Last Frost Day

Frost history / Rocky Mt 8 Ese, NC

Rocky Mt 8 Ese, NC: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00317400, 1954 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 110 ft, 35.894, -77.680. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 7Oct 28
EarliestMar 8 (2020)Oct 4 (1974)
LatestMay 11 (1966)Nov 29 (2024)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade2.7 days later per decade
Years with data4447

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 23 and the median first fall date is Nov 13.

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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201955: Apr 11956: Apr 211957: Apr 161958: Apr 21959: Mar 291960: Apr 111961: Apr 211962: Apr 171963: Apr 161964: Mar 311965: Apr 31966: May 111967: Apr 131968: Mar 251969: Apr 211970: Mar 171971: Mar 311972: Apr 101973: Apr 141974: Apr 101975: Apr 131976: Apr 131977: Apr 101978: Mar 181979: Mar 171980: Mar 231981: Apr 71982: Apr 101983: Apr 211984: Apr 111985: Apr 101986: Apr 231987: Apr 11991: Mar 162013: Apr 72014: Mar 282015: Mar 302016: Apr 112017: Mar 252018: Mar 282019: Apr 32020: Mar 82021: Apr 42024: Mar 23

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201954: Nov 11955: Nov 51956: Nov 101957: Oct 271958: Oct 301959: Nov 101960: Oct 251961: Oct 271962: Oct 251963: Oct 151964: Oct 121965: Oct 61966: Oct 211967: Oct 291968: Oct 51969: Oct 241970: Oct 171971: Nov 81972: Oct 201973: Oct 181974: Oct 41975: Nov 11976: Oct 281977: Oct 181978: Oct 251979: Oct 271980: Nov 31981: Oct 201982: Oct 171983: Oct 281984: Nov 71985: Nov 91987: Oct 221989: Nov 191991: Nov 42012: Nov 32013: Oct 262014: Nov 32015: Oct 192016: Nov 132017: Nov 112018: Nov 112019: Nov 22020: Nov 182021: Nov 152024: Nov 292025: Nov 10

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
2025no dataNov 10no dataNov 27
2024Mar 23Nov 29Feb 20Nov 30
2021Apr 4Nov 15Apr 4Nov 25
2020Mar 8Nov 18Mar 8Dec 3
2019Apr 3Nov 2Mar 8Nov 2
2018Mar 28Nov 11Mar 24Nov 23
2017Mar 25Nov 11Mar 18Nov 11
2016Apr 11Nov 13Apr 10Nov 13
2015Mar 30Oct 19Mar 30Nov 24
2014Mar 28Nov 3Mar 28Nov 3
2013Apr 7Oct 26Mar 29Nov 13
2012no dataNov 3no dataNov 9
1991Mar 16Nov 4Mar 12Nov 5
1989no dataNov 19no dataNov 24
1987Apr 1Oct 22Apr 1Oct 22
1986Apr 23no dataMar 23no data
1985Apr 10Nov 9Apr 10Dec 3
1984Apr 11Nov 7Mar 12Nov 8
1983Apr 21Oct 28Mar 26Nov 5
1982Apr 10Oct 17Mar 29Nov 16
1981Apr 7Oct 20Mar 20Oct 20
1980Mar 23Nov 3Mar 15Nov 19
1979Mar 17Oct 27Mar 16Nov 30
1978Mar 18Oct 25Mar 18Dec 10
1977Apr 10Oct 18Mar 24Nov 14
1976Apr 13Oct 28Mar 18Oct 29
1975Apr 13Nov 1Mar 10Nov 15
1974Apr 10Oct 4Mar 15Oct 22
1973Apr 14Oct 18Mar 1Nov 7
1972Apr 10Oct 20Apr 9Nov 23
1971Mar 31Nov 8Mar 27Nov 9
1970Mar 17Oct 17Mar 17Nov 22
1969Apr 21Oct 24Mar 28Nov 15
1968Mar 25Oct 5Mar 14Nov 14
1967Apr 13Oct 29Mar 31Nov 6
1966May 11Oct 21Mar 29Oct 31
1965Apr 3Oct 6Mar 22Oct 30
1964Mar 31Oct 12Mar 31Nov 22
1963Apr 16Oct 15Mar 23Oct 31
1962Apr 17Oct 25Mar 8Oct 27
1961Apr 21Oct 27Mar 18Oct 28
1960Apr 11Oct 25Mar 26Nov 8
1959Mar 29Nov 10Mar 29Nov 18
1958Apr 2Oct 30Mar 11Nov 30
1957Apr 16Oct 27Feb 23Oct 29
1956Apr 21Nov 10Mar 25Nov 23
1955Apr 1Nov 5Mar 30Nov 6
1954no dataNov 1no dataNov 1

"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.