Frost history / Arcadia, FL
Arcadia, FL: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00080228, 1951 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 25 ft, 27.218, -81.874. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 13 | Dec 15 |
| Earliest | Jan 3 (2008) | Nov 13 (1974) |
| Latest | Apr 8 (1971) | Dec 26 (1961) |
| Trend | 0.5 days earlier per decade | 0.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 60, 9 with no freeze | 61, 34 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 27 and the median first fall date is Dec 18.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jan 22 | none | none | none |
| 2019 | none | none | none | none |
| 2018 | Jan 19 | none | Jan 19 | none |
| 2017 | none | none | none | none |
| 2016 | none | none | none | none |
| 2015 | Feb 20 | none | none | none |
| 2014 | Jan 23 | none | none | none |
| 2013 | Mar 4 | none | none | none |
| 2012 | Feb 13 | Dec 23 | Jan 15 | none |
| 2011 | Jan 23 | none | none | none |
| 2010 | Mar 7 | Dec 7 | Jan 13 | Dec 8 |
| 2009 | Mar 3 | none | Feb 6 | none |
| 2008 | Jan 3 | none | Jan 3 | none |
| 2007 | Feb 21 | none | Feb 19 | none |
| 2006 | Feb 15 | none | none | none |
| 2004 | Jan 29 | no data | none | no data |
| 2003 | Jan 26 | none | Jan 24 | none |
| 2002 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2001 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2000 | no data | Dec 19 | no data | Dec 20 |
| 1999 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1998 | none | none | none | none |
| 1997 | Jan 20 | none | Jan 18 | none |
| 1996 | Mar 8 | none | Feb 17 | none |
| 1995 | Feb 9 | Dec 25 | Feb 9 | Dec 25 |
| 1994 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1992 | Mar 17 | no data | none | no data |
| 1991 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1990 | none | none | none | none |
| 1989 | Feb 24 | Dec 4 | Feb 24 | Dec 4 |
| 1988 | Feb 28 | Dec 14 | none | Dec 19 |
| 1987 | Feb 10 | none | none | none |
| 1986 | Mar 3 | none | Jan 30 | none |
| 1985 | Feb 14 | Dec 17 | Jan 23 | Dec 26 |
| 1984 | Feb 7 | Dec 9 | none | none |
| 1983 | Jan 18 | Dec 25 | none | Dec 25 |
| 1982 | Jan 16 | none | Jan 12 | none |
| 1981 | Feb 5 | Dec 11 | Feb 4 | Dec 11 |
| 1980 | Mar 4 | none | Mar 3 | none |
| 1979 | Feb 2 | none | none | none |
| 1978 | Feb 23 | none | Feb 23 | none |
| 1977 | Feb 22 | Dec 23 | Jan 22 | Dec 27 |
| 1976 | Feb 10 | Dec 22 | none | none |
| 1975 | Jan 15 | Dec 22 | none | none |
| 1974 | Feb 27 | Nov 13 | none | none |
| 1973 | Feb 17 | no data | Jan 14 | no data |
| 1972 | Feb 21 | no data | Feb 21 | no data |
| 1971 | Apr 8 | none | Feb 15 | none |
| 1970 | Feb 4 | Nov 17 | Jan 11 | Nov 25 |
| 1969 | Feb 19 | Dec 14 | none | none |
| 1968 | Mar 2 | Nov 21 | Feb 9 | Dec 16 |
| 1967 | Feb 26 | Dec 24 | Feb 26 | none |
| 1966 | Feb 6 | Dec 15 | Feb 6 | Dec 25 |
| 1965 | Feb 27 | none | Jan 18 | none |
| 1963 | Jan 9 | no data | none | no data |
| 1962 | Mar 8 | Dec 12 | Mar 8 | Dec 12 |
| 1961 | Jan 23 | Dec 26 | Jan 22 | Dec 26 |
| 1960 | no data | Dec 13 | no data | Dec 17 |
| 1959 | Jan 19 | Nov 30 | Jan 19 | none |
| 1958 | Feb 21 | Dec 20 | Feb 14 | none |
| 1957 | none | Dec 12 | none | Dec 12 |
| 1956 | Jan 15 | no data | Jan 15 | no data |
| 1955 | Feb 13 | Dec 17 | none | none |
| 1954 | none | Dec 21 | none | none |
| 1953 | none | none | none | none |
| 1952 | none | none | none | none |
| 1951 | Jan 27 | none | Jan 9 | none |
"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.