Last Frost Day

Frost history / Woodville 4 Ese, MS

Woodville 4 Ese, MS: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00229793, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 400 ft, 31.093, -91.233. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 10Nov 14
EarliestFeb 7 (1976)Oct 8 (1952)
LatestApr 12 (1989)Dec 16 (1998)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade2.7 days later per decade
Years with data5144

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 18 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 301960197019801990200020101951: Apr 121952: Feb 271953: Feb 131954: Mar 161955: Mar 291956: Mar 201957: Mar 91958: Mar 201959: Mar 171960: Mar 221961: Mar 101962: Apr 21964: Mar 221965: Mar 211966: Mar 251967: Feb 261968: Mar 241969: Mar 271970: Mar 141971: Mar 91972: Mar 31974: Feb 181975: Mar 51976: Feb 71977: Feb 281978: Mar 51979: Feb 271980: Mar 31981: Feb 141982: Mar 81983: Mar 221984: Mar 71985: Feb 161987: Apr 51988: Mar 161989: Apr 121990: Mar 211991: Feb 161992: Feb 91994: Feb 281995: Mar 101998: Mar 131999: Feb 232000: Mar 132001: Mar 102002: Mar 242003: Mar 312005: Mar 102006: Feb 272007: Mar 52012: Feb 13

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 261960197019801990200020101952: Oct 81953: Oct 301954: Oct 311955: Oct 311956: Nov 91957: Oct 271958: Nov 291959: Nov 61960: Nov 301961: Nov 91962: Dec 61963: Nov 141964: Nov 221966: Nov 31967: Nov 41968: Nov 101969: Nov 151970: Nov 161971: Nov 81975: Nov 141976: Nov 51977: Dec 71978: Dec 51980: Nov 191981: Nov 211982: Dec 121983: Nov 251984: Nov 221985: Dec 21986: Nov 141987: Nov 111988: Dec 51989: Oct 201990: Nov 301991: Nov 41992: Nov 61993: Oct 311994: Dec 11997: Oct 281998: Dec 161999: Dec 72003: Nov 242006: Nov 32012: Nov 13

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
2012Feb 13Nov 13Feb 13Dec 13
2007Mar 5no dataFeb 19no data
2006Feb 27Nov 3Feb 14Dec 1
2005Mar 10no dataJan 24no data
2003Mar 31Nov 24Feb 11Dec 1
2002Mar 24no dataMar 5no data
2001Mar 10no dataFeb 21no data
2000Mar 13no dataFeb 8no data
1999Feb 23Dec 7Feb 22Dec 7
1998Mar 13Dec 16Mar 12none
1997no dataOct 28no dataNov 17
1995Mar 10no dataFeb 13no data
1994Feb 28Dec 1Feb 14Dec 12
1993no dataOct 31no dataNov 7
1992Feb 9Nov 6Jan 21Nov 29
1991Feb 16Nov 4Feb 16Nov 4
1990Mar 21Nov 30Jan 13Dec 24
1989Apr 12Oct 20Mar 6Nov 30
1988Mar 16Dec 5Mar 16Dec 13
1987Apr 5Nov 11Jan 27Dec 17
1986no dataNov 14no datanone
1985Feb 16Dec 2Feb 13Dec 3
1984Mar 7Nov 22Mar 1Dec 7
1983Mar 22Nov 25Jan 16Dec 20
1982Mar 8Dec 12Feb 14Dec 13
1981Feb 14Nov 21Feb 12Dec 18
1980Mar 3Nov 19Mar 3Dec 21
1979Feb 27no dataFeb 11no data
1978Mar 5Dec 5Mar 5Dec 10
1977Feb 28Dec 7Feb 16Dec 7
1976Feb 7Nov 5Jan 28Nov 29
1975Mar 5Nov 14Feb 7Nov 22
1974Feb 18no dataFeb 11no data
1972Mar 3no dataFeb 8no data
1971Mar 9Nov 8Mar 4none
1970Mar 14Nov 16Feb 26Nov 17
1969Mar 27Nov 15Mar 11Nov 15
1968Mar 24Nov 10Mar 24Dec 8
1967Feb 26Nov 4Feb 25Dec 4
1966Mar 25Nov 3Mar 7Nov 3
1965Mar 21no dataMar 21no data
1964Mar 22Nov 22Feb 24Nov 22
1963no dataNov 14no dataDec 15
1962Apr 2Dec 6Mar 6Dec 10
1961Mar 10Nov 9Feb 9Nov 9
1960Mar 22Nov 30Mar 6Dec 1
1959Mar 17Nov 6Feb 21Nov 7
1958Mar 20Nov 29Feb 18Nov 29
1957Mar 9Oct 27Mar 8Oct 28
1956Mar 20Nov 9Jan 20Nov 9
1955Mar 29Oct 31Mar 28Nov 4
1954Mar 16Oct 31Mar 4Nov 3
1953Feb 13Oct 30Jan 12Nov 10
1952Feb 27Oct 8Jan 11Nov 21
1951Apr 12no dataMar 14no data

"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.