Frost history / Bayboro 3 Sw, NC
Bayboro 3 Sw, NC: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00310576, 1969 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5 ft, 35.131, -76.816. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 27 | Nov 14 |
| Earliest | Feb 9 (2024) | Oct 4 (1974) |
| Latest | Apr 22 (1981) | Dec 13 (2017) |
| Trend | 5.9 days earlier per decade | 6.2 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 46 | 46 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 13 and the median first fall date is Nov 24.
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.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 4 | Nov 29 | Mar 4 | Dec 15 |
| 2024 | Feb 9 | Dec 1 | Jan 23 | Dec 1 |
| 2023 | Mar 22 | Nov 29 | none | Nov 29 |
| 2022 | Mar 14 | Nov 18 | Feb 16 | Dec 24 |
| 2021 | Mar 10 | Nov 24 | Jan 31 | Nov 25 |
| 2020 | Mar 10 | Dec 3 | Feb 22 | Dec 27 |
| 2019 | Mar 8 | Dec 6 | Jan 23 | Dec 20 |
| 2018 | Mar 9 | Nov 29 | Jan 9 | none |
| 2017 | Mar 18 | Dec 13 | Mar 18 | Dec 29 |
| 2016 | Mar 5 | Nov 21 | Feb 15 | Dec 11 |
| 2015 | Mar 30 | Nov 24 | Mar 7 | none |
| 2014 | Mar 28 | Nov 19 | Mar 15 | Nov 19 |
| 2013 | Mar 30 | Nov 14 | Feb 19 | Nov 25 |
| 2012 | Mar 7 | Nov 25 | Feb 14 | none |
| 2011 | Feb 17 | Nov 12 | Feb 11 | none |
| 2010 | Mar 8 | Dec 7 | Feb 14 | Dec 8 |
| 2009 | Mar 6 | Dec 12 | Mar 5 | none |
| 2008 | Mar 1 | Nov 19 | Jan 21 | Dec 8 |
| 2007 | no data | Nov 17 | no data | none |
| 2006 | Apr 10 | no data | Mar 27 | no data |
| 2005 | Mar 16 | Nov 11 | Mar 15 | Nov 19 |
| 2004 | Apr 6 | Nov 10 | Apr 6 | Nov 15 |
| 2003 | Apr 1 | Nov 14 | Feb 24 | Nov 30 |
| 2002 | Apr 7 | Nov 19 | Mar 23 | Nov 28 |
| 2001 | Apr 19 | Oct 27 | Mar 28 | Nov 22 |
| 2000 | Mar 14 | Nov 3 | Feb 22 | Nov 21 |
| 1999 | Mar 28 | Nov 4 | Mar 16 | Nov 17 |
| 1998 | no data | Nov 7 | no data | Nov 7 |
| 1996 | Apr 11 | Nov 4 | Apr 10 | Nov 12 |
| 1995 | Mar 26 | no data | Mar 11 | no data |
| 1994 | Mar 18 | Nov 3 | Mar 13 | Nov 24 |
| 1993 | Mar 20 | Nov 2 | Mar 16 | Nov 2 |
| 1991 | Mar 17 | Nov 6 | Mar 16 | Nov 26 |
| 1988 | no data | Oct 14 | no data | Dec 2 |
| 1987 | Apr 2 | Oct 23 | Mar 18 | Nov 7 |
| 1986 | Apr 19 | Oct 21 | Mar 9 | Nov 14 |
| 1985 | no data | Dec 3 | no data | Dec 4 |
| 1984 | no data | Nov 8 | no data | Nov 14 |
| 1983 | no data | Nov 5 | no data | Dec 8 |
| 1982 | Apr 8 | no data | Apr 8 | no data |
| 1981 | Apr 22 | no data | Mar 21 | no data |
| 1980 | Mar 22 | Nov 12 | Mar 15 | Nov 13 |
| 1979 | Apr 7 | Nov 15 | Mar 17 | Nov 15 |
| 1978 | Mar 19 | Nov 26 | Mar 6 | Nov 26 |
| 1977 | Apr 10 | Oct 18 | Mar 3 | Nov 12 |
| 1976 | Apr 13 | Oct 29 | Mar 18 | Oct 29 |
| 1975 | Apr 13 | no data | Apr 7 | no data |
| 1974 | Apr 7 | Oct 4 | Mar 15 | Nov 16 |
| 1972 | Apr 10 | no data | Apr 10 | no data |
| 1971 | Apr 1 | Nov 8 | Mar 28 | Nov 23 |
| 1970 | Apr 1 | Oct 18 | Mar 17 | Nov 24 |
| 1969 | Mar 28 | Nov 15 | Mar 13 | Nov 15 |
"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.