Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey

Frost dates for Tarsus

The full distribution rather than a single date. Every figure below is a percentile of 30 years of daily minimum temperatures at this location, expressed as the date it fell on.

Median last spring frost

15 February

Half of years are later than this. Not a planting date.

Median first autumn frost

20 December

The far end of the outdoor season.

Frost-free season

309 days

Between those two dates in a median year.

Last and first frost by severity

Read a row as: in this fraction of years, the last frost of spring had already happened by this date. The 90% column is the cautious planting date; the 10% column is the gamble.

Light frost — nights at or below 0°C (32°F). Air temperature reaches freezing. Kills basil, beans and unhardened tomatoes; hardy crops shrug it off.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	12 Jan	15 Feb	12 Mar	11 Jan	11 Apr
First of autumn	11 Dec	20 Dec	28 Dec	9 Dec	1 Jan
Frost-free days	350	309	275	2 of 30 years saw none at all

Moderate frost — nights at or below -2.2°C (28°F). Damages half-hardy plants and most blossom. This is the threshold that decides a fruit crop.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	13 Jan	2 Feb	16 Feb	2 Jan	22 Feb
First of autumn	21 Dec	21 Dec	21 Dec	21 Dec	21 Dec
Frost-free days	342	322	308	16 of 30 years saw none at all

Hard frost — nights at or below -4.4°C (24.1°F). Ground freezes and even hardy crops check their growth. Effectively the end of the outdoor year.
Frost	1 year in 10	Median	9 years in 10	Earliest	Latest
Last of spring	20 Jan	20 Jan	20 Jan	20 Jan	20 Jan
First of autumn	—	—	—	—	—
Frost-free days	—	—	—	29 of 30 years saw none at all

Dates in the southern hemisphere are computed on a growing year that starts in July, which is why "last of spring" falls where it should rather than in the middle of the calendar.

Chance of frost, week by week

Chance of at least one air frost during each week of the year, measured across the full record. The flat stretch in the middle is your frost-free season.

Temperature through the year

Mean monthly temperature across the record. Months shown in blue average at least one air frost.

Monthly means and average number of frost nights.
Month	Mean low	Mean high	Frost nights
January	4.1°C	12.6°C	3.1
February	5°C	14.4°C	2.3
March	7.4°C	17.9°C	0.5
April	11.4°C	22.8°C	0.1
May	16.2°C	28.5°C	0
June	21°C	34.2°C	0
July	24.6°C	38.5°C	0
August	25.1°C	38°C	0
September	21.7°C	33.9°C	0
October	17.1°C	28.1°C	0
November	11.1°C	21°C	0
December	6.5°C	15°C	1

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Nearby

Compare with places close by

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