First Freeze, Last Freeze

Cold Freeze First freeze and last freeze dates for cities in the News5 area depend on a few things. Check the list of freeze dates right here.

by Alan Sealls

Published: Tue, October 28, 2008 - 4:49 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, October 29, 2008 - 2:42 pm CST

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	Average First Freeze	Average Last 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