Cullowhee, NC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00312200, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,192 ft, 35.312, -83.175. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Apr 26	Oct 17
Earliest	Apr 1 (1991)	Sep 14 (1953)
Latest	May 31 (1984)	Nov 14 (1986)
Trend	2.8 days earlier per decade	2.1 days later per decade
Years with data	75	74

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 13 and the median first fall date is Oct 26.

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)

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	Apr 14	Oct 24	Mar 19	Nov 11
2024	Apr 8	Oct 17	Mar 24	Nov 24
2023	Apr 26	Oct 8	Mar 22	Nov 2
2022	Apr 21	Oct 18	Apr 10	Oct 20
2021	Apr 23	Oct 28	Apr 23	Nov 7
2020	May 10	Nov 2	Mar 8	Nov 3
2019	Apr 4	Oct 18	Apr 4	Nov 3
2018	May 1	Oct 22	Mar 24	Nov 11
2017	Apr 9	Oct 25	Mar 21	Oct 26
2016	Apr 11	Oct 23	Apr 11	Nov 11
2015	Apr 5	Oct 17	Apr 5	Oct 19
2014	Apr 18	Oct 5	Apr 17	Nov 2
2013	Apr 27	Oct 24	Mar 30	Oct 26
2012	Apr 14	Nov 1	Apr 13	Nov 2
2011	May 6	Oct 3	Apr 7	Oct 30
2010	Apr 29	Oct 17	Mar 28	Nov 7
2009	Apr 12	Oct 19	Apr 9	Oct 19
2008	Apr 30	Oct 20	Apr 17	Oct 30
2007	Apr 11	Oct 29	Apr 11	Oct 31
2006	Apr 11	Oct 14	Mar 28	Oct 14
2005	Apr 28	Oct 26	Mar 19	Oct 30
2004	May 5	Oct 18	Mar 23	Nov 15
2003	Apr 2	Nov 10	Apr 1	Nov 14
2002	Apr 8	Nov 2	Apr 6	Nov 2
2001	Apr 19	Oct 8	Apr 19	Oct 18
2000	Apr 28	Oct 9	Apr 10	Oct 10
1999	Apr 20	Oct 24	Mar 28	Oct 25
1998	Apr 13	Oct 23	Apr 5	Oct 23
1997	May 11	Oct 23	Apr 14	Oct 28
1996	May 1	Oct 20	Apr 11	Oct 20
1995	Apr 26	Oct 17	Apr 3	Nov 5
1994	Apr 8	Oct 27	Apr 8	Nov 24
1993	Apr 23	Oct 1	Apr 23	Oct 29
1992	Apr 29	Oct 19	Apr 4	Oct 20
1991	Apr 1	Oct 7	Mar 11	Nov 3
1990	Apr 13	Oct 26	Apr 13	Oct 27
1989	May 13	Oct 10	May 8	Nov 4
1988	Apr 20	Oct 13	Apr 20	Oct 13
1987	Apr 10	Oct 4	Apr 9	Oct 14
1986	May 4	Nov 14	Apr 24	Nov 14
1985	Apr 11	Oct 7	Apr 10	Nov 8
1984	May 31	Oct 2	Apr 19	Nov 7
1983	Apr 22	Sep 24	Apr 21	Oct 28
1982	Apr 24	no data	Apr 24	no data
1981	May 3	Oct 3	Apr 7	Oct 3
1980	Apr 17	Oct 13	Apr 17	Nov 1
1979	May 26	Oct 14	Mar 27	Oct 14
1978	Apr 28	Oct 8	Apr 22	Oct 17
1977	May 11	Oct 13	May 10	Nov 12
1976	May 19	Oct 18	Apr 10	Oct 19
1975	Apr 21	Oct 3	Apr 21	Oct 31
1974	Apr 26	Oct 3	Apr 25	Oct 3
1973	May 18	Oct 17	May 18	Oct 18
1972	Apr 27	Oct 20	Apr 27	Oct 20
1971	May 4	Oct 11	May 4	Nov 5
1970	May 7	Oct 5	Apr 8	Oct 17
1969	May 13	Oct 18	Apr 25	Oct 18
1968	May 7	Oct 5	Apr 26	Oct 5
1967	Apr 29	Sep 30	Apr 29	Oct 20
1966	May 11	Oct 2	Apr 17	Nov 3
1965	Apr 30	Oct 9	Apr 17	Oct 25
1964	Apr 16	Oct 6	Apr 11	Oct 11
1963	May 3	Sep 24	Apr 16	Sep 24
1962	Apr 22	Oct 24	Apr 22	Oct 24
1961	May 28	Oct 15	May 3	Oct 16
1960	May 14	Oct 25	May 14	Oct 25
1959	Apr 24	Oct 26	Apr 15	Nov 3
1958	Apr 23	Oct 12	Apr 13	Oct 12
1957	May 6	Oct 19	Apr 15	Oct 20
1956	Apr 22	Oct 8	Apr 21	Nov 10
1955	Apr 9	Oct 10	Apr 8	Oct 25
1954	May 22	Oct 17	Mar 22	Oct 17
1953	Apr 28	Sep 14	Apr 22	Oct 25
1952	May 14	Oct 3	Apr 18	Oct 21
1951	May 13	Oct 11	Apr 18	Oct 12

"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.