Last Frost Day

Frost history / Jasper, AL

Jasper, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00014226, 1960 to 2010, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 486 ft, 33.905, -87.315. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 8Oct 29
EarliestMar 9 (2010)Sep 30 (1967)
LatestMay 4 (1971)Nov 26 (2009)
Trend2.3 days earlier per decade3.6 days later per decade
Years with data3738

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 26 and the median first fall date is Nov 4.

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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151960197019801990200020101961: Apr 181962: Apr 181963: Apr 151964: Apr 101965: Mar 221966: Apr 111967: Mar 231968: Apr 61969: Mar 311970: Apr 81971: May 41972: Apr 51973: Apr 121974: Apr 101975: Apr 141976: Apr 101977: Apr 61978: Apr 221979: Apr 101980: Apr 11981: Mar 261991: Apr 11992: Apr 41993: Apr 231994: Apr 91995: Mar 121998: Mar 232000: Apr 102001: Mar 282002: Mar 282003: Apr 12004: Apr 62006: Mar 272007: Apr 92008: Apr 172009: Apr 92010: Mar 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 111960197019801990200020101960: Nov 11961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Oct 201965: Oct 251966: Oct 291967: Sep 301968: Oct 261969: Nov 31970: Oct 311971: Nov 41972: Nov 91973: Nov 101974: Oct 31975: Nov 141976: Oct 211977: Oct 141978: Oct 91979: Nov 41980: Oct 131981: Oct 201990: Oct 261991: Oct 81992: Nov 71993: Oct 291994: Nov 31995: Nov 41997: Nov 162001: Oct 282002: Nov 142003: Nov 142004: Nov 262005: Oct 262006: Nov 32007: Nov 42008: Oct 282009: Nov 26

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
2010Mar 9no dataMar 7no data
2009Apr 9Nov 26Mar 5Nov 27
2008Apr 17Oct 28Mar 25Oct 29
2007Apr 9Nov 4Apr 9Nov 7
2006Mar 27Nov 3Mar 26Nov 4
2005no dataOct 26no dataNov 18
2004Apr 6Nov 26Mar 11Dec 2
2003Apr 1Nov 14Mar 31Nov 25
2002Mar 28Nov 14Mar 23Nov 23
2001Mar 28Oct 28Mar 27Oct 28
2000Apr 10no dataMar 13no data
1998Mar 23no dataMar 14no data
1997no dataNov 16no dataNov 16
1995Mar 12Nov 4Mar 11Nov 4
1994Apr 9Nov 3Apr 2Nov 25
1993Apr 23Oct 29Apr 4Nov 1
1992Apr 4Nov 7Apr 4Nov 7
1991Apr 1Oct 8Mar 12Nov 3
1990no dataOct 26no dataNov 30
1981Mar 26Oct 20Mar 21Oct 20
1980Apr 1Oct 13Mar 16Oct 31
1979Apr 10Nov 4Mar 27Nov 4
1978Apr 22Oct 9Mar 28Dec 5
1977Apr 6Oct 14Mar 23Nov 11
1976Apr 10Oct 21Mar 18Nov 1
1975Apr 14Nov 14Apr 5Nov 14
1974Apr 10Oct 3Mar 23Nov 13
1973Apr 12Nov 10Apr 11Nov 11
1972Apr 5Nov 9Apr 2Nov 18
1971May 4Nov 4Apr 8Nov 5
1970Apr 8Oct 31Apr 3Nov 4
1969Mar 31Nov 3Mar 28Nov 4
1968Apr 6Oct 26Mar 26Oct 26
1967Mar 23Sep 30Mar 19Nov 5
1966Apr 11Oct 29Apr 6Nov 3
1965Mar 22Oct 25Mar 22Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 20Mar 31Nov 21
1963Apr 15Oct 30Mar 23Oct 30
1962Apr 18Oct 24Apr 16Oct 25
1961Apr 18Oct 15Apr 7Oct 27
1960no dataNov 1no dataNov 4

"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.