From NOAA 1991–2020 normals

Where Frost Does Not Come Every Year

The places where a 32°F night comes in fewer than half of winters, and why a "last frost date" means little there.

Of the 5,028 places with an indexed frost page, 199 get a 32°F night in fewer than half of winters, and 88 recorded none at all in 1991–2020. They are in California (62), Florida (57), Hawaii (38), Puerto Rico (26), Texas (12), Arizona (4).

In these places NOAA's frost dates describe only the winters that freeze, so a date such as "last frost January 20" is the middle of a handful of cold snaps, not something that happens most years. The pages here give the share of winters with a freeze and the month it is most likely instead. Of the places below that were also in the 1981–2010 normals, 88 froze less often in the newer set.

Places where a freeze comes in fewer than half of winters
Place	Winters with 32°F	1981–2010	Winters with 36°F
Punta Gorda, FL	50%	61%	89%
Lake Havasu City, AZ	49%	44%	96%
Fort Pierce, FL	49%	59%	87%
Texas City, TX	48%	64%	88%
Pharr, TX	48%	—	87%
New Smyrna Beach, FL	48%	—	85%
Belle Glade, FL	48%	—	83%
Seaside, CA	47%	66%	97%
Goleta, CA	46%	—	95%
Rialto, CA	45%	71%	98%
Hayward, CA	45%	46%	93%
Donna, TX	44%	70%	85%
Immokalee, FL	43%	76%	80%
Port Charlotte, FL	42%	55%	80%
Fontana, CA	41%	48%	93%
Edinburg, TX	40%	—	82%
Cambria, CA	40%	—	94%
Venice, FL	40%	—	81%
Escondido, CA	39%	72%	94%
Winter Haven, FL	38%	58%	84%
Aransas Pass, TX	37%	53%	77%
Canyon Country, CA	37%	—	93%
Mohave Valley, AZ	37%	73%	88%
Orlando, FL	35%	52%	75%
Oceanside, CA	35%	37%	89%
Los Fresnos, TX	35%	43%	80%
Tampa, FL	35%	55%	74%
Port Isabel, TX	34%	46%	76%
Palm Bay, FL	34%	72%	74%
Stuart, FL	33%	—	71%
Haines City, FL	33%	60%	76%
Port St Lucie, FL	33%	54%	69%
Naples, FL	33%	38%	75%
Brownsville, TX	31%	—	75%
Harlingen, TX	31%	58%	79%
Corpus Christi, TX	31%	64%	70%
Palmetto, FL	31%	45%	72%
Sarasota, FL	31%	46%	70%
Indio, CA	30%	59%	77%
Mcallen, TX	29%	59%	74%
Camarillo, CA	29%	64%	94%
El Cerrito, CA	27%	38%	93%
Chula Vista, CA	25%	33%	91%
Sebastian, FL	24%	46%	63%
Clearwater, FL	23%	37%	63%
San Pablo, CA	22%	40%	80%
Pacoima, CA	22%	28%	82%
San Francisco, CA	22%	16%	67%
Palm Springs, CA	21%	48%	76%
San Diego, CA	21%	—	83%
North Hollywood, CA	21%	77%	83%
Laguna Niguel, CA	20%	43%	89%
Pacifica, CA	20%	11%	67%
Monterey, CA	20%	37%	84%
Sylmar, CA	18%	24%	74%
Palm Beach Gardens, FL	18%	—	46%
Phoenix, AZ	18%	27%	78%
Temecula, CA	17%	—	73%
Borrego Springs, CA	17%	—	60%
La Puente, CA	15%	36%	75%

The 60 with the most frequent freezes of 199. Share of winters with at least one night at or below the temperature, NOAA NCEI normals.

Computed by ArtUp Labs from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals for the stations behind this site's indexed ZIP pages, one row per station. Methodology · All guides