Last Frost Day

Frost history / Hastings 4NE, FL

Hastings 4NE, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00083874, 1978 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 10 ft, 29.765, -81.470. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianFeb 17Dec 7
EarliestJan 16 (1982)Nov 13 (1987)
LatestMar 28 (2013)Dec 31 (1998)
Trend4.1 days earlier per decade1.4 days later per decade
Years with data47, 3 with no freeze48, 21 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 3 and the median first fall date is Dec 20.

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)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15198019902000201020201978: Feb 231979: Feb 121980: Mar 41981: Mar 211982: Jan 161983: Feb 91984: Mar 21985: Mar 191986: Feb 141988: Mar 171989: Feb 261990: Jan 271991: Mar 111992: Mar 171993: Mar 151994: Feb 31995: Feb 101996: Mar 131997: Jan 211998: Mar 141999: Mar 52000: Feb 62001: Mar 82002: Mar 52003: Jan 282004: Jan 302005: Feb 132006: Feb 152007: Feb 202008: Feb 282009: Mar 52010: Mar 82011: Feb 142012: Feb 142013: Mar 282014: Jan 242015: Feb 222016: Feb 122017: Mar 172018: Jan 202021: Feb 52022: Jan 312023: Jan 172025: Jan 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 10198019902000201020201979: Dec 11981: Nov 221982: Dec 191983: Dec 251984: Dec 71985: Dec 221987: Nov 131988: Dec 131989: Dec 41990: Dec 101991: Nov 261993: Dec 121995: Nov 231996: Dec 101997: Dec 71998: Dec 311999: Dec 22000: Nov 222001: Dec 272003: Dec 212004: Dec 152008: Dec 32010: Dec 22012: Nov 272014: Nov 202020: Dec 262022: Dec 24

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
2025Jan 26nonenonenone
2024nonenonenonenone
2023Jan 17nonenonenone
2022Jan 31Dec 24Jan 31Dec 24
2021Feb 5nonenonenone
2020noneDec 26nonenone
2019nonenonenonenone
2018Jan 20noneJan 19none
2017Mar 17nonenonenone
2016Feb 12noneJan 25none
2015Feb 22noneFeb 21none
2014Jan 24Nov 20Jan 8none
2013Mar 28noneMar 4none
2012Feb 14Nov 27Feb 14Dec 23
2011Feb 14noneJan 24none
2010Mar 8Dec 2Jan 14Dec 2
2009Mar 5noneFeb 7none
2008Feb 28Dec 3Jan 4none
2007Feb 20noneFeb 18none
2006Feb 15noneFeb 15none
2005Feb 13noneJan 25none
2004Jan 30Dec 15Jan 30Dec 21
2003Jan 28Dec 21Jan 26none
2002Mar 5noneMar 5none
2001Mar 8Dec 27Jan 26Dec 27
2000Feb 6Nov 22Feb 6Nov 22
1999Mar 5Dec 2Jan 6none
1998Mar 14Dec 31nonenone
1997Jan 21Dec 7Jan 19none
1996Mar 13Dec 10Mar 9Dec 20
1995Feb 10Nov 23Feb 10Dec 12
1994Feb 3noneFeb 3none
1993Mar 15Dec 12Mar 15Dec 27
1992Mar 17noneJan 21none
1991Mar 11Nov 26Feb 17Nov 26
1990Jan 27Dec 10nonenone
1989Feb 26Dec 4Feb 26Dec 14
1988Mar 17Dec 13Jan 28Dec 19
1987no dataNov 13no datanone
1986Feb 14noneJan 29none
1985Mar 19Dec 22Feb 16Dec 22
1984Mar 2Dec 7noneDec 8
1983Feb 9Dec 25noneDec 25
1982Jan 16Dec 19Jan 15none
1981Mar 21Nov 22Feb 12Dec 12
1980Mar 4noneMar 4none
1979Feb 12Dec 1Feb 2none
1978Feb 23noneFeb 23none

"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.