Last Frost Day

Frost history / Quitman 2 Nne, MS

Quitman 2 Nne, MS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00227252, 1954 to 2003, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 213 ft, 32.071, -88.719. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 31Oct 30
EarliestJan 10 (1999)Oct 8 (1991)
LatestApr 19 (1997)Nov 24 (1994)
Trend4.2 days earlier per decade2.3 days later per decade
Years with data44, 1 with no freeze47, 2 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 15 and the median first fall date is Nov 8.

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)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30196019701980199020001954: Mar 181955: Mar 311957: Apr 151958: Mar 281959: Apr 151960: Apr 111961: Apr 11962: Apr 171963: Mar 231964: Apr 101965: Mar 221966: Apr 61967: Mar 191968: Mar 271969: Mar 291970: Apr 31971: Apr 81972: Apr 21973: Apr 111974: Apr 61975: Apr 41976: Mar 181977: Mar 231978: Mar 281980: Mar 221982: Mar 101983: Apr 191984: Mar 301985: Apr 101987: Apr 51988: Mar 201989: Apr 131990: Apr 81991: Mar 151992: Apr 41993: Mar 161994: Mar 291995: Mar 111996: Apr 101997: Apr 191999: Jan 102000: Feb 72003: Mar 31

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11196019701980199020001954: Oct 201956: Nov 91957: Oct 271958: Oct 281959: Nov 71960: Oct 211961: Oct 161962: Oct 251963: Oct 301964: Oct 201965: Oct 251966: Nov 31967: Oct 191968: Oct 261969: Nov 41970: Oct 311971: Nov 41972: Nov 91973: Oct 301974: Nov 131975: Nov 141977: Oct 141978: Oct 151979: Nov 41980: Oct 261981: Oct 201982: Oct 241983: Nov 61984: Nov 121985: Nov 61986: Nov 141987: Oct 161988: Nov 241989: Oct 201990: Oct 271991: Oct 81992: Nov 71993: Oct 301994: Nov 241995: Nov 41996: Oct 192000: Nov 212001: Oct 282002: Nov 142003: Nov 14

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
2003Mar 31Nov 14Mar 31Nov 14
2002no dataNov 14no dataNov 28
2001no dataOct 28no dataOct 28
2000Feb 7Nov 21nonenone
1999Jan 10noneJan 5none
1998noneno datanoneno data
1997Apr 19noneMar 7none
1996Apr 10Oct 19Mar 13Nov 3
1995Mar 11Nov 4Mar 10Nov 12
1994Mar 29Nov 24Mar 11Dec 1
1993Mar 16Oct 30Mar 15Oct 31
1992Apr 4Nov 7Mar 12Nov 7
1991Mar 15Oct 8Feb 27Nov 4
1990Apr 8Oct 27Mar 21Nov 30
1989Apr 13Oct 20Feb 25Nov 4
1988Mar 20Nov 24Mar 17Nov 29
1987Apr 5Oct 16Apr 4Oct 22
1986no dataNov 14no dataNov 14
1985Apr 10Nov 6Feb 17Dec 3
1984Mar 30Nov 12Mar 7Nov 13
1983Apr 19Nov 6Mar 25Nov 17
1982Mar 10Oct 24Mar 9Nov 5
1981no dataOct 20no dataNov 21
1980Mar 22Oct 26Mar 4Nov 19
1979no dataNov 4no dataNov 15
1978Mar 28Oct 15Mar 18Dec 5
1977Mar 23Oct 14Mar 1Nov 11
1976Mar 18no dataFeb 24no data
1975Apr 4Nov 14Mar 6Nov 14
1974Apr 6Nov 13Feb 28Nov 13
1973Apr 11Oct 30Apr 11Dec 6
1972Apr 2Nov 9Mar 6Dec 1
1971Apr 8Nov 4Mar 21Nov 8
1970Apr 3Oct 31Mar 16Nov 4
1969Mar 29Nov 4Mar 28Nov 4
1968Mar 27Oct 26Mar 25Oct 26
1967Mar 19Oct 19Mar 18Nov 5
1966Apr 6Nov 3Mar 26Nov 3
1965Mar 22Oct 25Mar 22Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 20Mar 6Nov 22
1963Mar 23Oct 30Mar 23Oct 30
1962Apr 17Oct 25Apr 3Nov 6
1961Apr 1Oct 16Mar 10Oct 27
1960Apr 11Oct 21Mar 22Nov 7
1959Apr 15Nov 7Mar 17Nov 7
1958Mar 28Oct 28Mar 15Nov 21
1957Apr 15Oct 27Mar 27Oct 28
1956no dataNov 9no dataNov 9
1955Mar 31no dataMar 29no data
1954Mar 18Oct 20Mar 16Oct 30

"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.