Last Frost Day

Frost history / Orlando Intl Ap, FL

Orlando Intl Ap, FL: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00012815, 1952 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 90 ft, 28.434, -81.325. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJan 28Dec 21
EarliestJan 3 (1979)Nov 25 (1970)
LatestMar 4 (2013)Dec 28 (1977)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decade0.7 days later per decade
Years with data68, 30 with no freeze70, 53 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 19 and the median first fall date is Dec 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Dec 16Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 1619601970198019902000201020201956: Jan 151958: Feb 191959: Jan 171964: Jan 141965: Jan 181966: Jan 311967: Feb 261968: Mar 21969: Feb 51970: Feb 41976: Jan 191977: Feb 181978: Feb 231979: Jan 31980: Mar 31981: Feb 41982: Jan 151985: Feb 161986: Jan 291987: Jan 241989: Feb 251991: Feb 161995: Feb 91996: Feb 51997: Jan 191999: Jan 62000: Jan 272001: Jan 102002: Jan 92003: Jan 242008: Jan 32009: Feb 52010: Jan 122011: Jan 132012: Feb 122013: Mar 42014: Jan 192018: Jan 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201954: Dec 211957: Dec 121960: Dec 221962: Dec 121966: Dec 251968: Dec 161970: Nov 251975: Dec 191977: Dec 281981: Dec 191983: Dec 251985: Dec 261989: Dec 231995: Dec 252000: Dec 202010: Dec 82022: Dec 24

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
2024nonenonenonenone
2023nonenonenonenone
2022noneDec 24nonenone
2021nonenonenonenone
2020nonenonenonenone
2019nonenonenonenone
2018Jan 18noneJan 18none
2017nonenonenonenone
2016nonenonenonenone
2015nonenonenonenone
2014Jan 19nonenonenone
2013Mar 4nonenonenone
2012Feb 12nonenonenone
2011Jan 13nonenonenone
2010Jan 12Dec 8Jan 12Dec 14
2009Feb 5nonenonenone
2008Jan 3nonenonenone
2007nonenonenonenone
2006nonenonenonenone
2005nonenonenonenone
2004nonenonenonenone
2003Jan 24noneJan 24none
2002Jan 9noneJan 9none
2001Jan 10nonenonenone
2000Jan 27Dec 20noneDec 20
1999Jan 6nonenonenone
1998nonenonenonenone
1997Jan 19noneJan 19none
1996Feb 5noneFeb 5none
1995Feb 9Dec 25nonenone
1994nonenonenonenone
1993nonenonenonenone
1992nonenonenonenone
1991Feb 16nonenonenone
1990nonenonenonenone
1989Feb 25Dec 23noneDec 23
1988nonenonenonenone
1987Jan 24nonenonenone
1986Jan 29noneJan 28none
1985Feb 16Dec 26Jan 23Dec 26
1984nonenonenonenone
1983noneDec 25noneDec 25
1982Jan 15noneJan 15none
1981Feb 4Dec 19Jan 19none
1980Mar 3noneMar 3none
1979Jan 3noneJan 3none
1978Feb 23nonenonenone
1977Feb 18Dec 28Jan 20none
1976Jan 19nonenonenone
1975noneDec 19nonenone
1974no datanoneno datanone
1970Feb 4Nov 25nonenone
1969Feb 5nonenonenone
1968Mar 2Dec 16nonenone
1967Feb 26nonenonenone
1966Jan 31Dec 25Jan 31none
1965Jan 18nonenonenone
1964Jan 14noneJan 14none
1963nonenonenonenone
1962noneDec 12noneDec 13
1961nonenonenonenone
1960noneDec 22nonenone
1959Jan 17nonenonenone
1958Feb 19noneJan 9none
1957noneDec 12noneDec 12
1956Jan 15nonenonenone
1955nonenonenonenone
1954noneDec 21nonenone
1953nonenonenonenone
1952no datanoneno datanone

"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.