Wauchula, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00089401, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 60 ft, 27.548, -81.799. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 5	Dec 17
Earliest	Jan 3 (2008)	Nov 11 (1956)
Latest	Mar 5 (2013)	Dec 31 (2025)
Trend	0.8 days earlier per decade	3.6 days later per decade
Years with data	70, 10 with no freeze	68, 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 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.

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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 26	Dec 31	none	none
2024	none	none	none	none
2023	Jan 17	none	Jan 17	none
2022	Feb 1	Dec 24	Feb 1	none
2021	Feb 5	none	none	none
2020	Jan 23	none	none	none
2019	none	none	none	none
2018	Jan 19	none	Jan 19	none
2017	none	none	none	none
2016	none	none	none	none
2015	Feb 21	none	Feb 21	none
2014	Jan 24	none	Jan 20	none
2013	Mar 5	none	Feb 18	none
2012	Feb 13	Dec 22	Jan 16	Dec 23
2011	Jan 24	none	none	none
2010	no data	Dec 5	no data	Dec 7
2009	Jan 23	Dec 23	none	Dec 29
2008	Jan 3	none	Jan 3	none
2007	Feb 19	none	none	none
2006	Feb 15	none	Feb 15	none
2005	Feb 13	none	none	none
2004	Jan 29	no data	none	no data
2003	Jan 25	Dec 21	Jan 25	none
2002	Feb 28	no data	Jan 10	no data
2001	Feb 6	Dec 28	Jan 10	none
2000	Jan 28	Dec 20	none	none
1999	Jan 6	none	Jan 6	none
1998	none	none	none	none
1997	Jan 22	none	Jan 19	none
1996	Feb 18	none	Feb 6	none
1995	no data	Dec 25	no data	Dec 25
1994	none	no data	none	no data
1993	none	none	none	none
1992	Jan 25	none	none	none
1991	Feb 17	none	none	none
1990	none	none	none	none
1989	Feb 26	Dec 23	Feb 25	Dec 23
1988	Feb 27	Dec 19	none	Dec 19
1987	Feb 10	none	none	none
1986	Mar 2	none	Jan 29	none
1985	Feb 16	Dec 22	Jan 27	Dec 26
1984	no data	Dec 8	no data	none
1983	Jan 18	Dec 25	none	Dec 25
1982	Jan 16	Dec 18	Jan 12	none
1981	Feb 4	Nov 22	Jan 19	Dec 11
1980	Mar 4	none	Mar 3	none
1979	Feb 2	none	Jan 3	none
1978	Feb 25	none	Feb 23	none
1977	Mar 2	no data	Feb 22	no data
1976	Feb 10	none	Jan 19	none
1975	no data	Dec 22	no data	none
1974	Feb 26	Dec 5	none	none
1973	Jan 30	Dec 12	none	Dec 23
1972	Feb 21	Dec 17	none	none
1971	Mar 5	none	Feb 15	none
1970	Feb 4	Nov 25	Jan 11	Nov 25
1969	Feb 5	none	none	none
1968	Mar 2	Dec 5	Feb 9	Dec 16
1967	Feb 26	none	Feb 26	none
1966	Feb 6	Nov 29	Feb 5	Dec 25
1965	Feb 1	none	Jan 18	none
1964	Feb 24	none	none	none
1963	Jan 9	Dec 2	none	none
1962	Jan 13	Dec 8	Jan 13	Dec 11
1960	Jan 24	no data	Jan 24	no data
1959	Jan 19	Nov 30	Jan 19	Nov 30
1958	Feb 21	none	Feb 21	none
1957	Jan 19	no data	none	no data
1956	Jan 15	Nov 11	Jan 15	Nov 28
1955	Feb 13	Dec 17	Jan 30	none
1954	none	Dec 20	none	none
1953	none	none	none	none
1952	Feb 8	Dec 12	none	none
1951	Jan 27	Nov 19	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.