Frost history / Picayune, MS
Picayune, MS: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00226921, 1951 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 64 ft, 30.536, -89.705. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 15 | Nov 15 |
| Earliest | Feb 7 (2001) | Oct 20 (1989) |
| Latest | Apr 13 (1989) | Dec 19 (1996) |
| Trend | 1.0 days earlier per decade | 2.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 46 | 47, 1 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 17 and the median first fall date is Dec 1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mar 17 | no data | Jan 9 | no data |
| 2016 | Feb 12 | Nov 21 | Feb 12 | none |
| 2010 | no data | Nov 6 | no data | Dec 1 |
| 2007 | Mar 4 | no data | Mar 3 | no data |
| 2006 | no data | Nov 22 | no data | Dec 5 |
| 2005 | Mar 19 | no data | Jan 25 | no data |
| 2004 | Feb 20 | Dec 15 | Feb 19 | Dec 15 |
| 2003 | Mar 31 | Nov 25 | Feb 11 | Nov 25 |
| 2002 | Mar 7 | Nov 29 | Mar 6 | none |
| 2001 | Feb 7 | Nov 21 | Feb 5 | Dec 26 |
| 2000 | Apr 10 | Nov 15 | Feb 7 | Nov 22 |
| 1999 | no data | Dec 1 | no data | Dec 1 |
| 1998 | Mar 13 | no data | Jan 2 | no data |
| 1997 | Feb 17 | Nov 17 | Feb 11 | Nov 17 |
| 1996 | Mar 22 | Dec 19 | Mar 11 | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | Feb 26 | Oct 21 | Feb 9 | Dec 10 |
| 1994 | Feb 25 | no data | Feb 14 | no data |
| 1993 | Mar 15 | Oct 31 | Mar 15 | Nov 1 |
| 1991 | Feb 17 | Nov 3 | Feb 17 | Nov 3 |
| 1990 | Mar 21 | Nov 18 | Jan 14 | Nov 29 |
| 1989 | Apr 13 | Oct 20 | Apr 13 | Dec 4 |
| 1988 | Mar 20 | Nov 29 | Mar 16 | Dec 2 |
| 1987 | Apr 5 | Nov 12 | Feb 11 | Nov 12 |
| 1986 | Mar 23 | Dec 6 | Mar 22 | none |
| 1985 | Feb 17 | Dec 3 | Feb 17 | Dec 15 |
| 1983 | Mar 25 | Nov 17 | Jan 25 | Dec 24 |
| 1982 | no data | Oct 26 | no data | Dec 13 |
| 1981 | no data | Nov 21 | no data | Nov 21 |
| 1977 | Feb 28 | Nov 11 | Feb 16 | Dec 7 |
| 1976 | Mar 18 | Nov 9 | Feb 8 | Nov 23 |
| 1975 | no data | Nov 14 | no data | Dec 19 |
| 1974 | Feb 27 | no data | Feb 27 | no data |
| 1973 | Feb 17 | Dec 7 | Feb 11 | Dec 8 |
| 1972 | Feb 20 | Nov 17 | Jan 17 | Dec 1 |
| 1971 | Mar 8 | none | Feb 14 | none |
| 1970 | no data | Nov 17 | no data | Nov 24 |
| 1969 | Mar 27 | Nov 15 | Jan 13 | Nov 15 |
| 1968 | Mar 25 | Nov 13 | Mar 24 | Dec 9 |
| 1967 | Feb 26 | Nov 5 | Feb 26 | Dec 24 |
| 1966 | Mar 7 | Nov 3 | Feb 6 | Nov 3 |
| 1965 | Mar 22 | Nov 30 | Mar 20 | Dec 1 |
| 1964 | Feb 28 | Nov 22 | Feb 23 | Dec 1 |
| 1963 | Feb 27 | Nov 3 | Feb 27 | Nov 14 |
| 1962 | Apr 2 | Nov 10 | Mar 7 | Dec 10 |
| 1960 | Mar 22 | Nov 30 | Mar 18 | Dec 1 |
| 1959 | Mar 23 | Nov 7 | Feb 21 | Nov 7 |
| 1958 | Mar 20 | Nov 29 | Feb 21 | Nov 29 |
| 1957 | no data | Oct 27 | no data | Oct 28 |
| 1956 | Mar 21 | no data | Jan 15 | no data |
| 1955 | Mar 29 | Oct 26 | Mar 29 | Nov 4 |
| 1954 | Mar 16 | Oct 30 | Mar 16 | Nov 3 |
| 1953 | Feb 18 | Oct 30 | Jan 13 | Dec 15 |
| 1952 | Feb 27 | Oct 30 | Jan 11 | Oct 30 |
| 1951 | Mar 14 | Nov 3 | Mar 14 | 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.