Frost history / Amelia Courthouse, VA
Amelia Courthouse, VA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00440187, 1970 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 345 ft, 37.345, -77.978. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 11 | Oct 24 |
| Earliest | Mar 19 (2000) | Sep 28 (1989) |
| Latest | May 10 (2020) | Dec 3 (1985) |
| Trend | 2.4 days earlier per decade | 4.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 37 | 36 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 3 and the median first fall date is Nov 4.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Apr 28 | Nov 11 | Mar 24 | Nov 11 |
| 2024 | Mar 26 | Nov 22 | Mar 1 | Nov 30 |
| 2023 | Mar 22 | Nov 2 | Mar 22 | Nov 2 |
| 2022 | Apr 4 | Nov 14 | Mar 30 | Nov 14 |
| 2021 | Apr 3 | Nov 5 | Apr 3 | Nov 14 |
| 2020 | May 10 | Nov 18 | Mar 8 | Nov 18 |
| 2019 | Apr 3 | Nov 2 | Apr 2 | Nov 9 |
| 2018 | Apr 8 | Oct 22 | Apr 8 | Nov 12 |
| 2017 | Apr 8 | no data | Mar 23 | no data |
| 2016 | no data | Nov 13 | no data | Nov 13 |
| 2015 | Apr 5 | no data | Mar 31 | no data |
| 2014 | Apr 17 | no data | Mar 27 | no data |
| 2013 | no data | Oct 25 | no data | Oct 26 |
| 2012 | no data | Nov 3 | no data | Nov 6 |
| 2002 | Apr 8 | Nov 2 | Apr 8 | Nov 28 |
| 2001 | Apr 19 | Oct 8 | Mar 29 | Oct 9 |
| 2000 | Mar 19 | Nov 6 | Mar 19 | Nov 16 |
| 1999 | Mar 21 | Nov 4 | Mar 13 | Nov 17 |
| 1998 | Mar 26 | Oct 23 | Mar 14 | Nov 7 |
| 1997 | Apr 16 | Oct 23 | Apr 11 | Oct 23 |
| 1996 | Apr 11 | Nov 3 | Apr 11 | Nov 4 |
| 1995 | no data | Nov 5 | no data | Nov 5 |
| 1994 | Apr 23 | Oct 12 | Apr 8 | Oct 28 |
| 1993 | Apr 24 | Oct 1 | Mar 21 | Nov 2 |
| 1992 | Apr 30 | no data | Apr 7 | no data |
| 1991 | Apr 4 | Oct 7 | Apr 3 | Oct 30 |
| 1990 | Apr 20 | Oct 20 | Apr 9 | Oct 27 |
| 1989 | May 8 | Sep 28 | Apr 14 | Nov 4 |
| 1988 | Apr 21 | Oct 6 | Apr 15 | Oct 13 |
| 1987 | no data | Oct 9 | no data | Oct 15 |
| 1986 | May 5 | no data | Apr 24 | no data |
| 1985 | Apr 11 | Dec 3 | Apr 11 | Dec 3 |
| 1984 | Apr 11 | Nov 7 | Mar 30 | Nov 8 |
| 1983 | Apr 20 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 1982 | Apr 23 | Oct 17 | Apr 23 | Oct 18 |
| 1981 | May 8 | Oct 9 | Apr 7 | Oct 20 |
| 1979 | no data | Oct 15 | no data | Oct 27 |
| 1978 | May 2 | Oct 9 | Mar 18 | Oct 9 |
| 1977 | Apr 10 | Oct 18 | Apr 10 | Oct 18 |
| 1976 | no data | Oct 18 | no data | Oct 19 |
| 1975 | Apr 14 | no data | Apr 6 | no data |
| 1972 | Apr 9 | no data | Apr 9 | no data |
| 1971 | Apr 8 | Nov 6 | Mar 30 | Nov 8 |
| 1970 | Apr 15 | Oct 17 | Mar 30 | Oct 17 |
"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.