Last Frost Day

Frost history / Greenville, NC

Greenville, NC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00313638, 1956 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 32 ft, 35.640, -77.398. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 27Nov 3
EarliestFeb 22 (2024)Oct 4 (1974)
LatestApr 21 (1961)Nov 30 (2024)
Trend2.4 days earlier per decade2.6 days later per decade
Years with data6868

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 15 and the median first fall date is Nov 18.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019601970198019902000201020201956: Apr 11957: Apr 161958: Mar 231959: Mar 291960: Apr 111961: Apr 211962: Apr 171963: Mar 231964: Apr 21965: Apr 11966: Apr 111967: Mar 241968: Mar 251969: Apr 11970: Mar 171971: Mar 311972: Apr 101974: Mar 271975: Apr 61976: Apr 131977: Mar 251978: Mar 111979: Mar 171980: Mar 151981: Apr 71982: Apr 71983: Mar 261985: Apr 101986: Mar 221987: Apr 11988: Mar 221989: Apr 121990: Apr 81991: Mar 161992: Apr 61993: Mar 201994: Mar 171995: Mar 261996: Apr 81997: Apr 111998: Mar 131999: Mar 232000: Mar 142001: Mar 282002: Apr 72003: Mar 112004: Apr 62005: Mar 152006: Mar 252007: Apr 102008: Mar 102009: Mar 222010: Mar 72011: Mar 292012: Mar 112013: Mar 292014: Mar 272015: Mar 292016: Apr 102017: Mar 242018: Mar 272019: Mar 72020: Mar 82021: Apr 32022: Apr 102023: Mar 212024: Feb 222025: Mar 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201956: Nov 111957: Oct 271959: Nov 101960: Oct 251961: Oct 281962: Oct 251963: Oct 311964: Oct 251965: Nov 21966: Oct 311967: Oct 291968: Oct 271969: Oct 241970: Oct 181971: Nov 81972: Oct 201974: Oct 41975: Oct 311976: Oct 231977: Nov 131978: Nov 261979: Oct 271980: Nov 31981: Oct 201982: Oct 221983: Oct 281984: Nov 71985: Nov 241986: Nov 131987: Oct 221988: Oct 131989: Nov 171990: Oct 291991: Nov 51992: Oct 201993: Nov 21994: Nov 121995: Nov 51996: Nov 31997: Nov 171998: Nov 71999: Nov 42000: Nov 162001: Oct 282002: Nov 282003: Nov 302004: Nov 102005: Nov 112006: Oct 262007: Nov 72008: Oct 302009: Nov 72010: Nov 82011: Oct 302012: Nov 32013: Oct 262014: Nov 22015: Nov 232016: Nov 132017: Nov 112018: Nov 112019: Nov 92020: Nov 192021: Nov 162022: Nov 182023: Nov 22024: Nov 302025: Nov 18

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
2025Mar 3Nov 18Mar 3Nov 29
2024Feb 22Nov 30Feb 9Nov 30
2023Mar 21Nov 2Mar 21Nov 3
2022Apr 10Nov 18Mar 13Nov 18
2021Apr 3Nov 16Mar 8Nov 23
2020Mar 8Nov 19Mar 8Dec 3
2019Mar 7Nov 9Mar 7Nov 13
2018Mar 27Nov 11Mar 15Nov 28
2017Mar 24Nov 11Mar 17Nov 24
2016Apr 10Nov 13Apr 6Nov 21
2015Mar 29Nov 23Mar 29Nov 24
2014Mar 27Nov 2Mar 27Nov 14
2013Mar 29Oct 26Mar 22Nov 13
2012Mar 11Nov 3Mar 6Nov 25
2011Mar 29Oct 30Mar 2Dec 19
2010Mar 7Nov 8Mar 7Nov 28
2009Mar 22Nov 7Mar 4Dec 12
2008Mar 10Oct 30Feb 28Nov 19
2007Apr 10Nov 7Apr 8Nov 17
2006Mar 25Oct 26Mar 8Nov 5
2005Mar 15Nov 11Mar 9Nov 18
2004Apr 6Nov 10Mar 23Dec 15
2003Mar 11Nov 30Feb 13Dec 2
2002Apr 7Nov 28Mar 23Nov 28
2001Mar 28Oct 28Mar 28Oct 29
2000Mar 14Nov 16Feb 22Nov 21
1999Mar 23Nov 4Mar 16Nov 18
1998Mar 13Nov 7Mar 13Dec 18
1997Apr 11Nov 17Apr 10Nov 17
1996Apr 8Nov 3Mar 24Nov 12
1995Mar 26Nov 5Feb 25Nov 10
1994Mar 17Nov 12Feb 28Dec 20
1993Mar 20Nov 2Mar 19Dec 12
1992Apr 6Oct 20Mar 24Nov 16
1991Mar 16Nov 5Mar 12Nov 5
1990Apr 8Oct 29Mar 8Nov 18
1989Apr 12Nov 17Mar 8Nov 23
1988Mar 22Oct 13Mar 22Oct 14
1987Apr 1Oct 22Mar 6Nov 21
1986Mar 22Nov 13Mar 22Nov 14
1985Apr 10Nov 24Mar 19Dec 3
1984no dataNov 7no dataNov 8
1983Mar 26Oct 28Mar 26Nov 5
1982Apr 7Oct 22Apr 7Nov 16
1981Apr 7Oct 20Mar 21Nov 22
1980Mar 15Nov 3Mar 7Nov 12
1979Mar 17Oct 27Mar 17Nov 30
1978Mar 11Nov 26Mar 11Dec 10
1977Mar 25Nov 13Feb 18Nov 14
1976Apr 13Oct 23Mar 18Oct 29
1975Apr 6Oct 31Mar 9Dec 18
1974Mar 27Oct 4Mar 15Oct 21
1972Apr 10Oct 20Apr 9Oct 21
1971Mar 31Nov 8Mar 31Nov 8
1970Mar 17Oct 18Mar 17Nov 17
1969Apr 1Oct 24Mar 13Nov 15
1968Mar 25Oct 27Mar 15Nov 21
1967Mar 24Oct 29Mar 20Nov 6
1966Apr 11Oct 31Mar 29Nov 4
1965Apr 1Nov 2Mar 22Nov 20
1964Apr 2Oct 25Mar 31Nov 23
1963Mar 23Oct 31Feb 28Dec 1
1962Apr 17Oct 25Mar 4Oct 27
1961Apr 21Oct 28Mar 11Nov 11
1960Apr 11Oct 25Mar 23Nov 8
1959Mar 29Nov 10Mar 29Nov 18
1958Mar 23no dataFeb 23no data
1957Apr 16Oct 27Feb 23Oct 28
1956Apr 1Nov 11Mar 22Nov 23

"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.