Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

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 2020

Temperature (°F)	Mean Last Occurrence in Spring	Mean First Occurrence in Fall	Mean Days between Occurrences
32° Frost/Light Freeze	April 16th	October 19th	185
28° Hard Freeze	April 2nd	November 1st	212
24° Killing Freeze	March 20th	November 11th	235

	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 1985/2015	25 Apr 2013	7 Oct 1952	6 Dec 1973
24° Killing Freeze	11 Feb 1982	16 Apr 1953	7 Oct 1952	9 Dec 1998

Record Number of Days Between Last (Spring) and First (Fall) 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	4 Apr 2015	217	8 Nov 2015
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 22, 2020

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Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

Fayetteville Frost/Freeze Climatology