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Frost history / Deer, AR

Deer, AR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00031900, 1975 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,375 ft, 35.827, -93.204. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 10Nov 1
EarliestMar 20 (1981)Sep 23 (1995)
LatestMay 4 (1976)Nov 29 (1999)
Trend3.1 days earlier per decade1.3 days later per decade
Years with data3637

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 2 and the median first fall date is Nov 10.

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 1519801990200020101976: May 41977: Apr 61978: Apr 221979: Apr 101980: Apr 151981: Mar 201982: Apr 101983: Apr 211984: Apr 181985: Apr 91986: Apr 221987: Apr 51988: Apr 211989: Apr 121990: Apr 131991: Mar 311992: Apr 31993: Apr 61994: Apr 81995: Apr 21996: Apr 161997: Apr 141998: Apr 61999: Apr 182000: Apr 92001: Apr 182002: Apr 52003: Apr 102004: Apr 12005: Mar 252006: Mar 272007: Apr 92008: Apr 152009: Apr 82010: Mar 232011: Apr 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119801990200020101975: Nov 131976: Oct 171977: Nov 101978: Nov 151979: Nov 71980: Oct 251981: Oct 231982: Oct 201983: Oct 141984: Nov 21985: Nov 161986: Oct 141987: Oct 211988: Nov 61989: Oct 191990: Oct 191991: Nov 11992: Nov 41993: Oct 281994: Oct 261995: Sep 231996: Nov 21997: Oct 261998: Nov 51999: Nov 292000: Oct 82001: Oct 272002: Nov 122003: Nov 82004: Nov 132005: Nov 162006: Oct 222007: Nov 72008: Oct 272009: Nov 172010: Nov 52011: Oct 19

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
2011Apr 16Oct 19Mar 29Nov 17
2010Mar 23Nov 5Mar 4Nov 26
2009Apr 8Nov 17Apr 8Dec 3
2008Apr 15Oct 27Mar 10Oct 28
2007Apr 9Nov 7Apr 9Nov 22
2006Mar 27Oct 22Mar 26Nov 2
2005Mar 25Nov 16Mar 17Nov 16
2004Apr 1Nov 13Mar 31Nov 25
2003Apr 10Nov 8Apr 10Nov 24
2002Apr 5Nov 12Apr 4Nov 16
2001Apr 18Oct 27Mar 27Nov 28
2000Apr 9Oct 8Apr 9Oct 8
1999Apr 18Nov 29Mar 16Dec 6
1998Apr 6Nov 5Mar 22Dec 22
1997Apr 14Oct 26Apr 14Nov 15
1996Apr 16Nov 2Apr 9Nov 3
1995Apr 2Sep 23Apr 2Nov 3
1994Apr 8Oct 26Apr 7Nov 23
1993Apr 6Oct 28Apr 3Oct 30
1992Apr 3Nov 4Apr 3Nov 4
1991Mar 31Nov 1Mar 31Nov 1
1990Apr 13Oct 19Mar 27Nov 5
1989Apr 12Oct 19Apr 12Oct 19
1988Apr 21Nov 6Apr 13Nov 6
1987Apr 5Oct 21Apr 4Oct 21
1986Apr 22Oct 14Mar 22Nov 11
1985Apr 9Nov 16Mar 16Nov 20
1984Apr 18Nov 2Mar 21Nov 2
1983Apr 21Oct 14Apr 21Nov 10
1982Apr 10Oct 20Apr 8Nov 4
1981Mar 20Oct 23Mar 9Oct 24
1980Apr 15Oct 25Apr 15Oct 29
1979Apr 10Nov 7Apr 3Nov 10
1978Apr 22Nov 15Mar 27Nov 18
1977Apr 6Nov 10Apr 5Nov 10
1976May 4Oct 17Mar 17Oct 28
1975no dataNov 13no dataNov 13

"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.