Last Frost Day

Frost history / Monroe Delta Cc, LA

Monroe Delta Cc, LA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00166314, 1977 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 70 ft, 32.494, -92.032. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 11Nov 10
EarliestFeb 6 (1990)Oct 21 (1989)
LatestApr 15 (2008)Dec 2 (1985)
Trend4.7 days later per decade1.6 days earlier per decade
Years with data2831

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 21 and the median first fall date is Nov 24.

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 301980199020001979: Feb 201980: Mar 61981: Mar 241982: Mar 81983: Mar 121984: Mar 71985: Feb 151986: Mar 231987: Apr 51988: Mar 191989: Mar 101990: Feb 61991: Feb 271992: Mar 111993: Mar 151994: Mar 101995: Mar 101996: Apr 71997: Feb 101998: Mar 131999: Mar 162000: Mar 122002: Mar 242003: Mar 72005: Mar 102006: Mar 242007: Mar 62008: Apr 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 111980199020001977: Nov 101978: Nov 81979: Nov 121980: Oct 251981: Nov 211982: Nov 51983: Nov 121984: Nov 221985: Dec 21986: Nov 141987: Nov 111988: Nov 231989: Oct 211990: Nov 301991: Nov 21992: Nov 61993: Oct 311994: Dec 11995: Nov 121996: Nov 41998: Nov 61999: Nov 32000: Nov 152001: Oct 282002: Nov 172003: Nov 242004: Dec 12005: Oct 242006: Nov 32007: Nov 82008: Oct 28

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
2008Apr 15Oct 28Mar 9Nov 20
2007Mar 6Nov 8Mar 5Dec 4
2006Mar 24Nov 3Feb 21Nov 20
2005Mar 10Oct 24Jan 25Nov 17
2004no dataDec 1no dataDec 15
2003Mar 7Nov 24Feb 6Nov 25
2002Mar 24Nov 17Mar 5Nov 28
2001no dataOct 28no dataNov 21
2000Mar 12Nov 15Feb 20Nov 21
1999Mar 16Nov 3Feb 23Dec 1
1998Mar 13Nov 6Mar 13Dec 16
1997Feb 10no dataJan 31no data
1996Apr 7Nov 4Mar 11Dec 18
1995Mar 10Nov 12Feb 13Nov 25
1994Mar 10Dec 1Feb 15Dec 12
1993Mar 15Oct 31Mar 15Oct 31
1992Mar 11Nov 6Feb 10Nov 29
1991Feb 27Nov 2Feb 16Nov 4
1990Feb 6Nov 30Jan 13Dec 5
1989Mar 10Oct 21Mar 9Nov 17
1988Mar 19Nov 23Mar 15Nov 29
1987Apr 5Nov 11Mar 31Nov 12
1986Mar 23Nov 14Mar 23Nov 14
1985Feb 15Dec 2Feb 13Dec 2
1984Mar 7Nov 22Mar 1Nov 24
1983Mar 12Nov 12Jan 24Nov 29
1982Mar 8Nov 5Feb 14Nov 16
1981Mar 24Nov 21Feb 15Nov 21
1980Mar 6Oct 25Mar 4Nov 19
1979Feb 20Nov 12Feb 20Nov 14
1978no dataNov 8no dataDec 10
1977no dataNov 10no dataNov 11

"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.