Plant City, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00087205, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 110 ft, 28.021, -82.139. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 8	Dec 12
Earliest	Jan 8 (2017)	Nov 4 (1966)
Latest	Mar 24 (1968)	Dec 27 (1993)
Trend	1.6 days earlier per decade	2.0 days later per decade
Years with data	67, 8 with no freeze	70, 37 with no freeze

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

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	none	Jan 25	none
2024	none	none	none	none
2023	Jan 16	none	none	none
2022	Jan 31	Dec 24	Jan 30	Dec 24
2021	none	none	none	none
2020	Jan 22	none	none	none
2019	none	none	none	none
2018	Jan 19	none	Jan 18	none
2017	Jan 8	none	none	none
2016	Jan 24	none	none	none
2015	Feb 20	none	none	none
2014	Jan 25	none	Jan 25	none
2013	Feb 18	none	none	none
2012	Feb 13	none	none	none
2011	Jan 23	none	none	none
2010	Feb 14	Dec 8	Jan 12	Dec 16
2009	Feb 6	none	Jan 22	none
2008	no data	none	no data	none
2007	no data	none	no data	none
2006	Feb 14	none	none	none
2005	Jan 25	none	none	none
2004	no data	none	no data	none
2003	Jan 25	Dec 21	Jan 24	none
2002	Feb 28	none	Jan 9	none
2001	Jan 27	none	Jan 1	none
2000	Feb 6	Nov 22	none	none
1999	Mar 5	Dec 26	Jan 8	none
1998	none	none	none	none
1997	Jan 19	none	Jan 19	none
1996	Mar 9	none	Feb 5	none
1995	Feb 9	Dec 11	Feb 9	Dec 25
1994	none	none	none	none
1993	Mar 15	Dec 27	none	none
1992	Jan 25	none	Jan 17	none
1991	Feb 17	none	none	none
1990	none	none	none	none
1989	Feb 26	Dec 4	Feb 25	Dec 24
1988	Jan 28	Dec 19	none	none
1987	Feb 10	none	none	none
1986	Mar 2	none	Jan 28	none
1985	Feb 16	Dec 22	Jan 27	Dec 26
1984	Mar 2	Dec 8	none	none
1983	Jan 17	Dec 25	none	Dec 25
1982	Jan 16	Dec 18	Jan 15	none
1981	Feb 5	no data	Jan 19	no data
1979	Feb 10	Dec 1	Jan 3	none
1977	Feb 22	Dec 23	Jan 21	Dec 27
1976	Feb 10	Nov 23	Jan 29	Dec 22
1975	no data	Dec 11	no data	Dec 19
1973	Feb 12	Dec 12	Jan 14	Dec 12
1971	Feb 15	none	Jan 28	none
1970	Feb 5	Nov 17	Feb 4	Nov 25
1969	Feb 19	Dec 14	none	none
1968	Mar 24	Dec 16	Jan 26	Dec 16
1967	Feb 26	Dec 24	Feb 26	none
1966	Feb 6	Nov 4	Feb 6	Dec 25
1965	Feb 1	Dec 1	Jan 29	none
1964	Feb 24	none	Jan 15	none
1963	Jan 25	Dec 19	none	none
1962	Mar 8	Dec 11	Jan 13	Dec 13
1961	Jan 23	Dec 26	Jan 22	Dec 26
1960	Feb 20	Dec 13	Jan 24	Dec 22
1959	Jan 19	Nov 30	Jan 11	Nov 30
1958	Feb 21	none	Feb 19	none
1957	Jan 19	Dec 1	Jan 19	Dec 12
1956	Jan 15	Nov 24	none	none
1955	Feb 13	none	Jan 14	none
1954	none	Dec 11	none	none
1953	none	none	none	none
1952	Feb 8	Dec 12	none	Dec 16
1951	Feb 4	none	Jan 9	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 to 2020 frost probabilities.