Ocala, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00086414, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 75 ft, 29.164, -82.078. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 17	Dec 1
Earliest	Jan 4 (1953)	Oct 21 (1989)
Latest	Apr 1 (2003)	Dec 31 (2016)
Trend	1.5 days earlier per decade	0.5 days later per decade
Years with data	69, 1 with no freeze	71, 16 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 9 and the median first fall date is Dec 15.

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)

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	Jan 25	Nov 12	Jan 25	none
2024	Jan 21	Dec 3	none	none
2023	Jan 16	none	none	none
2022	Jan 31	Dec 24	Jan 31	Dec 24
2021	Feb 4	none	none	none
2020	Jan 22	Dec 2	none	Dec 26
2019	Jan 21	none	none	none
2018	Jan 19	Dec 12	Jan 19	none
2017	Jan 8	Dec 11	none	none
2016	Feb 11	Dec 31	Jan 24	none
2015	no data	none	no data	none
2014	Feb 14	Nov 20	Jan 7	none
2013	Mar 4	Nov 28	Mar 4	none
2012	Feb 13	Nov 26	Feb 13	Dec 23
2011	Feb 14	none	Jan 23	none
2010	Mar 7	Dec 2	Feb 14	Dec 8
2009	Mar 3	Dec 29	Feb 21	none
2008	Feb 28	Nov 20	Jan 3	none
2007	Feb 20	Nov 17	Feb 18	none
2006	Feb 16	none	Feb 14	none
2005	Mar 20	none	Mar 20	none
2004	Feb 19	Dec 15	Jan 29	Dec 21
2003	Apr 1	Nov 30	Jan 25	Dec 21
2002	Mar 5	Nov 24	Mar 5	none
2001	Jan 26	no data	Jan 26	no data
2000	Feb 6	Nov 22	Feb 6	Nov 22
1999	Feb 23	Dec 2	Jan 6	Dec 26
1998	Mar 13	none	none	none
1997	Jan 20	Dec 7	Jan 19	none
1996	Mar 9	Dec 20	Feb 17	Dec 21
1995	Feb 9	Nov 23	Feb 9	Dec 11
1994	Feb 3	none	Feb 3	none
1993	Mar 15	Dec 12	Mar 15	Dec 27
1992	Feb 9	Dec 13	Jan 17	none
1991	Feb 17	Nov 26	Feb 17	none
1990	Jan 27	none	none	none
1989	Feb 26	Oct 21	Feb 25	Dec 4
1988	Mar 17	Dec 2	Mar 16	Dec 18
1987	Feb 11	Nov 13	Feb 10	none
1986	Mar 24	none	Mar 2	none
1985	Mar 19	Dec 15	Feb 16	Dec 22
1984	Mar 2	Nov 13	Mar 2	Dec 8
1983	Feb 9	Dec 8	Feb 9	Dec 25
1982	Jan 27	Dec 18	Jan 27	Dec 18
1981	Mar 21	Nov 15	Feb 12	Nov 22
1980	Mar 4	none	Mar 4	none
1978	no data	Dec 10	no data	none
1977	Feb 22	Nov 12	Feb 22	Nov 13
1976	Mar 18	no data	Feb 10	no data
1975	Mar 4	Nov 15	Jan 15	Dec 11
1974	Feb 27	no data	Feb 27	no data
1973	Feb 17	Nov 30	Feb 12	Dec 12
1972	Feb 5	Dec 17	none	none
1971	Feb 14	none	Feb 10	none
1970	Feb 10	Nov 17	Feb 4	Nov 25
1969	none	Nov 15	none	none
1968	Mar 1	Nov 13	none	Dec 16
1967	Feb 27	none	Feb 26	none
1966	Mar 7	Dec 25	Feb 6	none
1965	Feb 26	none	Jan 18	none
1964	Feb 12	none	Jan 15	none
1963	Feb 27	Nov 15	Jan 25	none
1962	no data	Dec 7	no data	Dec 13
1961	Jan 22	Dec 25	Jan 22	Dec 26
1960	no data	Dec 13	no data	Dec 14
1959	Jan 19	Nov 29	Jan 19	Nov 30
1958	Feb 21	Dec 18	Feb 21	none
1957	Mar 10	Dec 1	none	Dec 1
1956	no data	Nov 23	no data	Nov 28
1955	Feb 13	Nov 30	Feb 13	none
1954	Mar 7	Nov 3	none	none
1953	Jan 4	Dec 18	none	none
1952	Jan 30	Dec 15	none	Dec 16
1951	Feb 8	Nov 18	Feb 3	none

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.