Last Frost Day

Frost history / Greenbrier, AR

Greenbrier, AR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00032962, 1962 to 2003, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 338 ft, 35.241, -92.364. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 9Oct 21
EarliestMar 18 (1967)Sep 29 (1967)
LatestApr 28 (1992)Nov 13 (1974)
Trend2.1 days later per decade2.8 days earlier per decade
Years with data3333

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 31 and the median first fall date is Nov 3.

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 1519701980199020001962: Apr 161963: Mar 271964: Apr 101965: Mar 271966: Apr 61967: Mar 181969: Mar 301970: Apr 31971: Apr 141972: Apr 51973: Apr 111974: Apr 91975: Apr 121976: Apr 101982: Apr 91983: Apr 201984: Apr 181985: Apr 91986: Mar 221987: Apr 51988: Mar 301989: Apr 131990: Apr 81991: Mar 311992: Apr 281993: Apr 221995: Apr 21996: Apr 171997: Apr 171998: Mar 202000: Apr 92001: Apr 192003: Apr 12

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619701980199020001962: Nov 41963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Oct 251966: Oct 201967: Sep 291968: Oct 251969: Nov 41970: Oct 101971: Nov 41972: Oct 261973: Nov 61974: Nov 131975: Oct 191976: Oct 181981: Oct 231982: Oct 221983: Nov 121984: Oct 11985: Oct 61986: Nov 121987: Oct 121988: Oct 121989: Oct 201990: Oct 111991: Oct 61992: Sep 301993: Oct 221995: Oct 211996: Oct 181997: Oct 231998: Oct 222000: Oct 8

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
2003Apr 12no dataApr 11no data
2001Apr 19no dataMar 26no data
2000Apr 9Oct 8Apr 8Oct 9
1998Mar 20Oct 22Mar 20Nov 10
1997Apr 17Oct 23Mar 16Oct 28
1996Apr 17Oct 18Apr 7Oct 21
1995Apr 2Oct 21Mar 11Nov 4
1993Apr 22Oct 22Mar 15Oct 28
1992Apr 28Sep 30Apr 3Nov 4
1991Mar 31Oct 6Mar 31Nov 2
1990Apr 8Oct 11Apr 7Oct 26
1989Apr 13Oct 20Apr 11Oct 20
1988Mar 30Oct 12Mar 20Nov 17
1987Apr 5Oct 12Apr 5Oct 21
1986Mar 22Nov 12Mar 22Nov 12
1985Apr 9Oct 6Mar 5Dec 1
1984Apr 18Oct 1Mar 11Nov 12
1983Apr 20Nov 12Mar 25Nov 12
1982Apr 9Oct 22Mar 8Oct 23
1981no dataOct 23no dataOct 24
1976Apr 10Oct 18Feb 23Oct 18
1975Apr 12Oct 19Apr 4Nov 14
1974Apr 9Nov 13Apr 6Nov 15
1973Apr 11Nov 6Apr 11Nov 11
1972Apr 5Oct 26Apr 1Oct 26
1971Apr 14Nov 4Apr 8Nov 4
1970Apr 3Oct 10Apr 3Nov 6
1969Mar 30Nov 4Mar 14Nov 5
1968no dataOct 25no dataOct 29
1967Mar 18Sep 29Mar 18Nov 4
1966Apr 6Oct 20Apr 6Nov 3
1965Mar 27Oct 25Mar 26Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 9Oct 20
1963Mar 27Oct 29Mar 23Nov 2
1962Apr 16Nov 4Apr 16Nov 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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.