Frost history / Belhaven 3 Ne, NC
Belhaven 3 Ne, NC: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00310674, 1969 to 2022, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 0 ft, 35.573, -76.585. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 24 | Nov 14 |
| Earliest | Mar 7 (1978) | Oct 4 (1974) |
| Latest | Apr 14 (1973) | Dec 3 (2003) |
| Trend | 1.8 days earlier per decade | 0.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 41 | 36 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 23.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mar 29 | no data | Mar 13 | no data |
| 2021 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | none |
| 2010 | Mar 9 | no data | Mar 7 | no data |
| 2009 | Mar 25 | no data | Mar 5 | no data |
| 2008 | Mar 18 | Oct 31 | Mar 1 | Nov 22 |
| 2007 | Apr 11 | no data | Feb 20 | no data |
| 2004 | Mar 24 | Nov 10 | Mar 24 | Nov 15 |
| 2003 | Mar 8 | Dec 3 | Feb 24 | Dec 3 |
| 2002 | Apr 7 | Nov 19 | Mar 23 | Nov 28 |
| 2001 | Apr 5 | Oct 29 | Mar 28 | Nov 22 |
| 2000 | Mar 14 | Nov 16 | Feb 22 | Nov 22 |
| 1999 | Mar 16 | Nov 4 | Mar 9 | Nov 18 |
| 1998 | Mar 13 | Nov 7 | Mar 13 | Dec 27 |
| 1997 | Apr 9 | Nov 17 | Feb 18 | Nov 18 |
| 1996 | Mar 23 | no data | Mar 12 | no data |
| 1995 | Mar 11 | Nov 5 | Mar 11 | Dec 8 |
| 1994 | Mar 17 | Nov 5 | Mar 1 | Dec 20 |
| 1993 | Mar 20 | Nov 2 | Mar 19 | Dec 12 |
| 1992 | Apr 3 | Oct 20 | Mar 24 | Nov 17 |
| 1991 | Mar 12 | Nov 6 | Feb 17 | Nov 27 |
| 1990 | Mar 28 | Nov 19 | Mar 5 | Dec 1 |
| 1989 | Apr 12 | Nov 22 | Feb 26 | Nov 24 |
| 1988 | Mar 22 | Dec 2 | Mar 22 | Dec 5 |
| 1987 | Mar 17 | Nov 12 | Mar 6 | Nov 22 |
| 1986 | Mar 23 | Nov 14 | Mar 23 | Nov 14 |
| 1985 | Apr 10 | Dec 3 | Apr 10 | Dec 4 |
| 1984 | Mar 24 | Nov 15 | Mar 10 | Nov 21 |
| 1983 | Mar 26 | Nov 14 | Mar 26 | Dec 20 |
| 1982 | Apr 8 | no data | Apr 7 | no data |
| 1981 | Mar 22 | Oct 20 | Mar 20 | Nov 23 |
| 1980 | Mar 19 | Nov 12 | Mar 7 | Nov 20 |
| 1979 | Mar 17 | Nov 15 | Mar 16 | Dec 1 |
| 1978 | Mar 7 | Nov 26 | Mar 6 | Dec 11 |
| 1977 | Mar 27 | Nov 13 | Feb 22 | Nov 14 |
| 1976 | Apr 13 | Oct 29 | Mar 18 | Oct 29 |
| 1975 | Apr 8 | Nov 15 | Mar 9 | Dec 19 |
| 1974 | Mar 23 | Oct 4 | Mar 14 | Nov 16 |
| 1973 | Apr 14 | Nov 7 | Mar 1 | Nov 10 |
| 1972 | Apr 9 | Nov 22 | Mar 11 | Nov 24 |
| 1971 | Mar 31 | Nov 8 | Mar 25 | Nov 23 |
| 1970 | Mar 17 | Nov 22 | Mar 17 | Nov 24 |
| 1969 | Apr 1 | Nov 15 | Mar 12 | Nov 17 |
"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.