Last Frost Day

Frost history / Centreville 6 Sw, AL

Centreville 6 Sw, AL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003881, 1975 to 2013, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 450 ft, 32.866, -87.238. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 26Nov 6
EarliestFeb 25 (1976)Oct 10 (2000)
LatestApr 20 (2013)Dec 1 (1978)
Trend4.0 days later per decade4.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data3736

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 9 and the median first fall date is Nov 16.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019801990200020101975: Mar 161976: Feb 251977: Mar 91978: Mar 281979: Mar 271980: Mar 161981: Mar 211982: Apr 81983: Apr 201984: Mar 101985: Mar 191986: Mar 231987: Apr 41988: Mar 171989: Apr 111990: Mar 211991: Mar 111992: Mar 161993: Mar 151995: Mar 121997: Apr 191998: Mar 241999: Apr 192000: Apr 102001: Apr 202002: Mar 292003: Apr 12004: Apr 22005: Mar 192006: Mar 282007: Apr 92008: Mar 262009: Apr 92010: Mar 92011: Apr 72012: Mar 72013: Apr 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119801990200020101975: Nov 141976: Nov 51977: Nov 121978: Dec 11979: Nov 151980: Nov 191982: Oct 251983: Nov 171984: Nov 131985: Nov 61986: Nov 131987: Nov 111988: Nov 291989: Oct 191990: Nov 301991: Nov 31992: Nov 291993: Oct 311995: Nov 51996: Nov 31997: Nov 161998: Nov 61999: Oct 242000: Oct 102001: Oct 282002: Nov 142003: Nov 142004: Nov 262005: Oct 262006: Nov 42008: Oct 282009: Oct 192010: Nov 62011: Oct 212012: Nov 82013: Oct 26

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
2013Apr 20Oct 26Mar 29Nov 13
2012Mar 7Nov 8Feb 14Nov 25
2011Apr 7Oct 21Feb 14Oct 30
2010Mar 9Nov 6Mar 8Nov 7
2009Apr 9Oct 19Apr 9Nov 27
2008Mar 26Oct 28Mar 26Oct 29
2007Apr 9no dataApr 8no data
2006Mar 28Nov 4Mar 27Nov 13
2005Mar 19Oct 26Mar 4Nov 18
2004Apr 2Nov 26Mar 11Dec 2
2003Apr 1Nov 14Apr 1Nov 25
2002Mar 29Nov 14Mar 24Nov 23
2001Apr 20Oct 28Mar 11Oct 28
2000Apr 10Oct 10Mar 14Nov 15
1999Apr 19Oct 24Mar 5Nov 4
1998Mar 24Nov 6Mar 23Nov 7
1997Apr 19Nov 16Feb 17Nov 16
1996no dataNov 3no dataDec 3
1995Mar 12Nov 5Mar 10Nov 15
1993Mar 15Oct 31Mar 15Nov 1
1992Mar 16Nov 29Mar 11Nov 30
1991Mar 11Nov 3Feb 16Nov 4
1990Mar 21Nov 30Jan 30Dec 5
1989Apr 11Oct 19Feb 25Nov 17
1988Mar 17Nov 29Mar 15Nov 29
1987Apr 4Nov 11Apr 1Dec 2
1986Mar 23Nov 13Mar 23Nov 13
1985Mar 19Nov 6Feb 16Dec 2
1984Mar 10Nov 13Mar 9Nov 22
1983Apr 20Nov 17Feb 27Nov 29
1982Apr 8Oct 25Mar 9Nov 5
1981Mar 21no dataMar 20no data
1980Mar 16Nov 19Mar 4Nov 20
1979Mar 27Nov 15Feb 12Nov 29
1978Mar 28Dec 1Mar 6Dec 5
1977Mar 9Nov 12Feb 22Nov 13
1976Feb 25Nov 5Feb 9Nov 6
1975Mar 16Nov 14Mar 6Nov 14

"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.