Last Frost Day

Frost history / Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, FL

Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00088824, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6 ft, 28.152, -82.754. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJan 28Dec 19
EarliestJan 3 (2008)Nov 8 (2004)
LatestMar 9 (1996)Dec 31 (2023)
Trend1.6 days earlier per decade0.8 days later per decade
Years with data74, 26 with no freeze73, 46 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 20 and the median first fall date is Dec 21.

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 41955: Feb 131956: Jan 151957: Jan 191958: Feb 211959: Jan 201960: Jan 241961: Jan 231962: Jan 141963: Jan 251964: Feb 121966: Feb 61970: Feb 51971: Feb 151972: Feb 211973: Jan 141974: Feb 271976: Jan 291977: Jan 221978: Feb 71979: Feb 101980: Feb 271981: Feb 121982: Jan 151984: Mar 11985: Jan 271986: Jan 291987: Feb 101988: Jan 121989: Feb 251991: Feb 171992: Jan 211995: Feb 91996: Mar 91997: Jan 191999: Jan 62000: Jan 272001: Jan 102002: Feb 282003: Jan 242008: Jan 32009: Feb 52010: Jan 122011: Jan 132012: Jan 42015: Feb 202018: Jan 182023: Jan 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201955: Nov 301957: Dec 11959: Nov 301960: Dec 131961: Dec 261962: Dec 131963: Dec 191968: Dec 161969: Dec 271970: Nov 251973: Dec 121975: Dec 191977: Dec 231981: Dec 201983: Dec 251984: Dec 81985: Dec 221988: Dec 191989: Dec 241993: Dec 271995: Dec 112000: Dec 202004: Nov 82010: Dec 142020: Dec 22022: Dec 242023: Dec 31

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
2023Jan 15Dec 31nonenone
2022noneDec 24noneDec 24
2021nonenonenonenone
2020noneDec 2noneDec 18
2019nonenonenonenone
2018Jan 18noneJan 18none
2017nonenonenonenone
2016nonenonenonenone
2015Feb 20nonenonenone
2014nonenonenonenone
2013nonenonenonenone
2012Jan 4nonenonenone
2011Jan 13nonenonenone
2010Jan 12Dec 14noneDec 29
2009Feb 5nonenonenone
2008Jan 3nonenonenone
2007nonenonenonenone
2006nonenonenonenone
2005nonenonenonenone
2004noneNov 8noneDec 13
2003Jan 24noneJan 24none
2002Feb 28nonenonenone
2001Jan 10nonenonenone
2000Jan 27Dec 20nonenone
1999Jan 6noneJan 6none
1998nonenonenonenone
1997Jan 19noneJan 19none
1996Mar 9no dataFeb 5no data
1995Feb 9Dec 11Feb 9none
1994nonenonenonenone
1993noneDec 27nonenone
1992Jan 21no dataJan 17no data
1991Feb 17nonenonenone
1990nonenonenonenone
1989Feb 25Dec 24noneDec 24
1988Jan 12Dec 19nonenone
1987Feb 10nonenonenone
1986Jan 29noneJan 28none
1985Jan 27Dec 22Jan 21Dec 26
1984Mar 1Dec 8nonenone
1983noneDec 25noneDec 25
1982Jan 15noneJan 12none
1981Feb 12Dec 20Jan 14Dec 21
1980Feb 27nonenonenone
1979Feb 10noneJan 3none
1978Feb 7nonenonenone
1977Jan 22Dec 23Jan 20none
1976Jan 29noneJan 19none
1975noneDec 19nonenone
1974Feb 27nonenonenone
1973Jan 14Dec 12Jan 14none
1972Feb 21nonenonenone
1971Feb 15noneJan 28none
1970Feb 5Nov 25Jan 10Nov 25
1969noneDec 27noneDec 27
1968noneDec 16noneDec 17
1967no datanoneno datanone
1966Feb 6noneJan 31none
1965nonenonenonenone
1964Feb 12noneJan 16none
1963Jan 25Dec 19nonenone
1962Jan 14Dec 13noneDec 13
1961Jan 23Dec 26nonenone
1960Jan 24Dec 13Jan 24none
1959Jan 20Nov 30Jan 20none
1958Feb 21noneFeb 14none
1957Jan 19Dec 1noneDec 12
1956Jan 15nonenonenone
1955Feb 13Nov 30nonenone
1954nonenonenonenone
1953nonenonenonenone
1952nonenonenonenone
1951Feb 4nonenonenone

"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.