Frost history / Spruce Pine 2 Ne, NC
Spruce Pine 2 Ne, NC: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00318221, 2005 to 2022, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 2,850 ft, 35.932, -82.002. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 24 | Oct 19 |
| Earliest | Apr 3 (2019) | Oct 3 (2008) |
| Latest | May 19 (2009) | Nov 5 (2021) |
| Trend | 16.9 days earlier per decade | 2.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 14 | 15 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 and the median first fall date is Oct 30.
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Apr 21 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 2021 | Apr 23 | Nov 5 | Apr 23 | Nov 6 |
| 2020 | May 12 | Oct 17 | May 12 | Nov 18 |
| 2019 | Apr 3 | Oct 16 | Apr 2 | Nov 2 |
| 2018 | Apr 21 | Oct 21 | Apr 17 | Oct 22 |
| 2017 | Apr 10 | Oct 19 | Apr 10 | Nov 11 |
| 2016 | Apr 18 | Oct 13 | Apr 11 | Nov 6 |
| 2015 | Apr 29 | Oct 17 | Apr 6 | Oct 18 |
| 2014 | Apr 25 | Oct 23 | Apr 18 | Nov 2 |
| 2013 | May 15 | Oct 21 | Apr 7 | Oct 26 |
| 2012 | Apr 14 | Oct 30 | Apr 14 | Nov 6 |
| 2011 | May 8 | Oct 22 | Apr 7 | Oct 22 |
| 2010 | May 10 | Oct 17 | Apr 19 | Oct 30 |
| 2009 | May 19 | Oct 19 | Apr 13 | Oct 19 |
| 2008 | no data | Oct 3 | no data | Oct 20 |
| 2005 | no data | Oct 27 | no data | Oct 27 |
"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.