Frost history / W Pt, GA
W Pt, GA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00099291, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 575 ft, 32.886, -85.184. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 23 | Nov 6 |
| Earliest | Feb 19 (1997) | Oct 19 (1981) |
| Latest | Apr 21 (1953) | Dec 16 (1998) |
| Trend | 1.7 days earlier per decade | 2.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 56 | 52 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 9 and the median first fall date is Nov 15.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Mar 6 | Nov 17 | Feb 14 | Nov 25 |
| 2011 | Mar 12 | Nov 11 | Feb 14 | Nov 11 |
| 2010 | Mar 8 | Nov 6 | Mar 8 | Dec 2 |
| 2009 | Apr 9 | Dec 1 | Mar 5 | Dec 6 |
| 2008 | Mar 26 | no data | Mar 26 | no data |
| 2007 | Apr 9 | Nov 8 | Apr 8 | Nov 8 |
| 2006 | Mar 27 | no data | Mar 27 | no data |
| 2005 | Mar 19 | no data | Mar 3 | no data |
| 2002 | Mar 24 | Nov 17 | Mar 6 | Nov 25 |
| 2001 | Apr 19 | Oct 27 | Feb 7 | Nov 21 |
| 2000 | Apr 9 | no data | Feb 8 | no data |
| 1999 | Mar 16 | no data | Feb 16 | no data |
| 1998 | no data | Dec 16 | no data | Dec 18 |
| 1997 | Feb 19 | Nov 16 | Feb 17 | Nov 17 |
| 1996 | Mar 23 | Nov 4 | Mar 12 | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | Mar 11 | Nov 12 | Feb 10 | Nov 15 |
| 1994 | Mar 12 | Dec 1 | Feb 15 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 16 | Nov 1 | Mar 16 | Nov 1 |
| 1992 | Apr 3 | Nov 7 | Mar 12 | Nov 30 |
| 1991 | Mar 17 | Nov 4 | Feb 17 | Nov 4 |
| 1990 | Mar 21 | Nov 19 | Jan 28 | Dec 1 |
| 1989 | Mar 10 | Oct 20 | Feb 24 | Dec 4 |
| 1988 | Mar 17 | Nov 29 | Mar 16 | Dec 3 |
| 1987 | Apr 4 | Oct 29 | Apr 1 | Nov 22 |
| 1986 | Mar 23 | Nov 14 | Mar 23 | Dec 6 |
| 1985 | no data | Dec 3 | no data | Dec 3 |
| 1984 | no data | Nov 7 | no data | Nov 7 |
| 1983 | Apr 20 | Nov 6 | Mar 24 | Nov 17 |
| 1982 | Mar 9 | Oct 25 | Mar 9 | Nov 5 |
| 1981 | Mar 21 | Oct 19 | Mar 20 | Nov 12 |
| 1980 | Mar 19 | Nov 11 | Mar 5 | Nov 20 |
| 1979 | Mar 26 | no data | Feb 20 | no data |
| 1977 | Mar 10 | no data | Mar 8 | no data |
| 1976 | Mar 19 | Oct 29 | Feb 24 | Oct 29 |
| 1975 | Mar 10 | Nov 15 | Mar 9 | Nov 15 |
| 1974 | Mar 23 | Nov 15 | Feb 28 | Nov 16 |
| 1973 | Apr 12 | Oct 30 | Feb 22 | Nov 11 |
| 1972 | Apr 2 | Nov 18 | Mar 6 | Nov 24 |
| 1971 | Apr 4 | Nov 8 | Mar 21 | Dec 19 |
| 1970 | Mar 17 | Nov 17 | Mar 16 | Nov 17 |
| 1969 | Mar 28 | Nov 4 | Mar 14 | Nov 15 |
| 1968 | Mar 25 | Oct 26 | Mar 24 | Nov 13 |
| 1967 | Mar 19 | Nov 5 | Mar 19 | Nov 5 |
| 1966 | Apr 5 | Nov 3 | Mar 10 | Nov 3 |
| 1965 | Mar 22 | Oct 25 | Mar 22 | Nov 30 |
| 1964 | Mar 31 | Nov 22 | Mar 31 | Nov 22 |
| 1963 | Mar 24 | Oct 30 | Feb 28 | Nov 3 |
| 1962 | Apr 16 | Oct 25 | Mar 18 | Oct 26 |
| 1961 | Mar 25 | Oct 27 | Feb 11 | Nov 10 |
| 1960 | Apr 11 | Nov 4 | Mar 23 | Nov 8 |
| 1959 | Mar 19 | Nov 7 | Mar 8 | Nov 7 |
| 1958 | Mar 22 | Nov 8 | Mar 22 | Nov 29 |
| 1957 | Mar 10 | Oct 27 | Mar 10 | Oct 28 |
| 1956 | Mar 25 | Nov 10 | Mar 25 | Nov 10 |
| 1955 | Mar 31 | Oct 26 | Mar 30 | Nov 4 |
| 1954 | Mar 18 | Oct 30 | Mar 7 | Oct 31 |
| 1953 | Apr 21 | Oct 31 | Feb 18 | Nov 10 |
| 1952 | Apr 7 | Oct 29 | Mar 17 | Oct 30 |
| 1951 | Apr 4 | Nov 3 | Mar 16 | Nov 9 |
"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.