Frost history / Galliano, LA
Galliano, LA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00163433, 1969 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5 ft, 29.463, -90.307. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 13 | Dec 7 |
| Earliest | Jan 9 (1990) | Nov 9 (1991) |
| Latest | Mar 23 (1986) | Dec 26 (2001) |
| Trend | 3.2 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 50, 3 with no freeze | 45, 8 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 29 and the median first fall date is Dec 19.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | none | Nov 13 | none | none |
| 2018 | Jan 20 | none | Jan 19 | none |
| 2017 | Jan 9 | Dec 9 | Jan 9 | none |
| 2016 | Jan 25 | no data | none | no data |
| 2015 | Mar 6 | none | Jan 9 | none |
| 2014 | Jan 31 | Nov 19 | Jan 31 | Nov 19 |
| 2013 | Mar 3 | Nov 28 | none | none |
| 2012 | Feb 13 | Dec 22 | Jan 15 | none |
| 2011 | Feb 13 | Nov 29 | Feb 13 | none |
| 2010 | Mar 4 | Dec 7 | Jan 13 | Dec 27 |
| 2009 | Feb 5 | none | none | none |
| 2008 | Jan 21 | Dec 2 | Jan 4 | none |
| 2007 | Feb 19 | no data | Feb 17 | no data |
| 2006 | Feb 13 | Dec 5 | Jan 7 | Dec 8 |
| 2005 | Jan 24 | Dec 22 | none | none |
| 2004 | Jan 29 | Dec 15 | Jan 29 | Dec 26 |
| 2003 | Jan 26 | Nov 30 | Jan 26 | none |
| 2002 | Mar 6 | Dec 7 | Mar 6 | none |
| 2001 | Feb 19 | Dec 26 | Jan 5 | Dec 26 |
| 2000 | Feb 7 | Nov 22 | Feb 7 | Dec 20 |
| 1999 | Mar 14 | Dec 24 | Mar 14 | none |
| 1998 | none | none | none | none |
| 1997 | Feb 11 | Dec 15 | Jan 19 | none |
| 1996 | Mar 11 | Dec 19 | Mar 9 | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | Feb 9 | Dec 10 | none | Dec 24 |
| 1994 | Feb 3 | none | Jan 20 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 14 | Nov 28 | none | none |
| 1992 | Jan 21 | Nov 29 | none | none |
| 1991 | none | Nov 9 | none | none |
| 1990 | Jan 9 | Dec 24 | none | none |
| 1989 | Feb 25 | Dec 5 | Feb 24 | Dec 13 |
| 1988 | Feb 13 | Dec 3 | Feb 7 | Dec 18 |
| 1987 | Jan 27 | none | none | none |
| 1986 | Mar 23 | none | Jan 28 | none |
| 1985 | Feb 15 | Dec 14 | Feb 15 | Dec 16 |
| 1984 | Mar 1 | Dec 7 | Mar 1 | Dec 7 |
| 1983 | Jan 24 | Dec 24 | none | Dec 24 |
| 1981 | Feb 13 | no data | Feb 12 | no data |
| 1980 | Mar 4 | Dec 26 | Mar 3 | Dec 26 |
| 1979 | Feb 10 | Nov 30 | Jan 16 | Dec 18 |
| 1978 | Mar 4 | Dec 10 | Feb 22 | none |
| 1977 | Feb 1 | Dec 10 | Jan 21 | Dec 22 |
| 1976 | Feb 8 | no data | Jan 9 | no data |
| 1975 | Feb 8 | Nov 27 | none | Dec 19 |
| 1974 | Feb 27 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 1973 | Feb 11 | no data | Feb 11 | no data |
| 1972 | Jan 17 | Dec 16 | Jan 17 | Dec 28 |
| 1971 | Mar 8 | none | Feb 9 | none |
| 1970 | Mar 15 | Nov 17 | Feb 5 | Nov 25 |
| 1969 | Mar 13 | Nov 15 | Jan 6 | Nov 15 |
"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.