Last Frost Day

Frost history / Centerville Water Pl, TN

Centerville Water Pl, TN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00401587, 1955 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 660 ft, 35.755, -87.426. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 24Oct 12
EarliestMar 29 (1999)Sep 15 (1985)
LatestJun 12 (1985)Nov 6 (2004)
Trend2.6 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data5046

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 9 and the median first fall date is Oct 25.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29196019701980199020001955: Apr 91956: Apr 211957: May 61958: Apr 131959: Apr 241960: May 131961: May 281962: Apr 241963: May 231964: Apr 101965: Apr 171966: May 101967: Apr 281968: May 61969: May 111970: May 41971: May 41972: Apr 271974: Apr 251975: Apr 211976: May 191977: May 111978: May 21979: Apr 291980: Apr 171981: May 211982: Apr 241983: Apr 261984: Apr 181985: Jun 121986: May 41987: Apr 121988: May 271989: May 71990: Apr 181991: Apr 11992: Apr 291993: Apr 221995: Apr 51996: Apr 161997: Apr 181998: Apr 121999: Mar 292000: Apr 222001: Apr 192002: May 192003: Apr 112004: Apr 162005: May 12006: Apr 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11196019701980199020001955: Oct 161956: Oct 81957: Oct 121958: Oct 21959: Oct 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 41962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Oct 131966: Oct 21968: Oct 41970: Oct 41971: Oct 101972: Oct 11973: Oct 171974: Oct 31975: Oct 31978: Oct 61979: Oct 121980: Oct 61982: Oct 211983: Sep 221984: Oct 11985: Sep 151986: Oct 161987: Oct 41988: Oct 61989: Oct 201990: Oct 191991: Oct 71992: Oct 191993: Oct 231994: Oct 261995: Oct 221996: Oct 191997: Oct 181998: Oct 231999: Oct 212000: Oct 82001: Oct 82002: Nov 22003: Oct 32004: Nov 62005: Oct 24

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
2006Apr 10no dataMar 27no data
2005May 1Oct 24Mar 18Oct 26
2004Apr 16Nov 6Mar 23Nov 26
2003Apr 11Oct 3Mar 31Nov 14
2002May 19Nov 2Apr 7Nov 2
2001Apr 19Oct 8Apr 18Oct 27
2000Apr 22Oct 8Apr 9Oct 9
1999Mar 29Oct 21Mar 29Oct 24
1998Apr 12Oct 23Mar 22Nov 6
1997Apr 18Oct 18Apr 18Oct 28
1996Apr 16Oct 19Apr 11Nov 3
1995Apr 5Oct 22Mar 12Nov 4
1994no dataOct 26no dataOct 27
1993Apr 22Oct 23Apr 22Oct 28
1992Apr 29Oct 19Apr 4Oct 19
1991Apr 1Oct 7Mar 31Oct 7
1990Apr 18Oct 19Apr 12Oct 26
1989May 7Oct 20Apr 13Nov 3
1988May 27Oct 6Apr 21Oct 13
1987Apr 12Oct 4Apr 7Oct 8
1986May 4Oct 16Apr 23Nov 13
1985Jun 12Sep 15Apr 9Nov 6
1984Apr 18Oct 1Apr 2Oct 1
1983Apr 26Sep 22Apr 21Sep 24
1982Apr 24Oct 21Apr 23Oct 21
1981May 21no dataMar 25no data
1980Apr 17Oct 6Apr 5Oct 6
1979Apr 29Oct 12Apr 7Oct 14
1978May 2Oct 6Apr 22Oct 7
1977May 11no dataApr 9no data
1976May 19no dataMay 4no data
1975Apr 21Oct 3Apr 13Oct 3
1974Apr 25Oct 3Apr 10Oct 3
1973no dataOct 17no dataNov 6
1972Apr 27Oct 1Apr 9Oct 20
1971May 4Oct 10May 4Nov 4
1970May 4Oct 4Apr 8Oct 30
1969May 11no dataMar 31no data
1968May 6Oct 4Mar 26Oct 5
1967Apr 28no dataMar 22no data
1966May 10Oct 2Apr 10Oct 26
1965Apr 17Oct 13Mar 22Oct 24
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 7
1963May 23Oct 29May 2Oct 29
1962Apr 24Oct 24Apr 17Oct 24
1961May 28Oct 4Apr 11Oct 15
1960May 13Oct 21Apr 19Oct 21
1959Apr 24Oct 19Apr 23Nov 7
1958Apr 13Oct 2Apr 8Oct 29
1957May 6Oct 12Apr 15Oct 20
1956Apr 21Oct 8Apr 19Nov 9
1955Apr 9Oct 16Apr 8Oct 25

"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.