Frost history / West Memphis Muni Ap, AR
West Memphis Muni Ap, AR: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00053959, 2003 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 214 ft, 35.135, -90.234. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 17 | Nov 2 |
| Earliest | Feb 26 (2012) | Oct 13 (2006) |
| Latest | Apr 21 (2021) | Dec 2 (2004) |
| Trend | 0.6 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 22 | 22 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 5 and the median first fall date is Nov 26.
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 | Mar 19 | Nov 23 | Mar 19 | Nov 30 |
| 2023 | Mar 20 | Oct 31 | Mar 20 | Nov 27 |
| 2022 | Mar 13 | Oct 19 | Mar 12 | Nov 17 |
| 2021 | Apr 21 | Nov 4 | Feb 21 | Dec 20 |
| 2020 | Mar 7 | Nov 30 | Feb 22 | Dec 1 |
| 2019 | Mar 7 | Nov 1 | Mar 6 | Nov 9 |
| 2018 | Apr 8 | Nov 10 | Feb 8 | Nov 27 |
| 2017 | Mar 15 | Oct 28 | Mar 15 | Oct 29 |
| 2016 | Mar 21 | Nov 20 | Feb 13 | Dec 8 |
| 2015 | Mar 8 | Nov 22 | Mar 7 | Nov 22 |
| 2014 | Mar 26 | Nov 1 | Mar 26 | Nov 13 |
| 2013 | Mar 27 | Oct 20 | Mar 27 | Nov 13 |
| 2012 | Feb 26 | Oct 29 | Feb 13 | Nov 28 |
| 2011 | Mar 16 | Oct 21 | Feb 12 | Dec 1 |
| 2010 | Mar 6 | Nov 6 | Mar 4 | Dec 5 |
| 2009 | Mar 4 | Nov 27 | Mar 3 | Nov 27 |
| 2008 | Apr 15 | Oct 28 | Mar 8 | Nov 18 |
| 2007 | Apr 8 | Nov 7 | Apr 8 | Nov 16 |
| 2006 | Mar 26 | Oct 13 | Feb 21 | Nov 21 |
| 2005 | Mar 14 | Oct 26 | Mar 2 | Nov 17 |
| 2004 | Mar 10 | Dec 2 | Feb 18 | Dec 14 |
| 2003 | Mar 31 | Nov 24 | Mar 7 | Nov 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.