Last Frost Day

Frost history / Surrency, GA

Surrency, GA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00098476, 1957 to 2003, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 200 ft, 31.708, -82.197. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 22Nov 6
EarliestFeb 24 (1973)Oct 10 (2000)
LatestApr 23 (1993)Dec 17 (1998)
Trend2.9 days later per decade1.0 days later per decade
Years with data4342

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 28 and the median first fall date is Nov 18.

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 30196019701980199020001957: Mar 111958: Mar 221959: Mar 81960: Mar 241961: Mar 111962: Apr 161963: Mar 241964: Mar 311965: Mar 221966: Mar 251967: Mar 191968: Mar 251972: Mar 101973: Feb 241974: Feb 281975: Mar 151976: Mar 181978: Mar 191979: Mar 261980: Mar 41981: Mar 211982: Mar 81983: Mar 131984: Mar 101985: Apr 101986: Mar 231987: Apr 11988: Mar 201989: Apr 121990: Mar 221991: Mar 111992: Apr 41993: Apr 231994: Mar 181995: Mar 111996: Apr 111997: Apr 21998: Mar 141999: Mar 162000: Apr 102001: Apr 192002: Mar 232003: Apr 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26196019701980199020001957: Oct 281958: Nov 121959: Nov 191960: Nov 71961: Nov 91962: Oct 251963: Oct 301964: Nov 231965: Oct 261966: Nov 41967: Oct 291968: Oct 261972: Nov 91973: Oct 301974: Oct 241975: Nov 141976: Oct 291977: Oct 141978: Oct 161979: Nov 151980: Nov 121981: Nov 81982: Nov 61984: Nov 81985: Dec 31986: Dec 61987: Oct 231988: Oct 141989: Nov 171990: Nov 191991: Nov 41992: Nov 141993: Nov 11994: Nov 241995: Nov 91996: Oct 201997: Nov 171998: Dec 171999: Oct 252000: Oct 102001: Oct 182002: Nov 18

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
2003Apr 1no dataFeb 11no data
2002Mar 23Nov 18Mar 23Nov 23
2001Apr 19Oct 18Feb 19Oct 28
2000Apr 10Oct 10Feb 7Nov 22
1999Mar 16Oct 25Mar 5Nov 17
1998Mar 14Dec 17Mar 13Dec 18
1997Apr 2Nov 17Feb 12Dec 6
1996Apr 11Oct 20Mar 23Nov 28
1995Mar 11Nov 9Feb 9Nov 16
1994Mar 18Nov 24Feb 25none
1993Apr 23Nov 1Mar 15Nov 2
1992Apr 4Nov 14Mar 17Nov 30
1991Mar 11Nov 4Feb 27Nov 12
1990Mar 22Nov 19Jan 30Dec 5
1989Apr 12Nov 17Feb 25Dec 4
1988Mar 20Oct 14Mar 16Nov 29
1987Apr 1Oct 23Feb 10Nov 12
1986Mar 23Dec 6Mar 23none
1985Apr 10Dec 3Mar 19Dec 7
1984Mar 10Nov 8Mar 2Nov 14
1983Mar 13no dataFeb 9no data
1982Mar 8Nov 6Jan 28Dec 18
1981Mar 21Nov 8Mar 17Nov 22
1980Mar 4Nov 12Mar 4Nov 29
1979Mar 26Nov 15Feb 27Nov 30
1978Mar 19Oct 16Mar 18Dec 6
1977no dataOct 14no dataNov 11
1976Mar 18Oct 29Feb 8Nov 6
1975Mar 15Nov 14Mar 4Nov 15
1974Feb 28Oct 24Feb 28Nov 13
1973Feb 24Oct 30Feb 24Nov 11
1972Mar 10Nov 9Feb 21Nov 18
1968Mar 25Oct 26Mar 14Nov 14
1967Mar 19Oct 29Feb 27Nov 7
1966Mar 25Nov 4Mar 7Nov 4
1965Mar 22Oct 26Mar 9Dec 1
1964Mar 31Nov 23Mar 31Dec 1
1963Mar 24Oct 30Feb 28Oct 31
1962Apr 16Oct 25Mar 6Oct 25
1961Mar 11Nov 9Feb 11Nov 10
1960Mar 24Nov 7Mar 22Nov 7
1959Mar 8Nov 19Feb 22Nov 19
1958Mar 22Nov 12Feb 21Nov 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.