Live Oak, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00085099, 1953 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 120 ft, 30.289, -82.965. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 9	Nov 16
Earliest	Jan 20 (1997)	Oct 21 (1989)
Latest	Apr 9 (2007)	Dec 25 (1994)
Trend	3.9 days earlier per decade	2.5 days later per decade
Years with data	62	64, 4 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 17 and the median first fall date is Dec 3.

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)

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
2025	Feb 21	Nov 11	Jan 25	none
2024	no data	Dec 1	no data	none
2023	no data	Nov 29	no data	none
2022	Jan 30	no data	Jan 30	no data
2021	Feb 4	none	none	none
2020	no data	Dec 2	no data	Dec 25
2015	Feb 20	none	Feb 20	none
2014	Jan 23	no data	Jan 7	no data
2013	no data	Nov 28	no data	none
2012	Feb 13	Nov 25	Feb 13	none
2011	Feb 9	none	Jan 27	none
2009	Mar 4	Dec 21	Feb 24	Dec 21
2008	Feb 28	no data	Feb 28	no data
2007	Apr 9	no data	Feb 19	no data
2006	Mar 27	Dec 5	Feb 14	none
2005	Mar 2	Nov 23	Mar 2	Dec 21
2004	Feb 19	Dec 15	Jan 29	Dec 15
2003	Feb 3	Nov 30	Jan 28	Nov 30
2002	Mar 6	Nov 18	Mar 5	Dec 28
2001	Mar 8	Dec 21	Jan 26	Dec 27
2000	Mar 13	Nov 15	Feb 7	Nov 22
1999	Mar 16	Nov 4	Feb 23	Dec 2
1998	Mar 14	Dec 18	none	none
1997	Jan 20	Nov 17	Jan 19	Dec 7
1996	Mar 24	Dec 20	Mar 10	Dec 20
1995	Feb 22	Nov 13	Feb 9	Nov 15
1994	Feb 4	Dec 25	Feb 3	none
1993	Mar 15	Nov 1	Mar 15	Dec 26
1992	Feb 9	Nov 15	Feb 9	none
1991	Mar 11	Nov 11	Feb 17	Nov 25
1990	Mar 21	Nov 19	Jan 27	Dec 5
1989	Feb 26	Oct 21	Feb 26	Dec 3
1988	Mar 21	Nov 29	Mar 16	Dec 3
1987	Apr 1	Oct 29	Feb 11	Nov 13
1986	no data	none	no data	none
1985	Mar 19	Dec 7	Feb 17	Dec 15
1984	Mar 10	Nov 13	Mar 1	Dec 7
1983	Mar 25	Nov 13	Feb 9	Dec 8
1982	Mar 8	Nov 6	Jan 27	Dec 18
1981	Mar 17	Nov 14	Feb 12	Nov 21
1980	Mar 4	Nov 29	Mar 4	none
1979	Mar 26	Nov 16	Feb 12	Nov 30
1978	Mar 6	Dec 10	Feb 23	Dec 18
1977	Mar 1	Nov 11	Feb 22	Nov 11
1976	Feb 24	Nov 6	Feb 9	Nov 9
1975	Mar 4	Nov 15	Feb 8	Dec 11
1974	Feb 27	Nov 13	Feb 27	Nov 28
1973	Feb 24	Oct 30	Feb 17	Dec 10
1972	Mar 10	Nov 27	Feb 21	Dec 17
1971	Mar 31	Nov 11	Mar 21	none
1970	Mar 15	Nov 17	Feb 13	Nov 17
1969	Mar 14	Nov 15	Mar 14	Nov 15
1968	Mar 25	Oct 27	Mar 5	Nov 14
1967	no data	Nov 10	no data	Nov 20
1966	Mar 8	Nov 3	Feb 6	Dec 15
1965	Mar 9	Dec 1	Feb 26	Dec 1
1964	Mar 31	Dec 1	Mar 31	Dec 1
1963	Mar 23	Nov 3	Feb 27	Nov 3
1962	Mar 19	Oct 25	Mar 6	Nov 11
1961	Mar 11	Dec 21	Feb 4	Dec 26
1960	Mar 22	Dec 1	Mar 22	Dec 4
1959	Feb 22	Nov 29	Jan 23	Nov 29
1958	Feb 22	Dec 12	Feb 22	Dec 12
1957	Mar 10	Oct 28	Jan 20	Dec 1
1956	Mar 26	Nov 10	Mar 21	Nov 10
1955	Mar 29	Nov 5	Feb 13	Nov 29
1954	Mar 17	Nov 1	none	Nov 3
1953	Feb 18	Nov 27	Jan 13	Dec 18

"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.