Last Frost Day

Frost history / Winder 4S, GA

Winder 4S, GA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00099466, 1956 to 2004, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 889 ft, 33.928, -83.726. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 8Nov 3
EarliestMar 11 (1984)Oct 8 (1991)
LatestApr 25 (1974)Dec 6 (1978)
Trend2.0 days earlier per decade0.9 days later per decade
Years with data4242

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 23 and the median first fall date is Nov 13.

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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30196019701980199020001957: Apr 91958: Apr 81960: Apr 111961: Apr 141962: Apr 211963: Apr 151964: Apr 111965: Mar 221966: Apr 101967: Mar 221968: Mar 251969: Apr 11970: Apr 81971: Apr 81972: Apr 101973: Apr 121974: Apr 251975: Apr 61976: Mar 181977: Apr 61978: Apr 241979: Mar 231980: Mar 191981: Mar 211982: Apr 101983: Apr 211984: Mar 111985: Apr 111986: Apr 231987: Apr 61988: Mar 171989: Apr 121990: Apr 81991: Mar 151993: Apr 31994: Apr 11996: Apr 101997: Mar 161998: Mar 232000: Apr 102001: Apr 202002: Mar 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11196019701980199020001956: Nov 91958: Nov 281960: Nov 41961: Oct 201962: Oct 251963: Nov 21964: Oct 211965: Oct 251966: Nov 31967: Nov 51968: Oct 261969: Nov 51970: Nov 161971: Nov 81972: Oct 201974: Oct 201975: Nov 131976: Oct 221977: Nov 111978: Dec 61979: Oct 141980: Oct 261981: Oct 201982: Oct 251983: Nov 121985: Nov 81986: Nov 141987: Oct 221988: Nov 291989: Oct 201991: Oct 81992: Nov 61993: Nov 21994: Nov 241995: Nov 41996: Nov 31997: Oct 281999: Oct 252001: Oct 292002: Nov 182003: Nov 142004: Nov 16

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
2004no dataNov 16no dataDec 14
2003no dataNov 14no dataNov 25
2002Mar 24Nov 18Mar 24Nov 18
2001Apr 20Oct 29Mar 28Oct 29
2000Apr 10no dataMar 14no data
1999no dataOct 25no dataDec 1
1998Mar 23no dataMar 13no data
1997Mar 16Oct 28Feb 16Nov 16
1996Apr 10Nov 3Mar 22Nov 3
1995no dataNov 4no dataNov 9
1994Apr 1Nov 24Feb 27Dec 12
1993Apr 3Nov 2Apr 3Nov 2
1992no dataNov 6no dataNov 14
1991Mar 15Oct 8Feb 27Nov 4
1990Apr 8no dataMar 21no data
1989Apr 12Oct 20Feb 26Nov 17
1988Mar 17Nov 29Mar 17Nov 29
1987Apr 6Oct 22Apr 1Oct 22
1986Apr 23Nov 14Mar 23Nov 14
1985Apr 11Nov 8Mar 19Dec 3
1984Mar 11no dataMar 10no data
1983Apr 21Nov 12Apr 20Nov 12
1982Apr 10Oct 25Apr 7Nov 5
1981Mar 21Oct 20Mar 20Nov 20
1980Mar 19Oct 26Mar 15Nov 19
1979Mar 23Oct 14Mar 23Nov 29
1978Apr 24Dec 6Apr 23Dec 10
1977Apr 6Nov 11Mar 23Nov 12
1976Mar 18Oct 22Mar 18Oct 29
1975Apr 6Nov 13Apr 5Nov 15
1974Apr 25Oct 20Mar 22Oct 22
1973Apr 12no dataApr 11no data
1972Apr 10Oct 20Apr 2Nov 24
1971Apr 8Nov 8Mar 27Nov 8
1970Apr 8Nov 16Mar 27Nov 16
1969Apr 1Nov 5Mar 28Nov 15
1968Mar 25Oct 26Mar 24Oct 29
1967Mar 22Nov 5Mar 19Nov 5
1966Apr 10Nov 3Mar 29Nov 4
1965Mar 22Oct 25Mar 22Oct 25
1964Apr 11Oct 21Apr 10Nov 22
1963Apr 15Nov 2Mar 23Nov 2
1962Apr 21Oct 25Apr 16Oct 26
1961Apr 14Oct 20Apr 11Oct 27
1960Apr 11Nov 4Apr 10Nov 7
1958Apr 8Nov 28Mar 22Nov 29
1957Apr 9no dataMar 21no data
1956no dataNov 9no dataNov 10

"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.