Frost history / Memphis Wfo, TN
Memphis Wfo, TN: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00405956, 1988 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 310 ft, 35.130, -89.804. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 28 | Nov 6 |
| Earliest | Mar 5 (2009) | Oct 9 (2000) |
| Latest | Apr 16 (2014) | Nov 29 (2024) |
| Trend | 3.4 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 35 | 36 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 20.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 21 | Nov 10 | Feb 25 | Nov 11 |
| 2024 | Mar 20 | Nov 29 | Feb 20 | Nov 29 |
| 2023 | Mar 21 | Oct 31 | Mar 21 | Nov 1 |
| 2022 | Mar 14 | Oct 19 | Mar 14 | Nov 14 |
| 2021 | Apr 3 | Nov 4 | Feb 21 | Nov 26 |
| 2020 | Apr 15 | Nov 2 | Feb 28 | Dec 1 |
| 2019 | Apr 2 | Nov 1 | Mar 7 | Nov 9 |
| 2018 | Apr 9 | Nov 10 | Apr 9 | Nov 11 |
| 2017 | Mar 16 | Oct 28 | Mar 16 | Nov 20 |
| 2016 | Mar 22 | Nov 20 | Feb 14 | Dec 9 |
| 2015 | Mar 29 | Nov 22 | Mar 8 | Nov 23 |
| 2014 | Apr 16 | Nov 2 | Mar 26 | Nov 2 |
| 2013 | Mar 28 | Nov 13 | Mar 28 | Nov 13 |
| 2012 | Mar 5 | Nov 8 | Feb 20 | Nov 28 |
| 2011 | Mar 12 | Nov 11 | Mar 12 | Nov 18 |
| 2010 | Mar 7 | Nov 6 | Mar 7 | Dec 6 |
| 2009 | Mar 5 | Nov 27 | Mar 4 | Dec 4 |
| 2008 | Apr 16 | Oct 28 | Mar 9 | Nov 19 |
| 2007 | Apr 9 | Nov 7 | Apr 9 | Dec 4 |
| 2006 | Mar 27 | Oct 24 | Mar 27 | Nov 3 |
| 2005 | Mar 15 | Oct 26 | Mar 3 | Nov 17 |
| 2004 | Mar 23 | Nov 28 | Mar 11 | Dec 2 |
| 2003 | Mar 31 | Nov 14 | Mar 11 | Nov 25 |
| 2002 | Mar 24 | Nov 13 | Mar 24 | Nov 28 |
| 2001 | Mar 28 | Oct 28 | Mar 28 | Nov 21 |
| 2000 | no data | Oct 9 | no data | Nov 15 |
| 1999 | Mar 27 | Oct 24 | Mar 5 | Dec 1 |
| 1998 | Mar 23 | no data | Mar 13 | no data |
| 1997 | Apr 15 | no data | Feb 24 | no data |
| 1996 | no data | Nov 3 | no data | Nov 3 |
| 1995 | Apr 2 | Nov 4 | Mar 10 | Nov 4 |
| 1994 | Apr 8 | Nov 24 | Mar 31 | Nov 24 |
| 1993 | Apr 3 | Oct 31 | Mar 15 | Nov 2 |
| 1992 | Apr 4 | Nov 7 | Apr 3 | Nov 7 |
| 1991 | Apr 1 | Nov 3 | Mar 11 | Nov 4 |
| 1990 | Apr 9 | Nov 6 | Mar 21 | Nov 30 |
| 1989 | Apr 12 | Nov 16 | Apr 12 | Nov 17 |
| 1988 | no data | Nov 17 | no data | Dec 2 |
"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.