Frost history / Blairsville Exp Stn, GA
Blairsville Exp Stn, GA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00090969, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,949 ft, 34.854, -83.944. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 30 | Oct 12 |
| Earliest | Apr 1 (2003) | Sep 14 (1953) |
| Latest | May 31 (1984) | Nov 6 (2004) |
| Trend | 1.8 days earlier per decade | 1.4 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 66 | 64 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 18 and the median first fall date is Oct 23.
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 | Apr 17 | Oct 24 | Apr 14 | Nov 10 |
| 2024 | Apr 24 | Oct 17 | Mar 29 | Oct 17 |
| 2023 | May 1 | Oct 9 | Apr 25 | Nov 1 |
| 2022 | Apr 20 | Sep 29 | Apr 11 | Oct 20 |
| 2021 | Apr 23 | Oct 18 | Apr 23 | Nov 7 |
| 2020 | May 11 | Oct 17 | May 11 | Nov 3 |
| 2019 | Apr 16 | Oct 18 | Apr 4 | Nov 1 |
| 2018 | May 1 | Oct 22 | Apr 23 | Oct 22 |
| 2017 | Apr 10 | Oct 19 | Apr 10 | Oct 26 |
| 2016 | Apr 11 | Oct 23 | Apr 11 | Oct 24 |
| 2015 | May 4 | Oct 17 | May 4 | Oct 18 |
| 2014 | Apr 17 | Oct 5 | Apr 17 | Oct 6 |
| 2013 | no data | Oct 20 | no data | Oct 20 |
| 2010 | no data | Oct 5 | no data | Nov 6 |
| 2009 | Apr 22 | Oct 19 | Apr 10 | Oct 19 |
| 2008 | May 1 | Oct 19 | Apr 16 | Oct 30 |
| 2007 | May 19 | no data | Apr 11 | no data |
| 2005 | May 4 | Oct 27 | Mar 19 | Oct 27 |
| 2004 | May 5 | Nov 6 | Apr 6 | Nov 6 |
| 2003 | Apr 1 | Oct 16 | Apr 1 | Nov 14 |
| 2002 | May 21 | Oct 18 | Apr 5 | Nov 8 |
| 2001 | Apr 26 | Oct 7 | Apr 20 | Oct 18 |
| 2000 | Apr 28 | Oct 8 | Apr 11 | Oct 8 |
| 1999 | Apr 20 | Sep 24 | Apr 20 | Oct 25 |
| 1998 | Apr 12 | Oct 23 | Apr 12 | Oct 23 |
| 1997 | May 17 | Oct 23 | Apr 14 | Oct 23 |
| 1996 | no data | Oct 12 | no data | Oct 20 |
| 1995 | May 3 | no data | Apr 26 | no data |
| 1994 | Apr 8 | Oct 27 | Apr 8 | Oct 27 |
| 1993 | Apr 28 | Oct 4 | Apr 23 | Oct 29 |
| 1992 | Apr 29 | Oct 12 | Apr 29 | Oct 20 |
| 1988 | May 26 | no data | Apr 21 | no data |
| 1987 | Apr 30 | no data | Apr 29 | no data |
| 1986 | May 4 | Oct 17 | May 4 | Nov 14 |
| 1985 | Apr 11 | no data | Apr 10 | no data |
| 1984 | May 31 | Oct 2 | Apr 19 | Oct 2 |
| 1983 | Apr 27 | Sep 23 | Apr 21 | Oct 28 |
| 1982 | Apr 24 | Oct 17 | Apr 24 | Oct 26 |
| 1981 | May 3 | Oct 3 | Mar 26 | Oct 20 |
| 1980 | May 1 | Oct 7 | Apr 17 | Oct 13 |
| 1979 | May 26 | Oct 8 | Mar 27 | Oct 14 |
| 1978 | Apr 28 | Oct 8 | Apr 22 | Oct 8 |
| 1977 | May 11 | Oct 4 | Apr 9 | Oct 14 |
| 1976 | May 19 | Oct 11 | Apr 27 | Oct 18 |
| 1975 | Apr 22 | Oct 20 | Apr 13 | Oct 31 |
| 1974 | Apr 26 | Oct 1 | Apr 25 | Oct 3 |
| 1973 | May 18 | Oct 18 | May 18 | Oct 18 |
| 1972 | Apr 27 | Oct 20 | Apr 26 | Oct 20 |
| 1971 | May 5 | Oct 8 | May 4 | Nov 5 |
| 1970 | May 7 | Oct 5 | Apr 8 | Oct 17 |
| 1969 | Apr 30 | Oct 18 | Apr 25 | Oct 18 |
| 1968 | May 7 | Oct 5 | May 6 | Oct 5 |
| 1967 | Apr 29 | Sep 30 | Apr 29 | Sep 30 |
| 1966 | May 10 | Oct 2 | Apr 11 | Oct 29 |
| 1965 | Apr 17 | Oct 10 | Mar 23 | Oct 25 |
| 1964 | Apr 16 | Oct 6 | Apr 11 | Oct 11 |
| 1963 | May 2 | Oct 16 | May 2 | Oct 17 |
| 1962 | Apr 22 | Sep 29 | Apr 22 | Oct 24 |
| 1961 | May 28 | Oct 4 | May 28 | Oct 5 |
| 1960 | May 14 | Oct 21 | May 14 | Oct 25 |
| 1959 | May 16 | Oct 19 | Apr 24 | Oct 26 |
| 1958 | May 8 | Oct 8 | Apr 13 | Oct 28 |
| 1957 | May 7 | Oct 19 | Apr 16 | Oct 19 |
| 1956 | May 17 | Oct 8 | Apr 21 | Nov 9 |
| 1955 | Apr 9 | Oct 15 | Apr 8 | Oct 25 |
| 1954 | May 22 | Oct 16 | Mar 23 | Oct 17 |
| 1953 | Apr 28 | Sep 14 | Apr 22 | Oct 30 |
| 1952 | May 14 | Oct 4 | Apr 17 | Oct 21 |
| 1951 | Apr 18 | Oct 11 | Apr 18 | Oct 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.