Ocracoke, NC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00316349, 1957 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4 ft, 35.108, -75.987. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 4	Dec 8
Earliest	Jan 21 (2024)	Nov 9 (1967)
Latest	Apr 13 (1976)	Dec 31 (1970)
Trend	2.0 days earlier per decade	1.2 days later per decade
Years with data	34	37, 7 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 12 and the median first fall date is Dec 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.

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	Mar 3	Dec 14	Feb 21	Dec 14
2024	Jan 21	Dec 6	Jan 21	none
2023	Feb 4	none	none	none
2022	Mar 13	Dec 23	Jan 30	Dec 24
2021	Feb 21	none	none	none
2020	Feb 23	Dec 26	none	none
2019	no data	none	no data	none
2015	Mar 7	no data	Mar 7	no data
2014	Mar 14	Nov 19	Jan 30	none
2013	Feb 18	Nov 24	Jan 25	none
2012	Feb 12	none	Feb 12	none
2011	Feb 11	Dec 19	Jan 23	none
2010	Mar 7	Dec 7	Feb 9	Dec 8
2009	no data	Dec 23	no data	none
2008	Mar 1	no data	Jan 26	no data
2007	Apr 10	none	Feb 20	none
2006	Feb 28	Dec 8	Feb 20	none
2005	Mar 5	none	Jan 29	none
2004	Mar 24	Dec 16	Feb 1	Dec 20
2003	no data	Dec 9	no data	none
2002	Mar 6	Dec 2	Mar 6	Dec 2
2001	Mar 11	none	Jan 27	none
2000	Feb 8	Nov 22	Feb 4	Dec 21
1999	Mar 9	Dec 25	Jan 7	Dec 25
1976	Apr 13	no data	Apr 13	no data
1975	no data	Nov 15	no data	Dec 19
1971	no data	Dec 19	no data	Dec 19
1970	Mar 16	Dec 31	Feb 27	none
1969	Mar 14	Nov 17	Mar 14	Nov 17
1967	Mar 19	Nov 9	Mar 2	Nov 16
1966	Feb 27	Dec 4	Feb 22	Dec 25
1965	Mar 22	Dec 10	Feb 27	Dec 23
1964	Mar 31	Dec 1	Feb 24	Dec 1
1963	Feb 28	Dec 5	Feb 27	Dec 15
1962	Mar 3	Dec 10	Feb 12	Dec 12
1961	Feb 5	Dec 23	Feb 3	Dec 30
1960	Mar 15	Dec 10	Mar 12	Dec 13
1959	Feb 21	Nov 18	Jan 19	none
1958	Feb 21	Nov 30	Feb 21	Dec 13
1957	no data	Dec 12	no data	Dec 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.