Fayetteville, AR Climatological Records

Frost/Freeze

Record and Mean Dates of Last Occurrence in Spring and First Occurrence in Fall

For the Period September 1949 through May 2013

 

Temperature (°F)

Mean Last Occurrence Spring

 Mean First Occurrence Fall Mean Days between Occurrence
32° Frost/Light Freeze April 16th
 October 19th
 184
28° Hard Freeze April 2nd
 November 1st 211
24° Killing Freeze March 20th November 11th 234

 

  Record Last Occurrence in Spring           Record First Occurrence in Fall
Temperature (°F) Earliest Latest   Earliest Latest
32° Frost/Light Freeze 10 Mar 2012 12 May 1960   24 Sep 1989
 11 Nov 1986
28° Hard Freeze 6 Mar 1985
 25 Apr 2013
   7 Oct 1952 6 Dec 1973
24° Killing Freeze 11 Feb 1982

16 Apr 1953

   7 Oct 1952

6 Dec 1973
 

 

Record Number of Days Between First and Last Occurrences
Temperature (°F)      Spring

Fewest Number of Days

 Fall       Spring Greatest Number of Days Fall
32° Frost/Light Freeze   3 May 1967 148 29 Sep 1967   31 Mar 1991 214 1 Nov 1991
28° Hard Freeze   9 Apr 2000 181 8 Oct 2000   6 Mar 1985 257 19 Nov 1985
24° Killing Freeze   11 Apr 1989 191 20 Oct 1989   22 Feb 1973 286 6 Dec 1973

 

Data is for Drake Field

Updated: June 8, 2013
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