Last Frost Day

Frost history / Crossville Mem Ap, TN

Crossville Mem Ap, TN: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003847, 1954 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,867 ft, 35.951, -85.081. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 16Oct 20
EarliestMar 7 (2010)Oct 2 (1966)
LatestMay 28 (1961)Nov 14 (2015)
Trend1.5 days earlier per decade1.5 days later per decade
Years with data7071

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 31 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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201955: Apr 91956: Apr 251957: May 61958: Apr 131959: Apr 151960: May 91961: May 281962: Apr 211963: May 21964: Apr 101965: Mar 311966: May 101967: Apr 281968: May 61969: Apr 251970: Apr 71971: Apr 81972: Apr 261973: Apr 141974: Apr 251975: Apr 131976: May 41977: Mar 231978: Apr 221979: Mar 261980: Apr 61981: Apr 71982: Apr 231983: Apr 211984: Apr 21985: Apr 101986: May 41987: Apr 41988: Apr 201989: Apr 131990: Apr 181991: Mar 311992: Apr 291993: Apr 31994: Apr 81995: Apr 51996: Apr 271997: Apr 181998: Mar 241999: Mar 282000: Apr 92001: Apr 192002: May 222003: Mar 312004: May 42005: Apr 242006: Apr 92007: Apr 132008: Apr 162009: Apr 82010: Mar 72011: May 52012: Apr 122013: Apr 202014: Apr 162015: Apr 52016: Apr 102017: Mar 192018: Apr 202019: Apr 32020: May 102021: Apr 222022: Apr 102023: Apr 242024: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201954: Oct 171955: Oct 141956: Oct 81957: Oct 201958: Oct 291959: Oct 281960: Oct 201961: Oct 151962: Oct 241963: Oct 301964: Oct 61965: Oct 131966: Oct 21967: Oct 201968: Oct 41969: Oct 171970: Oct 171971: Nov 41972: Oct 191973: Nov 61974: Oct 21975: Nov 131976: Oct 181977: Oct 141978: Oct 151979: Oct 131980: Oct 41981: Oct 191982: Oct 171983: Nov 51984: Oct 21985: Nov 71986: Oct 161987: Oct 31988: Oct 81989: Oct 91990: Oct 191991: Oct 61992: Oct 191993: Oct 281994: Oct 271995: Oct 251996: Oct 201997: Oct 221998: Oct 231999: Oct 212000: Oct 72001: Oct 172002: Nov 12003: Nov 92004: Nov 142005: Oct 262006: Oct 122007: Nov 32008: Oct 222009: Oct 182010: Oct 302011: Oct 222012: Oct 92013: Oct 232014: Nov 12015: Nov 142016: Nov 112017: Oct 292018: Oct 212019: Oct 312020: Oct 172021: Nov 32022: Oct 92023: Oct 312024: Oct 17

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
2024Apr 22Oct 17Mar 19Nov 29
2023Apr 24Oct 31Mar 21Nov 1
2022Apr 10Oct 9Mar 13Oct 18
2021Apr 22Nov 3Apr 22Nov 13
2020May 10Oct 17Mar 7Nov 30
2019Apr 3Oct 31Apr 1Nov 2
2018Apr 20Oct 21Apr 17Nov 10
2017Mar 19Oct 29Mar 16Oct 29
2016Apr 10Nov 11Feb 18Nov 20
2015Apr 5Nov 14Mar 29Nov 22
2014Apr 16Nov 1Apr 16Nov 13
2013Apr 20Oct 23Mar 28Oct 25
2012Apr 12Oct 9Mar 6Nov 13
2011May 5Oct 22Feb 26Nov 11
2010Mar 7Oct 30Mar 7Nov 6
2009Apr 8Oct 18Mar 21Nov 28
2008Apr 16Oct 22Mar 25Oct 29
2007Apr 13Nov 3Apr 9Nov 7
2006Apr 9Oct 12Mar 27Oct 13
2005Apr 24Oct 26Mar 18Nov 11
2004May 4Nov 14Mar 23Dec 2
2003Mar 31Nov 9Mar 31Nov 14
2002May 22Nov 1Mar 28Nov 2
2001Apr 19Oct 17Mar 28Oct 28
2000Apr 9Oct 7Apr 5Oct 8
1999Mar 28Oct 21Mar 16Oct 25
1998Mar 24Oct 23Mar 15Nov 6
1997Apr 18Oct 22Apr 14Oct 23
1996Apr 27Oct 20Apr 11Nov 2
1995Apr 5Oct 25Mar 10Nov 4
1994Apr 8Oct 27Apr 1Nov 23
1993Apr 3Oct 28Apr 3Oct 28
1992Apr 29Oct 19Apr 5Nov 7
1991Mar 31Oct 6Mar 31Oct 7
1990Apr 18Oct 19Apr 13Oct 27
1989Apr 13Oct 9Apr 13Nov 3
1988Apr 20Oct 8Apr 20Oct 14
1987Apr 4Oct 3Apr 4Oct 21
1986May 4Oct 16Apr 23Nov 13
1985Apr 10Nov 7Apr 10Nov 8
1984Apr 2Oct 2Mar 12Nov 7
1983Apr 21Nov 5Apr 21Nov 12
1982Apr 23Oct 17Apr 10Oct 26
1981Apr 7Oct 19Mar 24Oct 20
1980Apr 6Oct 4Mar 15Oct 13
1979Mar 26Oct 13Mar 26Nov 14
1978Apr 22Oct 15Mar 18Dec 5
1977Mar 23Oct 14Mar 23Nov 12
1976May 4Oct 18May 4Oct 28
1975Apr 13Nov 13Apr 4Nov 14
1974Apr 25Oct 2Mar 24Oct 3
1973Apr 14Nov 6Apr 14Nov 9
1972Apr 26Oct 19Apr 9Nov 23
1971Apr 8Nov 4Mar 31Nov 7
1970Apr 7Oct 17Apr 3Nov 16
1969Apr 25Oct 17Mar 31Oct 18
1968May 6Oct 4Mar 25Oct 26
1967Apr 28Oct 20Mar 22Nov 4
1966May 10Oct 2May 10Nov 2
1965Mar 31Oct 13Mar 27Oct 25
1964Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Oct 7
1963May 2Oct 30May 1Oct 30
1962Apr 21Oct 24Apr 16Oct 24
1961May 28Oct 15Apr 11Oct 26
1960May 9Oct 20Apr 11Oct 21
1959Apr 15Oct 28Mar 28Nov 6
1958Apr 13Oct 29Apr 12Oct 29
1957May 6Oct 20Apr 15Oct 27
1956Apr 25Oct 8Apr 21Nov 9
1955Apr 9Oct 14Mar 31Oct 24
1954no dataOct 17no dataOct 20

"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.