Last Frost Day

Frost history / Ft Pierce, FL

Ft Pierce, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00083207, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 25 ft, 27.442, -80.351. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJan 26Dec 22
EarliestJan 2 (2001)Nov 25 (1970)
LatestMar 15 (1993)Dec 31 (2000)
Trend1.3 days later per decade0.9 days later per decade
Years with data73, 39 with no freeze75, 61 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 22 and the median first fall date is Dec 25.

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)

Dec 16Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 3119601970198019902000201020201956: Jan 101958: Feb 191959: Jan 181960: Jan 221961: Jan 221964: Jan 141965: Jan 181966: Feb 51967: Feb 261968: Mar 21970: Feb 41971: Jan 201973: Feb 101976: Jan 181977: Jan 201978: Feb 231979: Jan 31980: Mar 31981: Jan 191982: Jan 151985: Feb 131986: Mar 21987: Jan 281989: Feb 261991: Feb 161993: Mar 151995: Feb 91996: Feb 181997: Jan 191999: Jan 62001: Jan 22003: Jan 252010: Mar 42018: Jan 19

First fall frost (32°F)

Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201957: Dec 121961: Dec 301962: Dec 111963: Dec 251968: Dec 151970: Nov 251975: Dec 221981: Dec 111983: Dec 251985: Dec 261989: Dec 231995: Dec 242000: Dec 312010: Dec 7

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
2025nonenonenonenone
2024nonenonenonenone
2023nonenonenonenone
2022nonenonenonenone
2021nonenonenonenone
2020nonenonenonenone
2019nonenonenonenone
2018Jan 19nonenonenone
2017nonenonenonenone
2016nonenonenonenone
2015nonenonenonenone
2014nonenonenonenone
2013nonenonenonenone
2012nonenonenonenone
2011nonenonenonenone
2010Mar 4Dec 7noneDec 27
2009no datanoneno datanone
2008nonenonenonenone
2007nonenonenonenone
2006nonenonenonenone
2005nonenonenonenone
2004nonenonenonenone
2003Jan 25nonenonenone
2002nonenonenonenone
2001Jan 2nonenonenone
2000noneDec 31nonenone
1999Jan 6nonenonenone
1998nonenonenonenone
1997Jan 19nonenonenone
1996Feb 18noneFeb 5none
1995Feb 9Dec 24noneDec 25
1994nonenonenonenone
1993Mar 15nonenonenone
1992nonenonenonenone
1991Feb 16nonenonenone
1990nonenonenonenone
1989Feb 26Dec 23Feb 25Dec 23
1988nonenonenonenone
1987Jan 28nonenonenone
1986Mar 2noneJan 28none
1985Feb 13Dec 26Jan 23Dec 26
1984nonenonenonenone
1983noneDec 25noneDec 26
1982Jan 15noneJan 12none
1981Jan 19Dec 11Jan 13none
1980Mar 3noneMar 3none
1979Jan 3nonenonenone
1978Feb 23nonenonenone
1977Jan 20noneJan 20none
1976Jan 18nonenonenone
1975noneDec 22nonenone
1974nonenonenonenone
1973Feb 10nonenonenone
1972nonenonenonenone
1971Jan 20noneJan 20none
1970Feb 4Nov 25Jan 10none
1969nonenonenonenone
1968Mar 2Dec 15nonenone
1967Feb 26nonenonenone
1966Feb 5noneJan 31none
1965Jan 18noneJan 18none
1964Jan 14nonenonenone
1963noneDec 25nonenone
1962noneDec 11noneDec 13
1961Jan 22Dec 30nonenone
1960Jan 22nonenonenone
1959Jan 18nonenonenone
1958Feb 19nonenonenone
1957noneDec 12noneDec 12
1956Jan 10nonenonenone
1955nonenonenonenone
1954nonenonenonenone
1953nonenonenonenone
1952nonenonenonenone
1951no datanoneno datanone

"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.