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Frost history / Jesup 8 S, GA

Jesup 8 S, GA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00094676, 1957 to 2005, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 100 ft, 31.508, -81.863. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 19Nov 12
EarliestFeb 24 (1973)Oct 5 (1987)
LatestApr 29 (1967)Dec 15 (2004)
Trend1.3 days earlier per decade3.4 days later per decade
Years with data3938

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 4 and the median first fall date is Nov 24.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15196019701980199020001957: Mar 111958: Mar 221959: Mar 131960: Apr 111961: Mar 111962: Apr 171963: Mar 241964: Mar 311965: Mar 221966: Apr 111967: Apr 291968: Mar 251969: Mar 141970: Mar 171971: Mar 271972: Mar 101973: Feb 241974: Feb 281975: Mar 151976: Mar 181977: Mar 21978: Mar 191979: Mar 271980: Mar 41981: Mar 211982: Mar 91983: Mar 131984: Mar 101985: Apr 101986: Mar 231987: Apr 51988: Mar 201989: Apr 21990: Mar 211991: Mar 121992: Mar 172000: Mar 132001: Apr 192005: Mar 4

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26196019701980199020001957: Oct 281958: Nov 221959: Nov 201960: Nov 41961: Nov 101962: Oct 251963: Oct 301964: Dec 11965: Oct 261966: Nov 41967: Nov 51968: Oct 271969: Nov 151970: Nov 171971: Nov 111972: Nov 181973: Nov 111974: Nov 131975: Nov 161976: Oct 291977: Oct 181978: Dec 61979: Nov 151980: Nov 121981: Nov 81982: Nov 61983: Nov 131984: Nov 131985: Dec 71986: Oct 211987: Oct 51988: Nov 291989: Nov 171990: Nov 191992: Nov 301999: Nov 42000: Nov 222004: Dec 15

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
2005Mar 4no dataFeb 19no data
2004no dataDec 15no dataDec 15
2001Apr 19no dataFeb 20no data
2000Mar 13Nov 22Feb 7Nov 22
1999no dataNov 4no dataDec 1
1992Mar 17Nov 30Feb 9none
1991Mar 12no dataFeb 17no data
1990Mar 21Nov 19Jan 27Dec 5
1989Apr 2Nov 17Feb 26Dec 4
1988Mar 20Nov 29Mar 20Dec 2
1987Apr 5Oct 5Apr 1Oct 30
1986Mar 23Oct 21Mar 23none
1985Apr 10Dec 7Mar 19Dec 15
1984Mar 10Nov 13Mar 2Nov 14
1983Mar 13Nov 13Feb 9Dec 8
1982Mar 9Nov 6Feb 14Nov 6
1981Mar 21Nov 8Mar 15Nov 15
1980Mar 4Nov 12Mar 4Nov 30
1979Mar 27Nov 15Feb 20Nov 30
1978Mar 19Dec 6Mar 6Dec 10
1977Mar 2Oct 18Mar 1Nov 13
1976Mar 18Oct 29Feb 10Nov 9
1975Mar 15Nov 16Mar 4Nov 16
1974Feb 28Nov 13Feb 28Nov 28
1973Feb 24Nov 11Feb 17Dec 12
1972Mar 10Nov 18Mar 6Nov 24
1971Mar 27Nov 11Mar 9none
1970Mar 17Nov 17Mar 16Nov 17
1969Mar 14Nov 15Mar 14Nov 15
1968Mar 25Oct 27Mar 25Nov 14
1967Apr 29Nov 5Mar 2Nov 8
1966Apr 11Nov 4Mar 8Nov 4
1965Mar 22Oct 26Mar 9Nov 30
1964Mar 31Dec 1Mar 31Dec 1
1963Mar 24Oct 30Feb 28Nov 3
1962Apr 17Oct 25Mar 6Nov 6
1961Mar 11Nov 10Mar 11Nov 10
1960Apr 11Nov 4Mar 22Nov 8
1959Mar 13Nov 20Feb 22Nov 30
1958Mar 22Nov 22Mar 22Nov 30
1957Mar 11Oct 28Mar 10Dec 1

"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.