Last Frost Day

Frost history / Harrison, AR

Harrison, AR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00033164, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,132 ft, 36.196, -93.106. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 14Oct 19
EarliestMar 15 (2017)Sep 29 (1967)
LatestMay 4 (1954)Nov 13 (2016)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade1.6 days later per decade
Years with data3432

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 1 and the median first fall date is Oct 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 1519601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 231952: Apr 161953: Apr 211954: May 41955: Apr 81956: Apr 231957: Apr 141958: Apr 121959: Apr 231960: May 11961: May 21962: Apr 161963: May 11964: Apr 91965: Mar 271966: Apr 101967: Mar 191968: Apr 151969: Mar 311970: Apr 51971: Apr 141972: Apr 41973: Apr 111974: Apr 172016: Mar 252017: Mar 152018: Apr 162019: Apr 12020: Apr 182021: Apr 222022: Apr 12023: Apr 242024: Apr 222025: Mar 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 11952: Oct 31953: Oct 291954: Nov 21955: Oct 141956: Oct 81957: Oct 191958: Oct 21959: Oct 181960: Oct 201961: Oct 151962: Oct 261963: Nov 111964: Oct 61966: Oct 161967: Sep 291968: Oct 41969: Oct 151970: Oct 101971: Nov 71972: Oct 261973: Nov 61974: Oct 162016: Nov 132017: Oct 282018: Nov 92019: Oct 122021: Nov 42022: Oct 182023: Oct 302024: Oct 162025: Nov 2

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 21Nov 2Mar 6Nov 9
2024Apr 22Oct 16Mar 27Oct 16
2023Apr 24Oct 30Mar 20Oct 31
2022Apr 1Oct 18Apr 1Oct 19
2021Apr 22Nov 4Apr 21Nov 5
2020Apr 18no dataFeb 27no data
2019Apr 1Oct 12Apr 1Nov 1
2018Apr 16Nov 9Apr 8Nov 9
2017Mar 15Oct 28Mar 15Oct 29
2016Mar 25Nov 13Feb 26Nov 20
1974Apr 17Oct 16Apr 9Oct 16
1973Apr 11Nov 6Apr 11Nov 6
1972Apr 4Oct 26Apr 4Nov 22
1971Apr 14Nov 7Mar 25Nov 7
1970Apr 5Oct 10Apr 3Nov 16
1969Mar 31Oct 15Mar 30Oct 28
1968Apr 15Oct 4Apr 5Oct 25
1967Mar 19Sep 29Mar 18Oct 28
1966Apr 10Oct 16Apr 6Oct 20
1965Mar 27no dataMar 27no data
1964Apr 9Oct 6Apr 9Oct 20
1963May 1Nov 11Mar 22Nov 13
1962Apr 16Oct 26Apr 16Nov 4
1961May 2Oct 15Mar 10Oct 26
1960May 1Oct 20Mar 23Oct 20
1959Apr 23Oct 18Apr 14Oct 18
1958Apr 12Oct 2Apr 8Oct 27
1957Apr 14Oct 19Apr 14Oct 26
1956Apr 23Oct 8Apr 20Nov 9
1955Apr 8Oct 14Mar 29Oct 19
1954May 4Nov 2Apr 1Nov 2
1953Apr 21Oct 29Apr 20Oct 29
1952Apr 16Oct 3Mar 26Oct 7
1951Apr 23Nov 1Apr 23Nov 2

"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.