Frost history / Tampa Bay Area Wfo, FL
Tampa Bay Area Wfo, FL: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00088782, 1977 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 40 ft, 27.705, -82.401. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jan 26 | Dec 20 |
| Earliest | Jan 1 (1984) | Dec 4 (1989) |
| Latest | Mar 9 (1996) | Dec 27 (1993) |
| Trend | 4.4 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 48, 17 with no freeze | 48, 37 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 19 and the median first fall date is Dec 25.
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 | none | none | none | none |
| 2024 | none | none | none | none |
| 2023 | none | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Jan 30 | Dec 24 | none | none |
| 2021 | none | none | none | none |
| 2020 | none | none | none | none |
| 2019 | none | none | none | none |
| 2018 | Jan 18 | none | Jan 18 | none |
| 2017 | none | none | none | none |
| 2016 | none | none | none | none |
| 2015 | Feb 20 | none | none | none |
| 2014 | none | none | none | none |
| 2013 | none | none | none | none |
| 2012 | Jan 4 | none | none | none |
| 2011 | Jan 13 | none | none | none |
| 2010 | Jan 12 | Dec 14 | Jan 11 | none |
| 2009 | Feb 6 | no data | none | no data |
| 2008 | Jan 3 | none | Jan 3 | none |
| 2007 | none | none | none | none |
| 2006 | Feb 14 | none | none | none |
| 2005 | Jan 24 | none | none | none |
| 2004 | none | none | none | none |
| 2003 | Jan 24 | none | Jan 24 | none |
| 2002 | Jan 5 | none | none | none |
| 2001 | Jan 26 | none | Jan 5 | none |
| 2000 | no data | Dec 20 | no data | none |
| 1999 | Jan 6 | none | Jan 6 | 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 | none |
| 1994 | none | none | none | none |
| 1993 | none | Dec 27 | none | none |
| 1992 | Jan 17 | none | none | none |
| 1991 | Feb 17 | none | none | none |
| 1990 | none | none | none | none |
| 1989 | Feb 25 | Dec 4 | Feb 25 | Dec 24 |
| 1988 | Jan 28 | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 1987 | Jan 24 | none | none | none |
| 1986 | Mar 2 | none | Jan 28 | none |
| 1985 | Jan 27 | Dec 26 | Jan 22 | Dec 26 |
| 1984 | Jan 1 | none | none | none |
| 1983 | none | Dec 25 | none | Dec 25 |
| 1982 | Jan 15 | none | Jan 12 | none |
| 1981 | Jan 19 | Dec 11 | Jan 14 | none |
| 1980 | Mar 4 | none | Mar 3 | none |
| 1979 | Feb 10 | none | Jan 3 | none |
| 1978 | Feb 7 | none | none | none |
| 1977 | Feb 22 | Dec 23 | Jan 20 | 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.