec 11Feb 3none
1993Mar 15Oct 31Mar 14Dec 25
1992Mar 11Nov 29Jan 20none
1991Feb 15Nov 2Feb 15Nov 2
1990Jan 26Nov 28noneDec 3
1989Feb 25Oct 20Feb 25Dec 3
1988Mar 20Nov 28Mar 16Dec 16
1987Apr 5Nov 12Feb 11Nov 12
1986Mar 23Nov 14Mar 2none
1985Feb 17Dec 3Feb 17Dec 15
1984Mar 8Nov 14Mar 1Nov 24

"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.