Bunkie, LA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00161287, 1957 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 80 ft, 30.959, -92.179. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 27	Nov 20
Earliest	Jan 9 (2017)	Oct 10 (1990)
Latest	May 7 (1992)	Dec 26 (2001)
Trend	1.5 days earlier per decade	0.7 days later per decade
Years with data	69	67, 2 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 10 and the median first fall date is Dec 9.

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)

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
2025	Feb 23	Nov 11	Feb 23	Dec 15
2024	Feb 19	no data	Jan 22	no data
2023	Mar 21	Nov 2	Mar 20	none
2022	Mar 14	Oct 19	Feb 13	Nov 18
2021	Feb 21	none	Feb 21	none
2020	Feb 27	Dec 1	Jan 23	Dec 1
2019	Mar 7	Nov 13	Mar 5	Nov 13
2018	Jan 31	Nov 14	Jan 20	Nov 15
2017	Jan 9	Nov 24	Jan 9	Dec 9
2016	Feb 8	Nov 20	Feb 5	Dec 19
2015	Mar 7	Nov 23	Mar 7	none
2014	Mar 5	Nov 14	Mar 5	Nov 19
2013	Mar 26	Nov 13	Mar 3	Nov 28
2012	Feb 13	Nov 25	Feb 12	none
2011	Feb 13	Nov 18	Feb 12	Dec 8
2010	Mar 4	Nov 27	Feb 16	Dec 7
2009	Mar 3	Dec 5	Jan 21	Dec 5
2008	Feb 27	Nov 16	Jan 20	Dec 22
2007	Mar 5	Dec 4	Jan 29	none
2006	Feb 21	Nov 17	Feb 13	Nov 17
2005	Jan 27	Nov 18	Jan 25	none
2004	Feb 8	Dec 15	Jan 28	Dec 15
2003	Feb 8	Nov 25	Jan 25	Nov 25
2002	Mar 6	Nov 29	Mar 5	Dec 7
2001	Feb 5	Dec 26	Jan 21	Dec 27
2000	Feb 7	Nov 21	Feb 5	Dec 18
1999	Feb 22	Dec 1	Jan 10	none
1998	Mar 13	Dec 16	none	none
1997	Jan 30	Nov 17	Jan 19	none
1996	Mar 11	Dec 17	Mar 10	Dec 19
1995	Feb 13	Dec 10	Feb 8	Dec 10
1994	Feb 27	Dec 12	Feb 2	none
1993	Mar 15	Oct 31	Mar 14	Dec 31
1992	May 7	Nov 29	Jan 20	none
1991	Feb 16	Nov 4	none	Nov 4
1990	Jan 14	Oct 10	none	Oct 10
1989	Mar 22	Oct 20	Mar 7	Dec 4
1988	Mar 19	Dec 6	Feb 13	Dec 18
1987	Mar 31	Nov 12	Jan 23	Dec 17
1986	Mar 22	Nov 14	Mar 3	Dec 4
1985	Feb 16	Dec 2	Feb 8	Dec 14
1984	Mar 2	Nov 24	Feb 7	Dec 7
1983	Mar 11	Nov 29	none	Dec 20
1982	Mar 7	Nov 14	Feb 10	Dec 13
1981	Feb 14	Nov 21	Feb 13	Dec 18
1980	Mar 4	Oct 31	Mar 4	Dec 21
1979	Feb 20	Nov 24	Feb 11	Nov 30
1978	Mar 6	Dec 5	Mar 5	Dec 10
1977	Feb 16	Dec 7	Feb 6	Dec 10
1976	Feb 8	Oct 21	Jan 30	Nov 29
1975	Mar 6	Nov 14	Feb 8	Dec 19
1974	Feb 27	Nov 15	Feb 27	Dec 4
1973	Feb 16	Dec 8	Feb 12	Dec 17
1972	Feb 10	Dec 2	Feb 8	Dec 17
1971	Mar 8	none	Mar 4	none
1970	Feb 26	Nov 16	Feb 4	Nov 24
1969	Mar 10	Nov 15	Jan 13	Nov 15
1968	Mar 23	Nov 12	Mar 1	Dec 16
1967	Feb 25	Nov 4	Feb 9	Dec 29
1966	Mar 26	Nov 3	Mar 7	Nov 3
1965	Mar 21	Dec 1	Mar 21	Dec 8
1964	Feb 24	no data	Feb 24	no data
1963	Feb 23	Oct 30	Feb 23	Dec 15
1962	Mar 8	Dec 6	Jan 14	Dec 10
1961	Feb 9	Nov 9	Feb 1	Dec 25
1960	Mar 19	Nov 30	Mar 7	Dec 2
1959	Feb 22	Nov 7	Jan 22	Nov 7
1958	Feb 19	Nov 29	Feb 19	Nov 29
1957	Mar 9	Oct 28	Jan 19	Dec 12

"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.