Last Frost Day

Frost history / Farmerville, LA

Farmerville, LA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00163079, 1956 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 180 ft, 32.775, -92.407. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 11Nov 14
EarliestFeb 13 (2011)Oct 21 (1976)
LatestApr 14 (1959)Dec 7 (2011)
Trend4.4 days earlier per decade2.7 days later per decade
Years with data3328

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 3 and the median first fall date is Dec 4.

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)

Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 301960197019801990200020101956: Mar 201957: Mar 271958: Mar 201959: Apr 141963: Mar 231965: Mar 211966: Mar 251967: Mar 81968: Mar 241969: Mar 111970: Mar 151971: Apr 31972: Mar 31973: Apr 111974: Mar 241975: Apr 41977: Mar 72000: Feb 212001: Mar 112002: Mar 232003: Feb 272004: Feb 282005: Feb 252007: Mar 52008: Mar 82009: Mar 42010: Mar 92011: Feb 132012: Feb 132013: Mar 272014: Mar 72015: Mar 82016: Feb 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 261960197019801990200020101956: Nov 91958: Nov 71959: Nov 61962: Nov 41969: Nov 141970: Nov 61971: Nov 81972: Nov 171973: Dec 71974: Nov 151976: Oct 211977: Nov 111999: Nov 32000: Nov 142001: Nov 222002: Nov 282003: Nov 252004: Dec 12006: Nov 202008: Nov 162009: Dec 52010: Nov 272011: Dec 72012: Nov 132013: Nov 132014: Nov 142015: Nov 222016: Nov 20

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
2016Feb 26Nov 20Feb 5Dec 9
2015Mar 8Nov 22Mar 7none
2014Mar 7Nov 14Mar 5Nov 14
2013Mar 27Nov 13Mar 4Nov 13
2012Feb 13Nov 13Feb 13Dec 11
2011Feb 13Dec 7Feb 12Dec 8
2010Mar 9Nov 27Feb 25Dec 6
2009Mar 4Dec 5Mar 2Dec 5
2008Mar 8Nov 16Feb 19Nov 22
2007Mar 5no dataFeb 18no data
2006no dataNov 20no dataDec 4
2005Feb 25no dataJan 25no data
2004Feb 28Dec 1Feb 9Dec 14
2003Feb 27Nov 25Jan 28Dec 12
2002Mar 23Nov 28Mar 5Dec 6
2001Mar 11Nov 22Feb 19Dec 25
2000Feb 21Nov 14Feb 6Nov 21
1999no dataNov 3no dataDec 22
1977Mar 7Nov 11Feb 20Dec 10
1976no dataOct 21no dataNov 23
1975Apr 4no dataMar 5no data
1974Mar 24Nov 15Feb 26Dec 3
1973Apr 11Dec 7Feb 18Dec 8
1972Mar 3Nov 17Mar 3Nov 23
1971Apr 3Nov 8Mar 8Nov 8
1970Mar 15Nov 6Mar 15Nov 16
1969Mar 11Nov 14Mar 11Nov 15
1968Mar 24no dataMar 24no data
1967Mar 8no dataMar 7no data
1966Mar 25no dataMar 25no data
1965Mar 21no dataMar 21no data
1963Mar 23no dataMar 6no data
1962no dataNov 4no dataDec 9
1959Apr 14Nov 6Feb 21Nov 6
1958Mar 20Nov 7Mar 15Nov 29
1957Mar 27no dataMar 9no data
1956Mar 20Nov 9Mar 8Nov 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.