Last Frost Day

Frost history / Selmer, TN

Selmer, TN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00408160, 1958 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 470 ft, 35.165, -88.599. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 11Oct 23
EarliestMar 20 (1988)Sep 29 (1967)
LatestMay 10 (1966)Nov 26 (2004)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade3.2 days later per decade
Years with data6565

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 31 and the median first fall date is Nov 4.

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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 1519601970198019902000201020201959: Apr 231960: Apr 191961: Apr 181962: Apr 161963: Apr 141964: Apr 101965: Apr 291966: May 101967: Mar 231968: Apr 71969: Apr 241970: May 41971: May 51972: Apr 261973: Apr 111974: Apr 91975: Apr 131976: May 41977: Apr 61978: Apr 221979: Apr 51980: Apr 51981: Mar 251982: Apr 231983: Apr 251984: Apr 181985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 61988: Mar 201989: Apr 131990: Apr 121991: Mar 311992: Apr 51993: Apr 221994: Apr 81995: Apr 11996: Apr 161998: Mar 221999: Mar 282000: Apr 92001: Apr 182002: Apr 62003: Mar 312004: Apr 142005: Apr 32006: Mar 272007: Apr 162008: Apr 152010: Mar 302011: Apr 172012: Apr 122013: Apr 252014: Apr 162015: Mar 292016: Mar 222017: Apr 82018: Apr 92019: Apr 22020: Apr 162021: Apr 222022: Apr 102023: Mar 212024: Apr 62025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201958: Oct 271959: Oct 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Oct 291964: Oct 61965: Oct 251966: Oct 71967: Sep 291968: Oct 51969: Oct 181970: Oct 101971: Nov 41974: Oct 31975: Oct 31976: Oct 181977: Oct 121978: Oct 61979: Oct 51980: Oct 61981: Oct 31982: Oct 231983: Oct 271984: Oct 11985: Nov 51986: Nov 131987: Oct 41988: Oct 131989: Oct 201990: Oct 261991: Oct 71992: Nov 81993: Oct 281994: Oct 261995: Oct 211996: Nov 31997: Oct 231998: Nov 61999: Oct 242000: Oct 82001: Oct 172002: Nov 22003: Nov 142004: Nov 262005: Oct 262006: Oct 132007: Nov 72008: Oct 282009: Oct 182010: Oct 302011: Oct 212012: Oct 312013: Oct 252014: Nov 12015: Oct 182016: Nov 112017: Oct 292018: Oct 222019: Nov 12021: Nov 42022: Oct 182023: Oct 312024: Nov 212025: Nov 3

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
2025Apr 9Nov 3Mar 22Nov 10
2024Apr 6Nov 21Mar 20Nov 29
2023Mar 21Oct 31Mar 21Nov 1
2022Apr 10Oct 18Mar 13Oct 19
2021Apr 22Nov 4Apr 2Nov 14
2020Apr 16no dataMar 7no data
2019Apr 2Nov 1Mar 19Nov 1
2018Apr 9Oct 22Apr 9Nov 10
2017Apr 8Oct 29Mar 16Nov 20
2016Mar 22Nov 11Mar 21Nov 20
2015Mar 29Oct 18Mar 29Nov 22
2014Apr 16Nov 1Apr 16Nov 2
2013Apr 25Oct 25Mar 27Nov 13
2012Apr 12Oct 31Mar 4Nov 8
2011Apr 17Oct 21Mar 11Oct 30
2010Mar 30Oct 30Mar 7Nov 6
2009no dataOct 18no dataNov 27
2008Apr 15Oct 28Mar 25Oct 29
2007Apr 16Nov 7Apr 8Nov 7
2006Mar 27Oct 13Mar 26Nov 3
2005Apr 3Oct 26Mar 10Nov 17
2004Apr 14Nov 26Mar 12Dec 2
2003Mar 31Nov 14Mar 31Nov 14
2002Apr 6Nov 2Mar 23Nov 17
2001Apr 18Oct 17Mar 28Oct 28
2000Apr 9Oct 8Apr 9Oct 9
1999Mar 28Oct 24Mar 28Oct 24
1998Mar 22Nov 6Mar 22Nov 6
1997no dataOct 23no dataNov 16
1996Apr 16Nov 3Apr 10Nov 3
1995Apr 1Oct 21Mar 11Nov 4
1994Apr 8Oct 26Apr 1Nov 24
1993Apr 22Oct 28Apr 3Nov 1
1992Apr 5Nov 8Apr 3Nov 8
1991Mar 31Oct 7Mar 31Nov 4
1990Apr 12Oct 26Apr 8Nov 18
1989Apr 13Oct 20Apr 11Nov 4
1988Mar 20Oct 13Mar 19Nov 17
1987Apr 6Oct 4Apr 4Oct 22
1986Apr 23Nov 13Mar 23Nov 13
1985Apr 10Nov 5Apr 9Nov 6
1984Apr 18Oct 1Mar 30Nov 13
1983Apr 25Oct 27Apr 20Nov 5
1982Apr 23Oct 23Apr 10Oct 24
1981Mar 25Oct 3Mar 24Oct 24
1980Apr 5Oct 6Mar 22Oct 31
1979Apr 5Oct 5Mar 26Nov 4
1978Apr 22Oct 6Mar 28Oct 7
1977Apr 6Oct 12Apr 6Oct 13
1976May 4Oct 18Apr 10Oct 18
1975Apr 13Oct 3Apr 3Nov 14
1974Apr 9Oct 3Apr 6Nov 13
1973Apr 11no dataApr 11no data
1972Apr 26no dataApr 2no data
1971May 5Nov 4Apr 8Nov 4
1970May 4Oct 10Apr 6Nov 4
1969Apr 24Oct 18Apr 1Oct 28
1968Apr 7Oct 5Apr 6Oct 25
1967Mar 23Sep 29Mar 19Oct 28
1966May 10Oct 7Apr 10Oct 20
1965Apr 29Oct 25Mar 27Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 10
1963Apr 14Oct 29Mar 23Oct 30
1962Apr 16Oct 24Apr 16Oct 24
1961Apr 18Oct 15Apr 7Oct 27
1960Apr 19Oct 21Apr 10Nov 4
1959Apr 23Oct 19Apr 14Nov 7
1958no dataOct 27no dataNov 7

"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.