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Frost history / Paragould 1S, AR

Paragould 1S, AR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00035563, 1980 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 270 ft, 36.034, -90.498. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 27Nov 7
EarliestMar 2 (2016)Oct 4 (1987)
LatestApr 20 (1983)Nov 30 (2020)
Trend3.1 days earlier per decade2.0 days later per decade
Years with data4645

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 19.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30198019902000201020201980: Mar 181981: Mar 191982: Apr 121983: Apr 201984: Mar 281985: Apr 101986: Mar 221987: Apr 41988: Mar 191989: Apr 111990: Apr 131991: Mar 311992: Apr 31993: Mar 181994: Apr 71995: Mar 101996: Mar 271997: Mar 161998: Mar 131999: Mar 272000: Apr 92001: Mar 272002: Mar 272003: Mar 312004: Mar 102005: Mar 142006: Mar 262007: Apr 82008: Apr 152009: Mar 132010: Mar 62011: Mar 112012: Mar 32013: Mar 282014: Mar 272015: Mar 292016: Mar 22017: Mar 162018: Apr 92019: Apr 22020: Mar 72021: Apr 22022: Mar 142023: Mar 212024: Mar 202025: Mar 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11198019902000201020201980: Oct 301981: Oct 241982: Oct 221983: Nov 51984: Nov 31985: Nov 211986: Nov 121987: Oct 41988: Nov 171989: Nov 31990: Nov 181991: Nov 21992: Nov 71993: Oct 301994: Nov 241995: Nov 41996: Nov 31997: Nov 41998: Nov 71999: Nov 262000: Nov 142001: Oct 282002: Nov 132003: Nov 142004: Nov 252005: Nov 172006: Nov 32007: Nov 72009: Nov 272010: Oct 302011: Nov 112012: Nov 82013: Nov 132014: Nov 22015: Nov 222016: Nov 202017: Oct 282018: Nov 102019: Nov 12020: Nov 302021: Nov 62022: Oct 182023: Oct 312024: Nov 292025: Nov 10

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 10Feb 24Nov 10
2024Mar 20Nov 29Mar 20Nov 30
2023Mar 21Oct 31Mar 21Dec 11
2022Mar 14Oct 18Mar 13Nov 17
2021Apr 2Nov 6Feb 23Nov 23
2020Mar 7Nov 30Feb 27Dec 1
2019Apr 2Nov 1Mar 7Nov 1
2018Apr 9Nov 10Apr 8Nov 10
2017Mar 16Oct 28Mar 16Nov 20
2016Mar 2Nov 20Feb 17Dec 8
2015Mar 29Nov 22Mar 8Nov 22
2014Mar 27Nov 2Mar 27Nov 13
2013Mar 28Nov 13Mar 22Nov 13
2012Mar 3Nov 8Feb 13Nov 28
2011Mar 11Nov 11Mar 11Dec 1
2010Mar 6Oct 30Mar 5Nov 26
2009Mar 13Nov 27Mar 4Dec 4
2008Apr 15no dataMar 24no data
2007Apr 8Nov 7Apr 8Dec 6
2006Mar 26Nov 3Feb 21Nov 21
2005Mar 14Nov 17Mar 10Nov 17
2004Mar 10Nov 25Feb 18Dec 2
2003Mar 31Nov 14Mar 11Nov 25
2002Mar 27Nov 13Mar 23Nov 23
2001Mar 27Oct 28Mar 27Nov 21
2000Apr 9Nov 14Feb 20Nov 15
1999Mar 27Nov 26Mar 4Dec 7
1998Mar 13Nov 7Mar 13Dec 22
1997Mar 16Nov 4Jan 30Nov 16
1996Mar 27Nov 3Mar 26Nov 3
1995Mar 10Nov 4Mar 10Nov 12
1994Apr 7Nov 24Apr 7Dec 11
1993Mar 18Oct 30Mar 14Nov 1
1992Apr 3Nov 7Mar 11Nov 7
1991Mar 31Nov 2Feb 27Nov 3
1990Apr 13Nov 18Feb 25Dec 5
1989Apr 11Nov 3Apr 11Nov 17
1988Mar 19Nov 17Mar 16Nov 17
1987Apr 4Oct 4Mar 31Nov 12
1986Mar 22Nov 12Mar 22Nov 13
1985Apr 10Nov 21Feb 28Dec 2
1984Mar 28Nov 3Mar 9Nov 12
1983Apr 20Nov 5Apr 20Nov 12
1982Apr 12Oct 22Apr 9Nov 4
1981Mar 19Oct 24Mar 7Oct 24
1980Mar 18Oct 30Mar 14Nov 19

"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.