Frost history / Quitman 2 Nw, GA
Quitman 2 Nw, GA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00097276, 1951 to 2005, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 185 ft, 30.784, -83.569. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 11 | Nov 13 |
| Earliest | Feb 1 (1990) | Oct 25 (1962) |
| Latest | Apr 17 (1962) | Dec 22 (2001) |
| Trend | 3.9 days earlier per decade | 2.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 46 | 40, 1 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 17 and the median first fall date is Nov 30.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | no data | Nov 23 | no data | Dec 22 |
| 2004 | Mar 23 | no data | Feb 9 | no data |
| 2003 | Feb 12 | no data | Jan 29 | no data |
| 2002 | Mar 6 | Nov 18 | Mar 6 | Nov 24 |
| 2001 | Feb 7 | Dec 22 | Jan 27 | Dec 26 |
| 2000 | Feb 11 | Nov 14 | Feb 8 | Nov 22 |
| 1998 | Mar 14 | Dec 16 | Mar 13 | Dec 18 |
| 1997 | Feb 12 | Nov 17 | Feb 12 | Dec 28 |
| 1996 | Mar 13 | Nov 10 | Mar 10 | Dec 20 |
| 1995 | Feb 10 | Nov 13 | Feb 10 | Dec 10 |
| 1994 | Feb 4 | none | Feb 4 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 16 | Nov 1 | Mar 16 | Dec 12 |
| 1992 | Mar 17 | Nov 28 | Feb 9 | none |
| 1991 | Feb 17 | Nov 4 | Feb 17 | Nov 25 |
| 1990 | Feb 1 | no data | Jan 14 | no data |
| 1989 | Feb 26 | Nov 17 | Feb 26 | Dec 4 |
| 1988 | Mar 16 | Nov 29 | Feb 17 | Dec 3 |
| 1987 | Apr 1 | Nov 12 | Feb 10 | Nov 22 |
| 1986 | Mar 23 | no data | Feb 14 | no data |
| 1985 | Feb 17 | Dec 3 | Feb 17 | Dec 15 |
| 1984 | Mar 9 | Nov 9 | Mar 2 | Nov 13 |
| 1983 | Mar 25 | Nov 13 | Feb 10 | Nov 13 |
| 1982 | Mar 8 | Nov 6 | Jan 27 | Dec 18 |
| 1981 | Mar 13 | Nov 14 | Feb 13 | Nov 15 |
| 1980 | no data | Nov 7 | no data | Dec 26 |
| 1979 | Feb 20 | no data | Feb 12 | no data |
| 1978 | no data | Dec 10 | no data | Dec 10 |
| 1976 | Feb 23 | Nov 6 | Feb 9 | Nov 6 |
| 1973 | Feb 18 | Nov 11 | Feb 18 | Dec 11 |
| 1972 | Mar 11 | no data | Feb 6 | no data |
| 1971 | Mar 22 | Nov 22 | Feb 15 | none |
| 1970 | Feb 28 | Nov 17 | Feb 28 | Nov 17 |
| 1969 | Mar 12 | Nov 15 | Feb 11 | Nov 15 |
| 1968 | Mar 25 | Nov 13 | Mar 5 | Nov 21 |
| 1967 | Feb 27 | Nov 7 | Feb 27 | Dec 24 |
| 1966 | Mar 10 | Nov 3 | Mar 9 | Nov 4 |
| 1965 | Mar 21 | Oct 26 | Feb 27 | Nov 18 |
| 1964 | Mar 31 | Dec 1 | Mar 31 | Dec 1 |
| 1963 | Mar 1 | Oct 31 | Mar 1 | Nov 3 |
| 1962 | Apr 17 | Oct 25 | Mar 18 | Oct 27 |
| 1961 | no data | Nov 9 | no data | Nov 30 |
| 1960 | Apr 11 | no data | Mar 21 | no data |
| 1959 | Mar 13 | Nov 29 | Feb 21 | Nov 29 |
| 1958 | no data | Nov 20 | no data | Nov 30 |
| 1957 | Mar 10 | no data | Mar 10 | no data |
| 1956 | Mar 21 | no data | Mar 21 | no data |
| 1955 | Mar 31 | no data | Mar 27 | no data |
| 1954 | Mar 17 | no data | none | no data |
| 1953 | Feb 18 | Nov 27 | Jan 13 | Dec 18 |
| 1952 | Feb 8 | Oct 30 | Jan 31 | Dec 15 |
| 1951 | Mar 14 | Nov 9 | Feb 9 | Nov 21 |
"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.