Last Frost Day

Frost history / Cross City 1 E, FL

Cross City 1 E, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00082008, 1951 to 2023, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 42 ft, 29.633, -83.105. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 11Nov 15
EarliestJan 21 (1997)Oct 26 (1968)
LatestApr 17 (1962)Dec 22 (1961)
Trend0.8 days earlier per decade0.9 days later per decade
Years with data5352, 3 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 13 and the median first fall date is Dec 1.

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)

Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Feb 91952: Mar 171953: Feb 161954: Mar 171956: Mar 261957: Mar 111958: Mar 221959: Mar 131960: Apr 111961: Mar 111962: Apr 171963: Mar 231964: Mar 311965: Mar 91966: Mar 81967: Feb 271968: Mar 251969: Mar 151972: Feb 211973: Feb 121975: Feb 81976: Mar 181977: Mar 21978: Mar 61979: Mar 261980: Mar 51981: Mar 171982: Jan 281983: Feb 131984: Mar 11985: Mar 191987: Feb 111989: Mar 121991: Feb 181993: Feb 201994: Feb 41995: Mar 101996: Mar 131997: Jan 211998: Mar 152008: Mar 262011: Mar 122012: Feb 142013: Mar 282014: Mar 152016: Mar 222017: Mar 182018: Mar 162019: Mar 72020: Mar 12021: Mar 82022: Feb 142023: Mar 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 81952: Oct 301953: Dec 151954: Nov 31955: Nov 51956: Nov 91957: Oct 281958: Dec 121959: Nov 291960: Dec 11961: Dec 221962: Oct 271963: Nov 31964: Dec 11965: Nov 241966: Nov 41967: Nov 81968: Oct 261969: Nov 151971: Nov 111972: Nov 271974: Nov 121975: Nov 151976: Nov 61977: Nov 121978: Dec 101979: Nov 301981: Nov 151982: Nov 61983: Nov 131984: Nov 121987: Oct 291989: Nov 241990: Dec 51991: Nov 121993: Nov 11995: Nov 151996: Nov 111997: Nov 172008: Nov 172011: Nov 122012: Nov 252013: Nov 292014: Nov 22016: Nov 202017: Nov 202018: Nov 282019: Dec 32020: Dec 1

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
2023Mar 21no dataJan 16no data
2022Feb 14no dataJan 30no data
2021Mar 8noneFeb 4none
2020Mar 1Dec 1Jan 23Dec 2
2019Mar 7Dec 3Jan 31none
2018Mar 16Nov 28Mar 16Dec 12
2017Mar 18Nov 20Mar 16Dec 10
2016Mar 22Nov 20Feb 27none
2014Mar 15Nov 2Feb 28Nov 19
2013Mar 28Nov 29Mar 4Nov 29
2012Feb 14Nov 25Feb 14Nov 25
2011Mar 12Nov 12Feb 13Nov 12
2008Mar 26Nov 17Mar 25Nov 19
1998Mar 15no dataJan 1no data
1997Jan 21Nov 17Jan 20none
1996Mar 13Nov 11Mar 10Dec 20
1995Mar 10Nov 15Feb 10Dec 11
1994Feb 4noneFeb 4none
1993Feb 20Nov 1Feb 19Dec 12
1991Feb 18Nov 12Feb 18Nov 25
1990no dataDec 5no datanone
1989Mar 12Nov 24Feb 26Dec 4
1987Feb 11Oct 29Feb 11Nov 13
1986no datanoneno datanone
1985Mar 19no dataFeb 17no data
1984Mar 1Nov 12Feb 7Dec 7
1983Feb 13Nov 13Jan 30Dec 24
1982Jan 28Nov 6Jan 28Dec 18
1981Mar 17Nov 15Feb 13Nov 22
1980Mar 5no dataMar 5no data
1979Mar 26Nov 30Feb 12Nov 30
1978Mar 6Dec 10Feb 24Dec 18
1977Mar 2Nov 12Feb 22Nov 13
1976Mar 18Nov 6Feb 8Nov 6
1975Feb 8Nov 15Jan 17Dec 12
1974no dataNov 12no dataDec 4
1973Feb 12no dataFeb 12no data
1972Feb 21Nov 27Feb 5Dec 18
1971no dataNov 11no datanone
1969Mar 15Nov 15Feb 6Nov 15
1968Mar 25Oct 26Mar 24Nov 12
1967Feb 27Nov 8Feb 27Nov 19
1966Mar 8Nov 4Feb 7Nov 4
1965Mar 9Nov 24Feb 26Dec 1
1964Mar 31Dec 1Mar 31none
1963Mar 23Nov 3Feb 28Nov 3
1962Apr 17Oct 27Mar 8Dec 7
1961Mar 11Dec 22Jan 23Dec 25
1960Apr 11Dec 1Mar 22Dec 4
1959Mar 13Nov 29Jan 19Nov 29
1958Mar 22Dec 12Feb 22Dec 19
1957Mar 11Oct 28Mar 10Dec 1
1956Mar 26Nov 9Mar 26Nov 10
1955no dataNov 5no dataNov 5
1954Mar 17Nov 3Mar 7Dec 4
1953Feb 16Dec 15Jan 13Dec 18
1952Mar 17Oct 30Feb 8Dec 12
1951Feb 9Nov 8Feb 9Nov 9

"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.