Last Frost Day

Frost history / Chase City, VA

Chase City, VA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00441606, 1953 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 510 ft, 36.778, -78.476. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 11Oct 29
EarliestMar 23 (1958)Oct 3 (1974)
LatestMay 13 (1998)Dec 3 (1985)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.1 days later per decade
Years with data6066

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 27 and the median first fall date is Nov 8.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201953: Apr 211954: Apr 51955: Apr 81956: May 91957: Apr 151958: Mar 231959: Apr 141960: Apr 111961: Apr 31962: Apr 171963: Mar 231964: Apr 101965: Apr 31966: Apr 101967: Apr 121969: Apr 11970: Apr 81971: May 41975: Apr 141978: Apr 211979: Apr 71980: Apr 171982: Apr 231983: Apr 221984: Apr 111985: Apr 111986: Apr 241987: Apr 61988: Apr 201989: Apr 131990: Apr 121991: Mar 311992: Apr 61993: Apr 131994: Apr 81996: Apr 111997: Apr 191998: May 131999: Mar 232000: Apr 102001: Apr 202002: Apr 82004: Apr 282008: Apr 162009: Mar 232010: Mar 272011: Apr 32012: Apr 122014: Apr 182015: Mar 292016: Apr 102017: Apr 82018: Apr 102019: Apr 32020: Apr 112021: Apr 232022: Apr 212023: Apr 102024: Mar 272025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201953: Nov 61954: Nov 11955: Nov 51956: Nov 111957: Oct 281958: Nov 81959: Nov 31960: Oct 251961: Nov 91962: Oct 251963: Nov 31964: Oct 111965: Oct 291966: Oct 311967: Oct 291968: Oct 271969: Oct 181970: Oct 181971: Nov 51972: Oct 201974: Oct 31975: Oct 311977: Oct 171978: Oct 91979: Oct 151980: Oct 151981: Oct 201982: Oct 171983: Nov 51984: Nov 71985: Dec 31986: Oct 211987: Oct 221988: Oct 131989: Nov 41990: Oct 271993: Oct 241994: Oct 271996: Nov 31997: Oct 231998: Oct 231999: Oct 252000: Oct 92001: Oct 82002: Nov 12003: Oct 32004: Nov 62007: Oct 292008: Oct 302009: Nov 282010: Nov 72011: Oct 302012: Nov 62013: Oct 262014: Nov 32015: Oct 182016: Nov 132017: Nov 112018: Nov 112019: Nov 92020: Nov 182021: Nov 52022: Oct 192023: Nov 22024: Nov 222025: Nov 11

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
2025Apr 9Nov 11Mar 3Nov 11
2024Mar 27Nov 22Mar 1Nov 30
2023Apr 10Nov 2Mar 21Nov 2
2022Apr 21Oct 19Mar 29Nov 15
2021Apr 23Nov 5Apr 3Nov 14
2020Apr 11Nov 18Mar 9Dec 3
2019Apr 3Nov 9Mar 19Nov 9
2018Apr 10Nov 11Mar 24Nov 11
2017Apr 8Nov 11Mar 18Nov 20
2016Apr 10Nov 13Apr 10Nov 13
2015Mar 29Oct 18Mar 29Nov 24
2014Apr 18Nov 3Mar 28Nov 3
2013no dataOct 26no dataOct 26
2012Apr 12Nov 6Mar 7Nov 25
2011Apr 3Oct 30Mar 8Nov 19
2010Mar 27Nov 7Mar 8Nov 28
2009Mar 23Nov 28Mar 6Dec 11
2008Apr 16Oct 30Mar 2Nov 19
2007no dataOct 29no dataOct 30
2004Apr 28Nov 6Apr 6Nov 6
2003no dataOct 3no dataNov 14
2002Apr 8Nov 1Apr 8Nov 1
2001Apr 20Oct 8Apr 20Oct 9
2000Apr 10Oct 9Mar 19Oct 30
1999Mar 23Oct 25Mar 17Nov 4
1998May 13Oct 23Apr 6Oct 23
1997Apr 19Oct 23Apr 11Oct 23
1996Apr 11Nov 3Apr 11Nov 3
1994Apr 8Oct 27Mar 18Nov 24
1993Apr 13Oct 24Mar 20Nov 2
1992Apr 6no dataApr 3no data
1991Mar 31no dataMar 12no data
1990Apr 12Oct 27Apr 8Nov 14
1989Apr 13Nov 4Apr 12Nov 17
1988Apr 20Oct 13Mar 22Oct 14
1987Apr 6Oct 22Apr 1Nov 7
1986Apr 24Oct 21Apr 11Nov 14
1985Apr 11Dec 3Apr 10Dec 3
1984Apr 11Nov 7Mar 23Nov 9
1983Apr 22Nov 5Apr 21Nov 5
1982Apr 23Oct 17Apr 10Nov 6
1981no dataOct 20no dataOct 20
1980Apr 17Oct 15Mar 27Oct 15
1979Apr 7Oct 15Mar 26Oct 27
1978Apr 21Oct 9Mar 19Nov 25
1977no dataOct 17no dataNov 13
1975Apr 14Oct 31Apr 14Nov 1
1974no dataOct 3no dataOct 4
1972no dataOct 20no dataOct 20
1971May 4Nov 5Mar 31Nov 8
1970Apr 8Oct 18Mar 19Nov 17
1969Apr 1Oct 18Mar 31Oct 24
1968no dataOct 27no dataNov 11
1967Apr 12Oct 29Mar 20Nov 6
1966Apr 10Oct 31Mar 29Nov 4
1965Apr 3Oct 29Apr 1Oct 29
1964Apr 10Oct 11Apr 2Nov 22
1963Mar 23Nov 3Mar 23Nov 15
1962Apr 17Oct 25Mar 8Oct 27
1961Apr 3Nov 9Mar 18Nov 9
1960Apr 11Oct 25Apr 11Nov 8
1959Apr 14Nov 3Mar 29Nov 18
1958Mar 23Nov 8Feb 21Nov 29
1957Apr 15Oct 28Mar 10Nov 10
1956May 9Nov 11Apr 21Nov 23
1955Apr 8Nov 5Mar 29Nov 5
1954Apr 5Nov 1Mar 22Nov 1
1953Apr 21Nov 6Mar 9Nov 7

"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.