Last Frost Day

Frost history / Sevierville, TN

Sevierville, TN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00408179, 1955 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 899 ft, 35.930, -83.598. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 15Oct 20
EarliestMar 26 (2023)Sep 24 (1963)
LatestJun 1 (1966)Nov 24 (2024)
Trend3.3 days earlier per decade3.5 days later per decade
Years with data5763

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201956: Apr 211957: Apr 151958: Apr 131959: Apr 151960: Apr 191961: May 281962: Apr 221963: May 21964: Apr 101965: Apr 171966: Jun 11967: Apr 291968: Apr 161969: May 11970: Apr 111971: May 41972: Apr 281974: Apr 251975: Apr 221976: May 191977: May 111978: Apr 281979: Apr 301980: May 101981: Apr 71982: Apr 111983: Apr 261984: Apr 191985: Apr 101986: May 41987: Apr 111990: Apr 131991: Mar 311994: Apr 91995: Apr 251996: Apr 111997: May 111998: Apr 131999: Mar 272007: Apr 112008: Apr 162009: Apr 82010: Mar 282011: Apr 72013: Apr 32014: Apr 162015: Apr 62016: Apr 112017: Apr 92018: Apr 202019: Apr 62020: Apr 112021: Apr 232022: Apr 112023: Mar 262024: Apr 42025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201955: Oct 251956: Nov 111957: Oct 201958: Oct 121959: Oct 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Sep 241964: Oct 61965: Oct 241966: Oct 71967: Sep 301968: Oct 51969: Oct 171970: Oct 51971: Oct 111972: Oct 191973: Oct 171974: Oct 11975: Oct 31976: Oct 121977: Oct 151978: Oct 81979: Oct 131980: Oct 131982: Oct 221983: Oct 151984: Oct 31985: Nov 81986: Nov 131987: Oct 41988: Oct 81989: Nov 31990: Oct 261991: Oct 51994: Oct 291995: Oct 171996: Oct 191997: Oct 231998: Oct 231999: Oct 252005: Oct 272006: Oct 132007: Nov 42008: Oct 292009: Oct 192010: Nov 72011: Oct 302012: Nov 92013: Oct 252014: Nov 22015: Oct 192016: Nov 112017: Oct 302018: Nov 102019: Nov 22020: Nov 22021: Nov 72022: Oct 182023: Nov 12024: Nov 242025: Nov 11

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 11Mar 7Nov 11
2024Apr 4Nov 24Mar 31Nov 29
2023Mar 26Nov 1Mar 21Nov 1
2022Apr 11Oct 18Apr 10Nov 14
2021Apr 23Nov 7Apr 4Nov 14
2020Apr 11Nov 2Mar 9Dec 2
2019Apr 6Nov 2Mar 20Nov 9
2018Apr 20Nov 10Mar 23Nov 11
2017Apr 9Oct 30Mar 17Nov 20
2016Apr 11Nov 11Mar 5Nov 11
2015Apr 6Oct 19Mar 30Nov 14
2014Apr 16Nov 2Mar 27Nov 2
2013Apr 3Oct 25Mar 30Oct 26
2012no dataNov 9no dataNov 14
2011Apr 7Oct 30Feb 15Nov 2
2010Mar 28Nov 7Mar 8Nov 7
2009Apr 8Oct 19Mar 22Nov 29
2008Apr 16Oct 29Mar 25Oct 29
2007Apr 11Nov 4Apr 8Nov 7
2006no dataOct 13no dataNov 3
2005no dataOct 27no dataNov 11
1999Mar 27Oct 25Mar 27Oct 25
1998Apr 13Oct 23Mar 15Oct 23
1997May 11Oct 23Apr 10Oct 23
1996Apr 11Oct 19Apr 10Oct 19
1995Apr 25Oct 17Mar 25Nov 4
1994Apr 9Oct 29Apr 9Nov 23
1991Mar 31Oct 5Mar 31Nov 3
1990Apr 13Oct 26Apr 13Oct 30
1989no dataNov 3no dataNov 4
1988no dataOct 8no dataOct 13
1987Apr 11Oct 4Apr 4Oct 9
1986May 4Nov 13May 4Nov 14
1985Apr 10Nov 8Apr 10Nov 8
1984Apr 19Oct 3Apr 2Nov 7
1983Apr 26Oct 15Apr 21Nov 6
1982Apr 11Oct 22Apr 11Oct 26
1981Apr 7no dataMar 26no data
1980May 10Oct 13Apr 17Nov 6
1979Apr 30Oct 13Mar 27Oct 14
1978Apr 28Oct 8Mar 18Oct 17
1977May 11Oct 15Apr 9Nov 11
1976May 19Oct 12May 4Oct 18
1975Apr 22Oct 3Apr 13Oct 31
1974Apr 25Oct 1Apr 25Oct 3
1973no dataOct 17no dataNov 6
1972Apr 28Oct 19Apr 26Oct 20
1971May 4Oct 11May 4Nov 4
1970Apr 11Oct 5Apr 8Oct 17
1969May 1Oct 17Apr 24Oct 18
1968Apr 16Oct 5Mar 26Oct 5
1967Apr 29Sep 30Mar 23Oct 20
1966Jun 1Oct 7Apr 11Nov 3
1965Apr 17Oct 24Mar 22Oct 24
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 7
1963May 2Sep 24Apr 16Oct 30
1962Apr 22Oct 24Apr 21Oct 24
1961May 28Oct 15Apr 8Oct 27
1960Apr 19Oct 21Apr 11Oct 25
1959Apr 15Oct 19Mar 23Nov 3
1958Apr 13Oct 12Apr 8Oct 29
1957Apr 15Oct 20Apr 15Oct 21
1956Apr 21Nov 11Apr 21Nov 11
1955no dataOct 25no dataOct 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.