Last Frost Day

Frost history / Crowley 2 Ne, LA

Crowley 2 Ne, LA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00162212, 1951 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 25 ft, 30.241, -92.348. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianFeb 23Dec 1
EarliestJan 13 (1990)Oct 20 (1989)
LatestMar 31 (1987)Dec 26 (2001)
Trend3.0 days earlier per decade4.5 days later per decade
Years with data4450, 1 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 5 and the median first fall date is Dec 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)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 151960197019801990200020101969: Mar 111970: Mar 141971: Mar 81972: Feb 91973: Feb 161974: Feb 271975: Feb 261976: Feb 231977: Feb 161978: Mar 101979: Feb 201980: Mar 41981: Feb 131982: Feb 111983: Mar 221984: Mar 71985: Feb 161986: Mar 221987: Mar 311988: Mar 191989: Mar 81990: Jan 131991: Feb 161992: Jan 201993: Mar 151994: Feb 151995: Feb 131997: Jan 191998: Mar 111999: Feb 232000: Feb 82001: Feb 52002: Mar 52003: Jan 262004: Feb 72006: Feb 132007: Mar 52008: Jan 212009: Mar 22010: Mar 42011: Feb 142012: Feb 132013: Mar 42014: Mar 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 101960197019801990200020101951: Nov 31952: Oct 291968: Nov 121969: Nov 151970: Nov 161972: Dec 11973: Dec 71974: Dec 11975: Nov 141976: Nov 231977: Nov 111978: Dec 51979: Nov 151980: Nov 191981: Nov 211982: Dec 131983: Dec 71984: Dec 71985: Dec 31986: Nov 141987: Dec 161988: Dec 61989: Oct 201990: Dec 51991: Nov 41992: Nov 281993: Oct 311994: Dec 121995: Dec 101996: Dec 171997: Nov 171998: Dec 161999: Dec 12000: Dec 172001: Dec 262002: Nov 292003: Nov 252004: Dec 152005: Nov 182006: Dec 22007: Dec 172008: Dec 22009: Dec 52010: Nov 272011: Dec 72012: Dec 132013: Nov 282014: Nov 142016: Dec 21

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
2016no dataDec 21no datanone
2014Mar 5Nov 14Mar 4none
2013Mar 4Nov 28nonenone
2012Feb 13Dec 13nonenone
2011Feb 14Dec 7Feb 13Dec 8
2010Mar 4Nov 27Jan 13Dec 7
2009Mar 2Dec 5Jan 17none
2008Jan 21Dec 2Jan 4none
2007Mar 5Dec 17nonenone
2006Feb 13Dec 2Feb 12Dec 5
2005no dataNov 18no datanone
2004Feb 7Dec 15Jan 28Dec 15
2003Jan 26Nov 25Jan 25none
2002Mar 5Nov 29Mar 5none
2001Feb 5Dec 26Jan 21Dec 27
2000Feb 8Dec 17Feb 8Dec 20
1999Feb 23Dec 1Jan 11Dec 16
1998Mar 11Dec 16nonenone
1997Jan 19Nov 17Jan 18Dec 15
1996no dataDec 17no dataDec 19
1995Feb 13Dec 10Jan 6Dec 10
1994Feb 15Dec 12Feb 2none
1993Mar 15Oct 31Mar 15Dec 24
1992Jan 20Nov 28Jan 20Nov 28
1991Feb 16Nov 4noneNov 9
1990Jan 13Dec 5noneDec 24
1989Mar 8Oct 20Mar 7Dec 13
1988Mar 19Dec 6Feb 13Dec 17
1987Mar 31Dec 16Jan 24Dec 17
1986Mar 22Nov 14Mar 1none
1985Feb 16Dec 3Feb 16Dec 14
1984Mar 7Dec 7Feb 7Dec 7
1983Mar 22Dec 7Jan 16Dec 23
1982Feb 11Dec 13Jan 18Dec 13
1981Feb 13Nov 21Feb 13Dec 19
1980Mar 4Nov 19Mar 4Dec 21
1979Feb 20Nov 15Feb 11Nov 30
1978Mar 10Dec 5Mar 5Dec 10
1977Feb 16Nov 11Jan 30Dec 10
1976Feb 23Nov 23Jan 28Nov 29
1975Feb 26Nov 14Feb 7Nov 23
1974Feb 27Dec 1Feb 27Dec 4
1973Feb 16Dec 7Feb 11Dec 8
1972Feb 9Dec 1Feb 4Dec 16
1971Mar 8noneFeb 10none
1970Mar 14Nov 16Feb 4Nov 16
1969Mar 11Nov 15Jan 6Nov 15
1968no dataNov 12no dataDec 16
1952no dataOct 29no dataDec 15
1951no dataNov 3no dataNov 3

"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.