Jennings, LA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00164700, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 25 ft, 30.200, -92.664. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 24	Dec 1
Earliest	Jan 9 (2017)	Oct 8 (1952)
Latest	Mar 31 (1987)	Dec 29 (2023)
Trend	1.3 days earlier per decade	2.8 days later per decade
Years with data	75, 2 with no freeze	74, 6 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 6 and the median first fall date is Dec 12.

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 22	Dec 3	Feb 21	Dec 15
2024	Feb 19	none	Jan 21	none
2023	Mar 21	Dec 29	none	none
2022	Mar 13	Dec 18	Feb 6	Dec 23
2021	Feb 20	none	Feb 20	none
2020	Feb 27	Dec 1	none	none
2019	Mar 7	Nov 13	none	Nov 13
2018	Jan 19	Nov 15	Jan 19	none
2017	Jan 9	Dec 8	Jan 9	Dec 9
2016	Feb 8	Dec 10	none	Dec 20
2015	Mar 7	none	Jan 9	none
2014	Mar 5	Nov 14	Mar 5	none
2013	Mar 3	Nov 28	none	Dec 24
2012	Feb 13	Dec 13	none	none
2011	Feb 13	Dec 7	Feb 12	Dec 8
2010	Mar 3	Nov 27	Feb 13	Dec 13
2009	Mar 3	Dec 5	Jan 17	Dec 5
2008	Feb 1	Dec 2	Jan 20	none
2007	Feb 17	Dec 4	Feb 17	none
2006	Feb 20	Nov 21	Feb 12	Dec 5
2005	Jan 25	no data	Jan 24	no data
2004	Feb 7	Dec 15	Jan 29	Dec 16
2003	Jan 26	Nov 25	Jan 25	none
2002	Mar 6	none	Mar 5	none
2001	Feb 5	Dec 26	Jan 22	none
2000	Feb 6	Dec 17	none	Dec 19
1999	Feb 23	Dec 16	Jan 10	none
1998	none	Dec 23	none	none
1997	Jan 19	Nov 17	Jan 19	none
1996	Mar 10	Dec 19	Mar 10	Dec 19
1995	Feb 14	Dec 10	none	Dec 10
1994	Feb 3	Dec 12	Feb 3	none
1993	Mar 15	Oct 31	Mar 14	none
1992	Jan 21	Nov 28	Jan 21	none
1991	Jan 23	Nov 4	none	Nov 9
1990	none	Dec 5	none	Dec 24
1989	Mar 9	Oct 20	Mar 7	Dec 13
1988	Mar 15	Dec 6	Feb 13	none
1987	Mar 31	Dec 16	Jan 23	none
1986	Mar 23	none	Feb 13	none
1985	Feb 12	Dec 2	Feb 4	Dec 14
1984	Feb 28	Dec 7	Feb 6	Dec 7
1983	Mar 22	Dec 20	none	Dec 23
1982	Feb 11	Dec 13	Jan 18	Dec 13
1981	Feb 13	Dec 5	Feb 13	Dec 19
1980	Mar 4	Nov 19	Mar 4	Dec 21
1979	Feb 20	Nov 14	Feb 11	Nov 30
1978	Mar 11	Dec 10	Mar 5	Dec 10
1977	Feb 17	Nov 11	Feb 1	Dec 22
1976	Feb 24	Nov 29	Jan 28	Nov 29
1975	Feb 24	Nov 22	Feb 7	Nov 23
1974	Feb 26	Dec 2	Feb 26	none
1973	Feb 12	Dec 7	Feb 11	Dec 9
1972	Feb 9	Dec 1	Feb 4	Dec 16
1971	Mar 8	none	Mar 4	none
1970	Feb 17	Nov 16	Feb 4	Nov 24
1969	Mar 10	Nov 15	Jan 6	Nov 15
1968	Mar 13	Nov 12	Mar 1	Dec 16
1967	Feb 26	Nov 4	Feb 25	Dec 23
1966	Mar 7	Nov 3	Feb 4	Nov 3
1965	Mar 21	Dec 8	Mar 20	none
1964	Feb 23	Nov 22	Feb 23	Dec 1
1963	Mar 6	Nov 30	Feb 13	Dec 15
1962	Mar 6	Dec 6	Jan 13	Dec 12
1961	Jan 31	Nov 30	Jan 31	Dec 24
1960	Mar 18	Nov 30	Mar 4	Dec 2
1959	Jan 23	Nov 7	Jan 23	Nov 7
1958	Feb 18	Nov 29	Feb 16	Nov 29
1957	Mar 8	Dec 1	Jan 18	Dec 12
1956	Mar 8	Nov 9	Jan 13	Nov 27
1955	Mar 29	Nov 4	Feb 12	Nov 29
1954	Mar 7	Dec 7	Feb 8	Dec 14
1953	Jan 24	Dec 10	none	Dec 24
1952	Jan 11	Oct 8	none	Nov 21
1951	Mar 14	Nov 3	Feb 3	Nov 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.