Last Frost Day

Frost history / Andrews, NC

Andrews, NC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00310184, 1951 to 2002, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,749 ft, 35.201, -83.839. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 30Oct 13
EarliestApr 3 (1991)Sep 16 (1961)
LatestMay 31 (1984)Nov 14 (1986)
Trend2.6 days earlier per decade2.8 days later per decade
Years with data4648

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 12 and the median first fall date is Oct 21.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14196019701980199020001951: Apr 191952: May 141953: Apr 291954: May 221955: Apr 161956: May 171957: May 61958: May 81959: Apr 251960: May 151962: Apr 221963: May 31964: Apr 161965: Apr 301966: May 111967: Apr 291968: May 71969: Apr 251970: May 71971: May 51972: Apr 271973: May 191974: Apr 261975: Apr 211976: May 41977: May 101978: May 41979: May 261980: Apr 181981: Apr 81983: Apr 271984: May 311985: Apr 121986: May 41987: Apr 111988: Apr 211989: May 91991: Apr 31992: Apr 301993: Apr 241994: Apr 91995: Apr 261996: May 21997: May 121998: Apr 131999: Apr 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001951: Oct 111952: Oct 41953: Oct 251954: Oct 171955: Oct 151956: Sep 211957: Oct 141959: Oct 201960: Oct 241961: Sep 161962: Oct 241963: Sep 241964: Oct 61965: Oct 131966: Oct 21967: Sep 301968: Oct 51969: Oct 181970: Oct 51971: Oct 81972: Oct 11973: Oct 171974: Oct 31975: Oct 201976: Oct 181977: Oct 131978: Oct 81979: Oct 61980: Oct 61981: Oct 31983: Oct 151984: Oct 21985: Sep 281986: Nov 141987: Oct 41988: Oct 81989: Oct 91990: Oct 271991: Oct 71992: Oct 201993: Oct 281994: Oct 271995: Oct 211996: Oct 201997: Oct 231998: Oct 231999: Oct 222002: Nov 1

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2002no dataNov 1no dataNov 14
1999Apr 20Oct 22Apr 20Oct 25
1998Apr 13Oct 23Apr 7Oct 23
1997May 12Oct 23Apr 11Oct 23
1996May 2Oct 20Apr 12Oct 20
1995Apr 26Oct 21Apr 3Nov 5
1994Apr 9Oct 27Apr 2Oct 27
1993Apr 24Oct 28Apr 23Nov 2
1992Apr 30Oct 20Apr 30Oct 20
1991Apr 3Oct 7Apr 1Oct 8
1990no dataOct 27no dataOct 27
1989May 9Oct 9Apr 13Oct 21
1988Apr 21Oct 8Apr 21Oct 13
1987Apr 11Oct 4Apr 5Oct 14
1986May 4Nov 14Apr 24Nov 14
1985Apr 12Sep 28Apr 11Nov 8
1984May 31Oct 2Apr 2Oct 2
1983Apr 27Oct 15Apr 27Oct 28
1981Apr 8Oct 3Mar 26Oct 20
1980Apr 18Oct 6Apr 17Oct 13
1979May 26Oct 6Mar 27Oct 14
1978May 4Oct 8Apr 22Oct 17
1977May 10Oct 13Apr 7Oct 18
1976May 4Oct 18Apr 10Oct 19
1975Apr 21Oct 20Apr 14Oct 31
1974Apr 26Oct 3Apr 25Oct 3
1973May 19Oct 17Apr 14Oct 18
1972Apr 27Oct 1Apr 26Oct 20
1971May 5Oct 8May 4Nov 5
1970May 7Oct 5Apr 3Oct 17
1969Apr 25Oct 18Apr 1Oct 18
1968May 7Oct 5Mar 26Oct 5
1967Apr 29Sep 30Apr 29Sep 30
1966May 11Oct 2Apr 11Oct 28
1965Apr 30Oct 13Mar 23Oct 25
1964Apr 16Oct 6Apr 11Oct 8
1963May 3Sep 24May 2Sep 24
1962Apr 22Oct 24Apr 21Oct 24
1961no dataSep 16no dataOct 27
1960May 15Oct 24Apr 12Oct 25
1959Apr 25Oct 20Apr 15Nov 3
1958May 8no dataApr 13no data
1957May 6Oct 14Apr 15Oct 20
1956May 17Sep 21Apr 26Nov 9
1955Apr 16Oct 15Apr 9Oct 15
1954May 22Oct 17Mar 23Oct 17
1953Apr 29Oct 25Apr 22Oct 31
1952May 14Oct 4Apr 8Oct 21
1951Apr 19Oct 11Apr 19Nov 3

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.