Last Frost Day

Frost history / Holly Springs 4 N, MS

Holly Springs 4 N, MS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00224173, 1962 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 483 ft, 34.822, -89.435. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 8Oct 23
EarliestFeb 26 (2012)Oct 1 (1984)
LatestMay 1 (2005)Nov 26 (2004)
Trend0.7 days later per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data4846

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 27 and the median first fall date is Nov 3.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15197019801990200020101963: Mar 241964: Apr 101965: Mar 281966: Apr 101967: Mar 231968: Apr 71969: Mar 301970: Apr 41971: Apr 81972: Apr 21973: Apr 121974: Apr 101975: Apr 121976: Apr 101977: Apr 61978: Mar 281979: Mar 271980: Apr 51981: Mar 251982: Apr 111983: Apr 191984: Apr 181985: Apr 91986: Apr 231987: Apr 51988: Mar 201989: Apr 141990: Apr 81991: Mar 311992: Apr 281993: Apr 221994: Apr 81995: Apr 21996: Apr 161998: Mar 221999: Apr 182001: Apr 182002: Apr 62003: Mar 312005: May 12006: Mar 272007: Apr 172008: Apr 162009: Apr 92010: Apr 92011: Mar 162012: Feb 262013: Apr 25

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11197019801990200020101962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Oct 61965: Oct 251966: Oct 201967: Oct 111968: Oct 261969: Nov 21970: Oct 311972: Oct 261973: Oct 301974: Oct 31975: Oct 31976: Oct 181977: Oct 121978: Oct 71979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Oct 241982: Oct 241983: Nov 51984: Oct 11985: Nov 51986: Nov 131988: Nov 71989: Oct 201990: Oct 261991: Oct 71992: Nov 71993: Oct 281994: Oct 261995: Oct 211996: Oct 191997: Oct 191998: Oct 232000: Oct 82001: Oct 12004: Nov 262005: Oct 242006: Oct 132007: Oct 272008: Oct 282009: Oct 182010: Oct 52011: Oct 212012: Oct 29

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
2013Apr 25no dataMar 28no data
2012Feb 26Oct 29Feb 26Nov 8
2011Mar 16Oct 21Mar 2Oct 21
2010Apr 9Oct 5Mar 7Oct 30
2009Apr 9Oct 18Mar 4Nov 27
2008Apr 16Oct 28Apr 16Oct 28
2007Apr 17Oct 27Apr 9Nov 3
2006Mar 27Oct 13Mar 27Oct 13
2005May 1Oct 24Mar 18Oct 26
2004no dataNov 26no dataNov 28
2003Mar 31no dataMar 31no data
2002Apr 6no dataApr 6no data
2001Apr 18Oct 1Apr 18Oct 17
2000no dataOct 8no dataOct 8
1999Apr 18no dataMar 27no data
1998Mar 22Oct 23Mar 22Nov 6
1997no dataOct 19no dataOct 28
1996Apr 16Oct 19Apr 10Nov 3
1995Apr 2Oct 21Apr 1Oct 25
1994Apr 8Oct 26Mar 31Nov 24
1993Apr 22Oct 28Mar 15Nov 1
1992Apr 28Nov 7Apr 3Nov 7
1991Mar 31Oct 7Mar 31Nov 3
1990Apr 8Oct 26Apr 8Oct 26
1989Apr 14Oct 20Apr 12Nov 3
1988Mar 20Nov 7Mar 17Nov 17
1987Apr 5no dataApr 4no data
1986Apr 23Nov 13Mar 22Nov 13
1985Apr 9Nov 5Apr 9Nov 8
1984Apr 18Oct 1Mar 10Nov 12
1983Apr 19Nov 5Mar 29Nov 6
1982Apr 11Oct 24Apr 10Oct 25
1981Mar 25Oct 24Mar 13Oct 24
1980Apr 5Oct 6Mar 19Oct 30
1979Mar 27Oct 14Mar 27Nov 12
1978Mar 28Oct 7Mar 18Oct 8
1977Apr 6Oct 12Mar 23Oct 13
1976Apr 10Oct 18Mar 17Oct 18
1975Apr 12Oct 3Apr 5Nov 14
1974Apr 10Oct 3Apr 6Nov 15
1973Apr 12Oct 30Apr 12Nov 10
1972Apr 2Oct 26Mar 10Nov 18
1971Apr 8no dataMar 31no data
1970Apr 4Oct 31Mar 16Nov 16
1969Mar 30Nov 2Mar 27Nov 5
1968Apr 7Oct 26Mar 24Oct 29
1967Mar 23Oct 11Mar 19Nov 4
1966Apr 10Oct 20Apr 6Nov 3
1965Mar 28Oct 25Mar 22Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 6Mar 31Nov 20
1963Mar 24Oct 30Mar 23Oct 30
1962no dataOct 24no dataNov 6

"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.