Frost history / Thibodaux 4 Se, LA
Thibodaux 4 Se, LA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00169013, 1975 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 15 ft, 29.755, -90.775. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 16 | Nov 29 |
| Earliest | Jan 9 (2017) | Oct 20 (1989) |
| Latest | Mar 31 (1987) | Dec 26 (2001) |
| Trend | 2.3 days earlier per decade | 0.9 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 47, 2 with no freeze | 45, 4 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 29 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 22 | Nov 11 | Feb 20 | Dec 15 |
| 2024 | Feb 19 | Dec 22 | Jan 18 | none |
| 2023 | Mar 21 | Nov 2 | Mar 20 | none |
| 2022 | Mar 13 | Nov 18 | Feb 6 | Dec 23 |
| 2021 | Feb 21 | Dec 22 | Feb 20 | none |
| 2020 | Feb 14 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 2019 | Jan 24 | Nov 13 | none | Nov 13 |
| 2018 | Jan 20 | Nov 15 | Jan 18 | none |
| 2017 | Jan 9 | Dec 9 | Jan 9 | Dec 9 |
| 2016 | Feb 7 | none | Jan 24 | none |
| 2015 | Mar 7 | none | Mar 6 | none |
| 2014 | Mar 5 | Nov 14 | Jan 31 | Nov 19 |
| 2013 | Mar 27 | Nov 28 | none | Nov 28 |
| 2012 | Feb 13 | Dec 13 | Jan 14 | none |
| 2007 | Mar 6 | no data | none | no data |
| 2006 | Feb 14 | Nov 22 | Jan 8 | Dec 8 |
| 2005 | Jan 25 | Dec 6 | none | none |
| 2004 | Jan 29 | no data | none | no data |
| 2003 | Jan 26 | Nov 25 | Jan 26 | none |
| 2002 | Mar 6 | Dec 7 | Mar 6 | none |
| 2001 | Jan 24 | Dec 26 | Jan 5 | Dec 27 |
| 2000 | Feb 7 | Nov 22 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1999 | Jan 11 | Dec 26 | Jan 6 | none |
| 1998 | none | none | none | none |
| 1997 | Jan 20 | Dec 6 | Jan 18 | none |
| 1996 | Mar 11 | Dec 19 | Feb 17 | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | Feb 9 | Dec 10 | none | Dec 11 |
| 1994 | Feb 3 | Dec 12 | Jan 19 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 15 | Nov 28 | Mar 14 | none |
| 1992 | Jan 22 | Nov 29 | Jan 21 | none |
| 1991 | Feb 16 | Nov 5 | none | Nov 9 |
| 1990 | none | Dec 9 | none | Dec 24 |
| 1989 | Mar 6 | Oct 20 | Feb 24 | Dec 12 |
| 1988 | Mar 15 | Nov 29 | Feb 12 | Dec 17 |
| 1987 | Mar 31 | Dec 17 | Jan 23 | none |
| 1986 | Mar 23 | none | Mar 1 | none |
| 1985 | Feb 16 | Dec 14 | Feb 3 | Dec 15 |
| 1984 | Mar 1 | Nov 22 | Mar 1 | Nov 22 |
| 1983 | Mar 12 | Nov 29 | Jan 17 | Dec 24 |
| 1982 | Mar 8 | Dec 13 | Jan 17 | none |
| 1981 | Feb 13 | Dec 5 | Feb 13 | Dec 19 |
| 1980 | Mar 4 | Nov 19 | Mar 4 | none |
| 1979 | Feb 12 | Nov 24 | Feb 11 | Nov 30 |
| 1978 | Mar 5 | Dec 10 | Jan 15 | Dec 10 |
| 1977 | Feb 7 | Dec 10 | Jan 30 | none |
| 1976 | Mar 17 | Nov 23 | Jan 28 | Nov 28 |
| 1975 | Feb 8 | Nov 23 | Jan 14 | Dec 19 |
"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.