Waveland, MS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00229426, 1982 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 8 ft, 30.295, -89.383. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 27	Nov 29
Earliest	Feb 4 (1994)	Nov 1 (1993)
Latest	Apr 5 (1987)	Dec 26 (2001)
Trend	6.7 days earlier per decade	5.0 days later per decade
Years with data	28	30, 2 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 11 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
2020	Feb 28	Dec 1	Jan 21	Dec 26
2016	Feb 11	Nov 21	Jan 29	none
2015	no data	none	no data	none
2014	no data	Nov 14	no data	Nov 18
2012	Feb 13	Dec 22	Jan 15	none
2011	no data	Dec 8	no data	none
2010	no data	Nov 27	no data	Dec 7
2007	Mar 6	no data	Feb 17	no data
2006	Feb 14	Dec 2	none	Dec 4
2005	Feb 12	no data	Jan 25	no data
2004	Feb 18	Dec 15	Jan 29	Dec 22
2003	Mar 31	Nov 25	Jan 25	none
2002	Mar 6	Nov 29	Mar 6	none
2001	Feb 5	Dec 26	Jan 23	Dec 26
2000	Mar 12	Nov 22	Feb 7	Nov 22
1999	Feb 23	Dec 7	Jan 12	Dec 16
1998	Mar 13	none	none	none
1997	Feb 11	Nov 17	Feb 11	Dec 28
1996	Mar 22	Dec 19	Mar 10	Dec 19
1995	Feb 13	Dec 10	Feb 9	Dec 10
1994	Feb 4	Dec 12	Feb 3	none
1993	Mar 15	Nov 1	Mar 15	Dec 26
1992	Feb 11	Nov 29	Jan 22	none
1991	Feb 17	Nov 4	Feb 17	Nov 10
1990	Mar 22	Nov 30	none	Dec 1
1989	Feb 25	Dec 4	Feb 25	Dec 4
1988	Mar 17	Nov 29	Mar 16	Dec 1
1987	Apr 5	Nov 12	Apr 5	Dec 17
1986	Mar 22	Nov 14	Mar 22	none
1985	Feb 17	no data	Feb 16	no data
1984	Mar 8	Nov 13	Mar 2	Nov 24
1983	Mar 25	Nov 17	Mar 12	Dec 24
1982	no data	Nov 6	no data	Dec 13

"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.