Frost history / Metter, GA
Metter, GA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00095811, 1956 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 120 ft, 32.396, -82.061. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 11 | Nov 16 |
| Earliest | Jan 27 (1990) | Oct 29 (1976) |
| Latest | Apr 20 (1983) | Dec 11 (1958) |
| Trend | 1.5 days earlier per decade | 0.5 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 37 | 38 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 17 and the median first fall date is Dec 2.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mar 17 | no data | Mar 16 | no data |
| 2016 | Feb 11 | Nov 21 | Feb 11 | none |
| 2014 | Mar 14 | no data | Feb 28 | no data |
| 2013 | Mar 27 | Nov 13 | Mar 4 | Nov 14 |
| 2012 | Feb 13 | Nov 25 | Feb 13 | Nov 26 |
| 2011 | Feb 13 | Nov 11 | Jan 24 | Nov 12 |
| 2010 | Mar 7 | Nov 7 | Feb 17 | Dec 6 |
| 2009 | Mar 5 | Dec 6 | Mar 4 | none |
| 2008 | Mar 9 | Nov 18 | Feb 28 | Nov 19 |
| 2007 | Apr 8 | Nov 8 | Feb 17 | Dec 18 |
| 1994 | Feb 15 | Nov 28 | Feb 4 | none |
| 1992 | no data | Nov 7 | no data | none |
| 1991 | Feb 27 | no data | Feb 17 | no data |
| 1990 | Jan 27 | Dec 5 | Jan 14 | none |
| 1989 | Mar 8 | Nov 16 | Feb 25 | Dec 4 |
| 1988 | Mar 17 | Dec 3 | Feb 13 | Dec 13 |
| 1987 | Apr 1 | Nov 12 | Feb 10 | Dec 17 |
| 1986 | Mar 23 | Nov 14 | Mar 2 | none |
| 1985 | Mar 19 | Dec 3 | Feb 16 | Dec 15 |
| 1984 | Mar 11 | Nov 9 | Mar 1 | Nov 30 |
| 1983 | Apr 20 | Nov 18 | Feb 9 | Dec 25 |
| 1982 | no data | Nov 6 | no data | none |
| 1981 | no data | Nov 22 | no data | Dec 6 |
| 1978 | Mar 6 | no data | Mar 5 | no data |
| 1977 | Mar 1 | Nov 14 | Feb 10 | Nov 27 |
| 1976 | Mar 22 | Oct 29 | Jan 20 | Nov 8 |
| 1975 | no data | Nov 15 | no data | Dec 11 |
| 1972 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | Nov 24 |
| 1971 | Mar 11 | Nov 22 | Feb 14 | none |
| 1970 | Mar 17 | Nov 17 | Mar 15 | Nov 24 |
| 1968 | no data | Nov 13 | no data | Nov 21 |
| 1967 | Mar 19 | Nov 7 | Feb 27 | Nov 9 |
| 1966 | Mar 9 | Nov 4 | Mar 7 | Dec 4 |
| 1965 | Mar 22 | Nov 30 | Feb 26 | Dec 2 |
| 1964 | Mar 31 | Dec 1 | Jan 16 | Dec 1 |
| 1963 | Feb 28 | Nov 14 | Feb 28 | Nov 15 |
| 1962 | Mar 18 | Dec 6 | Feb 7 | Dec 7 |
| 1961 | Feb 10 | Nov 30 | Feb 4 | Dec 24 |
| 1960 | Mar 24 | Nov 8 | Mar 22 | Dec 2 |
| 1959 | Feb 22 | no data | Feb 21 | no data |
| 1958 | Mar 22 | Dec 11 | Feb 20 | Dec 11 |
| 1957 | Mar 10 | Nov 21 | Jan 19 | Dec 1 |
| 1956 | Mar 23 | Nov 10 | Jan 18 | Nov 23 |
"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.