Last Frost Day

Frost history / Moore Haven Lock 1, FL

Moore Haven Lock 1, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00085895, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 35 ft, 26.840, -81.087. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJan 23Dec 22
EarliestJan 4 (2008)Nov 25 (1970)
LatestMar 4 (1980)Dec 31 (2000)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade1.6 days later per decade
Years with data70, 39 with no freeze71, 58 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 20 and the median first fall date is Dec 16.

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 1619601970198019902000201020201951: Feb 31956: Jan 151958: Feb 211959: Jan 191960: Jan 221961: Jan 221962: Jan 141964: Jan 161965: Jan 191966: Feb 51967: Feb 261970: Jan 111971: Feb 101973: Jan 301976: Jan 181977: Feb 171978: Feb 231980: Mar 41981: Feb 51985: Jan 231986: Mar 21996: Feb 61997: Jan 202001: Jan 102003: Jan 252007: Feb 202008: Jan 42009: Feb 62010: Jan 132011: Jan 142018: Jan 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201957: Dec 121961: Dec 261962: Dec 131968: Dec 161970: Nov 251973: Dec 221981: Dec 111983: Dec 251985: Dec 261989: Dec 241995: Dec 252000: Dec 312010: Dec 9

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
2023no datanoneno datanone
2020nonenonenonenone
2019nonenonenonenone
2018Jan 5nonenonenone
2017nonenonenonenone
2016nonenonenonenone
2015nonenonenonenone
2014nonenonenonenone
2013nonenonenonenone
2012nonenonenonenone
2011Jan 14nonenonenone
2010Jan 13Dec 9Jan 12Dec 15
2009Feb 6noneFeb 6none
2008Jan 4nonenonenone
2007Feb 20nonenonenone
2006nonenonenonenone
2005nonenonenonenone
2004nonenonenonenone
2003Jan 25nonenonenone
2002nonenonenonenone
2001Jan 10no dataJan 5no data
2000noneDec 31nonenone
1999nonenonenonenone
1998nonenonenonenone
1997Jan 20noneJan 20none
1996Feb 6nonenonenone
1995no dataDec 25no datanone
1994nonenonenonenone
1993nonenonenonenone
1992nonenonenonenone
1991nonenonenonenone
1990nonenonenonenone
1989noneDec 24noneDec 24
1988nonenonenonenone
1987nonenonenonenone
1986Mar 2noneJan 28none
1985Jan 23Dec 26Jan 23none
1984nonenonenonenone
1983noneDec 25noneDec 26
1982no datanoneno datanone
1981Feb 5Dec 11Jan 14Dec 11
1980Mar 4noneMar 4none
1979nonenonenonenone
1978Feb 23nonenonenone
1977Feb 17noneJan 21none
1976Jan 18no datanoneno data
1975nonenonenonenone
1974nonenonenonenone
1973Jan 30Dec 22nonenone
1972nonenonenonenone
1971Feb 10nonenonenone
1970Jan 11Nov 25nonenone
1969nonenonenonenone
1968noneDec 16noneDec 16
1967Feb 26nonenonenone
1966Feb 5nonenonenone
1965Jan 19nonenonenone
1964Jan 16noneJan 2none
1963nonenonenonenone
1962Jan 14Dec 13noneDec 13
1961Jan 22Dec 26nonenone
1960Jan 22nonenonenone
1959Jan 19nonenonenone
1958Feb 21nonenonenone
1957noneDec 12nonenone
1956Jan 15noneJan 9none
1955nonenonenonenone
1954nonenonenonenone
1953nonenonenonenone
1952nonenonenonenone
1951Feb 3nonenonenone

"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.