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Frost history / Sheridan, AR

Sheridan, AR: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00036562, 1977 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 250 ft, 34.302, -92.391. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 31Nov 2
EarliestMar 5 (2012)Oct 12 (1977)
LatestApr 22 (2021)Nov 27 (2004)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data4445

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 15 and the median first fall date is Nov 13.

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 30198019902000201020201978: Apr 211979: Apr 51980: Apr 151981: Apr 61982: Apr 111984: Mar 101985: Apr 101986: Mar 231987: Apr 51988: Mar 201989: Apr 111990: Apr 91991: Mar 311992: Apr 31993: Mar 151995: Mar 111996: Apr 81997: Mar 171998: Mar 221999: Mar 282000: Apr 102001: Mar 182002: Mar 282003: Apr 12004: Mar 132005: Mar 192007: Apr 82008: Mar 252009: Apr 72010: Mar 82011: Mar 122012: Mar 52013: Apr 52014: Apr 172015: Mar 92016: Mar 222018: Apr 172019: Apr 32020: Apr 162021: Apr 222022: Apr 102023: Mar 212024: Mar 202025: Mar 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11198019902000201020201977: Oct 121978: Oct 171979: Nov 41980: Oct 251981: Oct 241982: Oct 241984: Nov 111985: Nov 81986: Nov 121987: Oct 131988: Nov 161989: Oct 191990: Nov 61991: Nov 21992: Nov 61993: Oct 281994: Nov 241995: Nov 41996: Nov 31997: Oct 281998: Nov 61999: Oct 252001: Oct 282002: Nov 72003: Nov 252004: Nov 272005: Oct 262006: Oct 222007: Nov 72008: Oct 282009: Nov 252010: Oct 302011: Oct 312012: Oct 282013: Nov 132014: Nov 12015: Nov 142016: Nov 132017: Oct 282018: Nov 102019: Nov 12020: Nov 162021: Nov 42023: Nov 12024: Oct 17

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 22no dataMar 22no data
2024Mar 20Oct 17Mar 20Nov 29
2023Mar 21Nov 1Mar 21Nov 1
2022Apr 10no dataMar 14no data
2021Apr 22Nov 4Mar 4Nov 7
2020Apr 16Nov 16Feb 28Dec 1
2019Apr 3Nov 1Mar 7Nov 1
2018Apr 17Nov 10Mar 15Nov 10
2017no dataOct 28no dataOct 29
2016Mar 22Nov 13Mar 22Nov 21
2015Mar 9Nov 14Mar 8Nov 22
2014Apr 17Nov 1Mar 27Nov 14
2013Apr 5Nov 13Mar 28Nov 13
2012Mar 5Oct 28Feb 26Nov 13
2011Mar 12Oct 31Feb 14Nov 18
2010Mar 8Oct 30Mar 6Nov 6
2009Apr 7Nov 25Mar 5Nov 27
2008Mar 25Oct 28Mar 25Nov 16
2007Apr 8Nov 7Apr 7Nov 9
2006no dataOct 22no dataNov 3
2005Mar 19Oct 26Mar 10Nov 17
2004Mar 13Nov 27Feb 28Dec 1
2003Apr 1Nov 25Mar 31Nov 25
2002Mar 28Nov 7Mar 24Nov 27
2001Mar 18Oct 28Mar 11Nov 20
2000Apr 10no dataMar 13no data
1999Mar 28Oct 25Mar 16Nov 3
1998Mar 22Nov 6Mar 13Dec 15
1997Mar 17Oct 28Feb 13Nov 17
1996Apr 8Nov 3Apr 7Nov 3
1995Mar 11Nov 4Mar 11Nov 4
1994no dataNov 24no dataNov 30
1993Mar 15Oct 28Mar 15Oct 31
1992Apr 3Nov 6Mar 13Nov 6
1991Mar 31Nov 2Mar 10Nov 4
1990Apr 9Nov 6Mar 3Nov 30
1989Apr 11Oct 19Apr 11Nov 17
1988Mar 20Nov 16Mar 17Nov 21
1987Apr 5Oct 13Apr 5Nov 11
1986Mar 23Nov 12Mar 23Nov 13
1985Apr 10Nov 8Mar 1Dec 2
1984Mar 10Nov 11Mar 10Nov 22
1982Apr 11Oct 24Mar 8Oct 25
1981Apr 6Oct 24Mar 20Oct 24
1980Apr 15Oct 25Mar 18Oct 25
1979Apr 5Nov 4Apr 5Nov 14
1978Apr 21Oct 17Mar 27Nov 8
1977no dataOct 12no dataNov 11

"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.