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Frost history / Linden Wtp, TN

Linden Wtp, TN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00405278, 1963 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 505 ft, 35.605, -87.841. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 14Oct 21
EarliestMar 23 (1967)Oct 2 (1984)
LatestMay 4 (1971)Nov 14 (2003)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.5 days later per decade
Years with data3844

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 6 and the median first fall date is Nov 2.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151970198019902000201020201963: May 21964: Apr 101965: Mar 271966: Apr 151967: Mar 231968: Apr 161970: Apr 81971: May 41972: Apr 261974: Apr 161975: Apr 141977: Apr 61981: May 31982: Apr 241983: Apr 251988: Apr 291989: Apr 141990: Apr 131991: Apr 11992: Apr 301993: Apr 231994: Apr 91995: Apr 31996: Apr 301997: Apr 181998: Apr 131999: Mar 292000: Apr 102002: Apr 82003: Apr 122005: Apr 252007: Apr 162011: Mar 262012: Apr 132018: Apr 212019: Mar 262020: Apr 302021: Apr 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261970198019902000201020201963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Oct 131966: Oct 211967: Oct 111968: Oct 51969: Oct 181970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Oct 201973: Nov 61974: Oct 31975: Nov 141976: Oct 181977: Oct 121980: Oct 61981: Oct 201982: Oct 161984: Oct 21986: Nov 131988: Oct 121989: Oct 201990: Oct 191991: Oct 71992: Oct 191993: Oct 231994: Oct 261995: Oct 231996: Oct 211997: Oct 211998: Oct 231999: Oct 242000: Oct 82001: Oct 172002: Nov 22003: Nov 142004: Nov 62005: Oct 242006: Oct 132012: Oct 312016: Nov 102018: Oct 212019: Nov 12020: Nov 4

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
2021Apr 24no dataApr 3no data
2020Apr 30Nov 4Apr 16Nov 18
2019Mar 26Nov 1Mar 26Nov 2
2018Apr 21Oct 21Apr 11Nov 10
2016no dataNov 10no dataNov 21
2012Apr 13Oct 31Feb 26Nov 1
2011Mar 26no dataMar 2no data
2007Apr 16no dataApr 8no data
2006no dataOct 13no dataOct 24
2005Apr 25Oct 24Mar 18Oct 26
2004no dataNov 6no dataNov 26
2003Apr 12Nov 14Mar 31Nov 14
2002Apr 8Nov 2Apr 6Nov 17
2001no dataOct 17no dataOct 27
2000Apr 10Oct 8Apr 10Oct 8
1999Mar 29Oct 24Mar 28Oct 24
1998Apr 13Oct 23Mar 20Nov 6
1997Apr 18Oct 21Apr 17Nov 16
1996Apr 30Oct 21Apr 12Nov 4
1995Apr 3Oct 23Apr 3Nov 6
1994Apr 9Oct 26Apr 9Nov 23
1993Apr 23Oct 23Apr 23Nov 1
1992Apr 30Oct 19Apr 6Nov 7
1991Apr 1Oct 7Apr 1Nov 3
1990Apr 13Oct 19Apr 9Oct 26
1989Apr 14Oct 20Apr 12Nov 3
1988Apr 29Oct 12Mar 20Oct 13
1986no dataNov 13no dataNov 13
1984no dataOct 2no dataOct 2
1983Apr 25no dataApr 21no data
1982Apr 24Oct 16Apr 11Oct 23
1981May 3Oct 20Mar 25Oct 24
1980no dataOct 6no dataOct 13
1977Apr 6Oct 12Mar 7Nov 12
1976no dataOct 18no dataOct 28
1975Apr 14Nov 14Apr 6Nov 14
1974Apr 16Oct 3Apr 6Nov 15
1973no dataNov 6no dataNov 6
1972Apr 26Oct 20Apr 2Nov 17
1971May 4Nov 4Apr 11Nov 4
1970Apr 8Oct 17Apr 3Nov 16
1969no dataOct 18no dataOct 28
1968Apr 16Oct 5Mar 25Oct 26
1967Mar 23Oct 11Mar 22Oct 28
1966Apr 15Oct 21Apr 10Oct 27
1965Mar 27Oct 13Mar 22Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 11
1963May 2Oct 29Apr 15Oct 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.