Frost history / Gainesville Rgnl Ap, FL
Gainesville Rgnl Ap, FL: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00012816, 1960 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 123 ft, 29.692, -82.276. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 2 | Dec 1 |
| Earliest | Jan 21 (2024) | Oct 29 (2008) |
| Latest | Apr 17 (1962) | Dec 29 (2009) |
| Trend | 4.0 days earlier per decade | 0.6 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 50 | 51, 5 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 6 and the median first fall date is Dec 12.
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)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jan 21 | Dec 1 | none | Dec 4 |
| 2023 | Jan 28 | none | Jan 15 | none |
| 2022 | Feb 15 | Dec 23 | Jan 30 | Dec 24 |
| 2021 | Feb 4 | none | Feb 4 | none |
| 2020 | Mar 1 | Dec 1 | none | Dec 2 |
| 2019 | Jan 31 | Dec 3 | none | none |
| 2018 | Mar 15 | Dec 6 | Jan 19 | none |
| 2017 | Mar 17 | Dec 10 | Mar 16 | none |
| 2016 | Feb 28 | Nov 20 | Jan 25 | none |
| 2015 | Feb 21 | none | Feb 20 | none |
| 2014 | Feb 28 | Nov 19 | Jan 7 | Nov 19 |
| 2013 | Mar 28 | Nov 28 | Mar 4 | none |
| 2012 | Feb 13 | Nov 25 | Feb 13 | Dec 23 |
| 2011 | Feb 14 | Nov 12 | Jan 23 | none |
| 2010 | Mar 7 | Dec 2 | Mar 7 | Dec 2 |
| 2009 | Mar 4 | Dec 29 | Mar 4 | none |
| 2008 | Mar 9 | Oct 29 | Feb 28 | Nov 19 |
| 2007 | Mar 6 | Nov 17 | Feb 17 | Nov 17 |
| 2006 | Mar 27 | Dec 8 | Feb 14 | none |
| 2005 | Mar 2 | Nov 23 | Jan 24 | Dec 23 |
| 2004 | Mar 11 | Dec 15 | Jan 29 | Dec 21 |
| 2003 | Jan 28 | Nov 30 | Jan 28 | Dec 20 |
| 2002 | Mar 5 | Nov 23 | Mar 5 | none |
| 2001 | Feb 7 | Dec 21 | Jan 26 | Dec 27 |
| 2000 | Feb 7 | Nov 22 | Feb 6 | Nov 22 |
| 1999 | Mar 16 | Dec 1 | Feb 23 | Dec 2 |
| 1998 | Mar 14 | Dec 18 | none | Dec 31 |
| 1997 | Feb 12 | Dec 6 | Jan 19 | none |
| 1996 | Mar 13 | Dec 10 | Mar 9 | Dec 20 |
| 1995 | Feb 9 | Nov 15 | Feb 9 | Dec 11 |
| 1994 | Feb 3 | none | Feb 3 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 15 | Nov 1 | Mar 14 | Dec 12 |
| 1992 | Feb 9 | Nov 30 | Jan 17 | none |
| 1991 | Feb 17 | Nov 26 | Feb 17 | none |
| 1990 | Jan 27 | Dec 5 | Jan 14 | none |
| 1989 | Feb 26 | Dec 4 | Feb 25 | Dec 4 |
| 1988 | Mar 17 | Dec 13 | Feb 7 | Dec 18 |
| 1987 | Feb 11 | Nov 13 | Jan 24 | Dec 18 |
| 1986 | Mar 2 | none | Jan 29 | none |
| 1985 | Mar 19 | Dec 15 | Feb 16 | Dec 22 |
| 1984 | Mar 2 | Dec 7 | Feb 7 | Dec 8 |
| 1969 | Mar 12 | Nov 15 | none | Nov 15 |
| 1968 | Mar 25 | Nov 13 | Jan 26 | Dec 9 |
| 1967 | Feb 27 | Dec 23 | Feb 27 | Dec 24 |
| 1966 | Mar 8 | Nov 3 | Feb 6 | Dec 15 |
| 1965 | Mar 9 | Dec 1 | Feb 1 | Dec 1 |
| 1964 | Mar 31 | Dec 1 | Jan 15 | none |
| 1963 | Feb 28 | Nov 3 | Feb 27 | Dec 19 |
| 1962 | Apr 17 | Dec 6 | Mar 6 | Dec 6 |
| 1961 | Mar 11 | Dec 24 | Jan 23 | Dec 25 |
| 1960 | no data | Dec 1 | no data | Dec 13 |
"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.