Frost history / Alexandria Intl Ap, LA
Alexandria Intl Ap, LA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00093915, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 84 ft, 31.335, -92.559. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 1 | Nov 14 |
| Earliest | Jan 9 (2017) | Oct 19 (2022) |
| Latest | Apr 10 (2003) | Dec 24 (2001) |
| Trend | 2.0 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 26 | 27, 1 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 30.
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 | Feb 19 | Nov 30 | Jan 21 | Nov 30 |
| 2023 | Mar 20 | Nov 2 | none | Nov 2 |
| 2022 | Mar 13 | Oct 19 | Feb 13 | Dec 18 |
| 2021 | Feb 21 | none | Feb 20 | none |
| 2020 | Feb 27 | Dec 1 | Feb 7 | none |
| 2019 | Apr 2 | Nov 1 | Mar 6 | Nov 13 |
| 2018 | Feb 8 | Nov 14 | Jan 18 | Nov 27 |
| 2017 | Jan 9 | Oct 29 | Jan 9 | Nov 23 |
| 2016 | Feb 10 | Nov 20 | Jan 28 | Dec 19 |
| 2015 | Mar 7 | Nov 23 | Mar 7 | none |
| 2014 | Mar 4 | Nov 14 | Mar 4 | Nov 14 |
| 2013 | Mar 27 | Nov 13 | Mar 26 | Nov 14 |
| 2012 | Feb 12 | Oct 30 | Feb 12 | Dec 13 |
| 2011 | Feb 13 | Oct 20 | Feb 12 | Dec 8 |
| 2010 | Mar 4 | Nov 6 | Feb 25 | Dec 1 |
| 2009 | Mar 2 | Nov 27 | Jan 21 | Dec 5 |
| 2008 | Feb 27 | Oct 28 | Jan 4 | Dec 22 |
| 2007 | Mar 5 | Dec 4 | Feb 16 | Dec 25 |
| 2006 | Feb 20 | Nov 20 | Feb 19 | Nov 21 |
| 2005 | Jan 24 | Nov 17 | Jan 24 | Nov 18 |
| 2004 | Feb 27 | Dec 14 | Jan 28 | Dec 15 |
| 2003 | Apr 10 | Nov 24 | Feb 11 | Nov 25 |
| 2002 | Mar 5 | Nov 28 | Mar 5 | none |
| 2001 | Feb 19 | Dec 24 | Feb 4 | Dec 27 |
| 2000 | Mar 5 | Nov 14 | Feb 6 | Nov 21 |
| 1999 | no data | Oct 25 | no data | Dec 16 |
| 1951 | Mar 14 | Nov 2 | Feb 4 | Nov 3 |
"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.