Last Frost Day

Frost history / Ashburn 3 Ene, GA

Ashburn 3 Ene, GA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00090406, 1957 to 2002, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 435 ft, 31.700, -83.623. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 9Nov 18
EarliestJan 31 (1961)Oct 21 (1989)
LatestApr 4 (1987)Dec 18 (1998)
Trend0.5 days earlier per decade1.1 days later per decade
Years with data3538

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 26 and the median first fall date is Dec 7.

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)

Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15196019701980199020001958: Feb 221959: Feb 221960: Mar 221961: Jan 311962: Mar 71965: Mar 221966: Mar 101967: Mar 201968: Mar 251969: Mar 131971: Mar 211972: Mar 101974: Feb 281975: Mar 91976: Feb 91978: Mar 61979: Feb 211980: Mar 41984: Mar 121985: Feb 171986: Mar 231987: Apr 41988: Mar 201989: Feb 261991: Mar 11992: Apr 21993: Mar 151995: Mar 101996: Mar 91997: Feb 121998: Mar 111999: Feb 252000: Feb 102001: Feb 72002: Mar 23

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26196019701980199020001957: Oct 291958: Nov 291959: Nov 191960: Nov 301961: Nov 101962: Dec 61965: Nov 181966: Nov 31967: Nov 61968: Oct 271969: Nov 151970: Nov 171971: Nov 221972: Nov 231973: Nov 301974: Nov 161975: Nov 151976: Oct 291977: Nov 131978: Dec 101979: Nov 301980: Nov 201983: Nov 131984: Nov 131986: Dec 71987: Nov 211988: Nov 291989: Oct 211990: Dec 31991: Nov 31992: Nov 281993: Oct 311997: Nov 161998: Dec 181999: Dec 12000: Nov 222001: Oct 292002: Nov 24

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
2002Mar 23Nov 24Mar 6Dec 27
2001Feb 7Oct 29Jan 27Dec 26
2000Feb 10Nov 22Feb 6Nov 22
1999Feb 25Dec 1Feb 22Dec 1
1998Mar 11Dec 18Mar 11Dec 18
1997Feb 12Nov 16Jan 18Nov 17
1996Mar 9no dataMar 9no data
1995Mar 10no dataFeb 9no data
1993Mar 15Oct 31Mar 14Dec 16
1992Apr 2Nov 28Feb 8none
1991Mar 1Nov 3Feb 16Nov 4
1990no dataDec 3no dataDec 5
1989Feb 26Oct 21Feb 26Dec 4
1988Mar 20Nov 29Feb 13Dec 13
1987Apr 4Nov 21Feb 10Nov 22
1986Mar 23Dec 7Feb 13none
1985Feb 17no dataFeb 17no data
1984Mar 12Nov 13Mar 2Dec 7
1983no dataNov 13no dataDec 24
1980Mar 4Nov 20Mar 4Dec 26
1979Feb 21Nov 30Feb 20Nov 30
1978Mar 6Dec 10Mar 5Dec 10
1977no dataNov 13no dataDec 7
1976Feb 9Oct 29Feb 8Nov 6
1975Mar 9Nov 15Mar 5Dec 19
1974Feb 28Nov 16Feb 27Dec 18
1973no dataNov 30no dataDec 11
1972Mar 10Nov 23Feb 5Nov 27
1971Mar 21Nov 22Mar 4none
1970no dataNov 17no dataNov 24
1969Mar 13Nov 15Mar 11Nov 15
1968Mar 25Oct 27Mar 25Nov 21
1967Mar 20Nov 6Feb 27Nov 7
1966Mar 10Nov 3Mar 7Dec 25
1965Mar 22Nov 18Feb 26Dec 1
1962Mar 7Dec 6Mar 6Dec 10
1961Jan 31Nov 10Jan 31Dec 24
1960Mar 22Nov 30Mar 21Dec 2
1959Feb 22Nov 19Feb 21Nov 29
1958Feb 22Nov 29Feb 21Dec 12
1957no dataOct 29no dataDec 12

"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.