First Freeze, Last Freeze

The first freeze of the fall season is defined as when the
temperature hits 32 degrees for the first time. When this occurs depends
entirely on where the temperature is measured in any given city and it
is influenced by elevation, land cover, proximity to buildings, amount
of land and building development, and proximity to water. In the News 5
area our inland areas freeze earlier since they are farther away from the
moderating waters of the coastline.

This list of earliest, latest, and average freezes is compiled
and provided by the Mobile
Office of the National Weather Service.The average first and last
freeze dates come from a 1971-2000 database. The first and last freeze
dates are from the entire length of the database record.

 

Location

First Freeze

Last Freeze

Alabama

MOBILE (MOB)

10-28-1957

NOV 29

FEB 28

04-05-1987

ANDALUSIA

10-02-1998

NOV 4

APR 1

04-24-1986

ATMORE

10-27-1957

NOV 21

MAR 11

04-13-1940

BAY MINETTE

10-20-1989

NOV 23

MAR 4

04-05-1987

BREWTON

09-30-1967

NOV 2

MAR 30

04-30-1992

CHATOM

10-03-1984

NOV 9

MAR 27

04-27-1976

CODEN

10-27-1982

NOV 24

MAR 8

04-10-2000

DAUPHIN ISLAND

11-30-1979

DEC 27

FEB 6

03-10-1996

EVERGREEN

10-20-1989

NOV 17

MAR 17

04-26-1910

FAIRHOPE

10-24-1937

DEC 1

FEB 22

04-13-1940

FRISCO CITY

10-20-1989

NOV 19

MAR 12

04-11-1973

GREENVILLE

10-20-1989

NOV 17

MAR 21

04-19-1983

HIGHLAND HOME

10-16-1987

NOV 15

MAR 15

04-20-1983

JACKSON

10-20-1989

NOV 13

MAR 10

04-05-1987

ROBERTSDALE

10-21-1989

NOV 25

MAR 4

04-13-1940

THOMASVILLE

10-17-1977

NOV 14

MAR 16

04-26-1910

WHATLEY

10-08-1991

NOV 6

MAR 31

04-21-1983

Florida

PENSACOLA (PNS)

10-31-1993

DEC 10

FEB 22

03-27-1955

JAY

10-20-1989

NOV 21

MAR 7

04-11-1973

NICEVILLE

10-20-1989

NOV 17

MAR 13

04-21-1953

CRESTVIEW (CEW)

10-20-1989

NOV 12

MAR 20

04-23-1993

Mississippi

RICHTON

10-08-1987

NOV 1

MAR 28

04-18-1997

MERRILL

10-01-1984

OCT 30

MAR 20

04-23-1993

WAYNESBORO

09-30-1967

OCT 27

MAR 28

04-18-2001

WIGGINS

10-20-1964

NOV 21

MAR 10

04-11-1973

For more climate information check the Southeast
Regional Climate Center, the Mobile
Office of the National Weather Service, and the National
Climatic Data Center.