Frost history / Jena, LA
Jena, LA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00164696, 1986 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 143 ft, 31.678, -92.129. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 23 | Nov 6 |
| Earliest | Feb 9 (2018) | Oct 20 (1989) |
| Latest | Apr 15 (2008) | Dec 14 (1998) |
| Trend | 6.5 days earlier per decade | 0.9 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 30 | 30 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 6 and the median first fall date is Nov 17.
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 | Apr 2 | Nov 1 | Mar 6 | Nov 12 |
| 2018 | Feb 9 | Nov 14 | Jan 31 | Nov 15 |
| 2017 | Feb 26 | Oct 29 | Jan 9 | Nov 23 |
| 2016 | Mar 21 | Nov 20 | Feb 27 | Nov 20 |
| 2015 | Mar 7 | Nov 23 | Mar 7 | Nov 23 |
| 2014 | no data | Nov 2 | no data | Nov 14 |
| 2012 | Feb 25 | Oct 29 | Feb 13 | Nov 15 |
| 2011 | no data | Oct 20 | no data | Nov 18 |
| 2010 | Mar 6 | no data | Mar 4 | no data |
| 2009 | Apr 8 | Nov 13 | Apr 7 | Nov 27 |
| 2008 | Apr 15 | Oct 28 | Feb 27 | Oct 29 |
| 2007 | Mar 17 | Nov 7 | Mar 6 | Nov 16 |
| 2006 | Mar 26 | Nov 3 | Mar 25 | Nov 20 |
| 2005 | Mar 10 | no data | Jan 25 | no data |
| 2004 | no data | Dec 1 | no data | Dec 14 |
| 2003 | Apr 10 | Nov 24 | Apr 10 | Nov 25 |
| 2002 | Mar 23 | no data | Mar 23 | no data |
| 2001 | Mar 20 | Oct 28 | Mar 10 | Nov 21 |
| 2000 | Apr 9 | Nov 14 | Feb 20 | Nov 14 |
| 1999 | Mar 27 | Oct 24 | Feb 22 | Nov 3 |
| 1998 | Mar 22 | Dec 14 | Mar 12 | Dec 16 |
| 1997 | Mar 7 | Oct 28 | Jan 30 | Nov 16 |
| 1996 | Apr 7 | Nov 3 | Mar 21 | Dec 2 |
| 1995 | Mar 10 | Nov 12 | Feb 12 | Nov 29 |
| 1994 | Mar 31 | Dec 1 | Feb 27 | Dec 12 |
| 1993 | Mar 15 | Oct 31 | Mar 14 | Oct 31 |
| 1992 | Mar 24 | Nov 6 | Mar 11 | Nov 7 |
| 1991 | Mar 31 | Nov 2 | Feb 16 | Nov 4 |
| 1990 | Apr 7 | Nov 6 | Feb 5 | Nov 30 |
| 1989 | Apr 11 | Oct 20 | Mar 9 | Oct 20 |
| 1988 | Mar 19 | Nov 23 | Mar 19 | Dec 13 |
| 1987 | Apr 5 | Nov 11 | Apr 5 | Nov 12 |
| 1986 | Mar 22 | Nov 14 | Mar 22 | Nov 14 |
"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.