Last Frost Day

Frost history / Kinston 7 Se, NC

Kinston 7 Se, NC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00314684, 1951 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 24 ft, 35.197, -77.543. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 31Oct 31
EarliestFeb 23 (1957)Oct 4 (1974)
LatestApr 28 (1976)Nov 30 (1958)
Trend1.6 days later per decade0.6 days later per decade
Years with data6464

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 22 and the median first fall date is Nov 14.

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 30May 151960197019801990200020101951: Mar 271952: Mar 161953: Mar 101954: Mar 221955: Mar 311956: Mar 251957: Feb 231958: Mar 231959: Mar 291960: Mar 241961: Mar 111962: Mar 191963: Mar 231964: Mar 311965: Apr 11966: Mar 291967: Mar 231968: Mar 251969: Mar 281970: Apr 81971: Apr 151972: Apr 271973: Apr 121974: Apr 71976: Apr 281977: Apr 101978: Mar 191979: Mar 271980: Apr 171981: Apr 221982: Apr 71983: Apr 221984: Mar 241985: Apr 101986: Apr 111987: Apr 51988: Mar 231989: Apr 131990: Apr 91991: Mar 161992: Apr 61993: Mar 201994: Mar 171995: Mar 261996: Apr 101997: Apr 111998: Mar 141999: Mar 162000: Mar 142001: Apr 192002: Apr 72003: Apr 12004: Apr 62005: Apr 172006: Apr 102007: Apr 102009: Apr 172010: Mar 182011: Mar 302012: Mar 122013: Apr 72014: Mar 282015: Mar 302016: Apr 11

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 111960197019801990200020101951: Nov 41952: Oct 211953: Nov 71954: Nov 11955: Nov 51956: Nov 101957: Oct 281958: Nov 301959: Nov 181960: Nov 81961: Nov 101962: Oct 251963: Oct 311964: Nov 221965: Oct 301966: Oct 311967: Oct 201968: Oct 51969: Oct 241970: Oct 181971: Nov 81972: Oct 211973: Oct 181974: Oct 41975: Nov 11976: Oct 131977: Oct 181978: Oct 251979: Oct 271980: Oct 271981: Oct 41982: Oct 171983: Oct 281985: Nov 91986: Oct 201987: Oct 41988: Oct 91989: Nov 171990: Oct 271991: Nov 61992: Oct 201993: Nov 21994: Nov 241995: Nov 51996: Nov 41997: Nov 171998: Nov 71999: Nov 42000: Nov 152001: Oct 292002: Nov 192003: Nov 142004: Nov 102005: Nov 112006: Oct 252008: Oct 302009: Nov 92010: Nov 82011: Oct 302012: Nov 32013: Oct 262014: Nov 32015: Oct 192016: Nov 8

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

"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.