Last Frost Day

Frost history / Crozier, VA

Crozier, VA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00442142, 1976 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 350 ft, 37.666, -77.877. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 15Oct 25
EarliestMar 20 (2000)Oct 1 (1997)
LatestMay 23 (2002)Dec 3 (1985)
Trend0.9 days later per decade1.2 days later per decade
Years with data4143

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 2 and the median first fall date is Nov 5.

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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30198019902000201020201977: Apr 301978: Apr 281979: Apr 71980: Apr 181981: Apr 261982: Apr 231983: Apr 211984: Apr 21985: Apr 111987: Apr 61988: Apr 141989: Apr 131990: Apr 201991: Apr 41992: Apr 71997: Apr 201998: Apr 291999: Apr 152000: Mar 202001: Apr 282002: May 232003: Apr 242004: Apr 292005: Apr 182006: Apr 112007: Apr 112009: Apr 132010: Mar 292011: Apr 62012: Apr 92013: Apr 222015: Apr 62016: Apr 112017: May 92018: May 32019: May 152021: May 182022: Apr 32023: Apr 112024: Apr 272025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11198019902000201020201976: Oct 181977: Oct 181978: Oct 251979: Oct 111980: Oct 141981: Oct 201982: Oct 171983: Oct 311984: Nov 71985: Dec 31986: Nov 141987: Oct 91989: Nov 41990: Oct 271991: Oct 301992: Oct 201993: Oct 241995: Nov 51997: Oct 11999: Oct 252000: Oct 92001: Oct 82002: Nov 12003: Oct 32004: Nov 62005: Oct 272006: Oct 142008: Oct 202010: Oct 232011: Oct 302012: Nov 32013: Oct 252014: Nov 32015: Oct 182016: Nov 82017: Nov 112018: Oct 222019: Nov 22021: Nov 42022: Oct 192023: Nov 22024: Oct 202025: Nov 7

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 7Mar 18Nov 11
2024Apr 27Oct 20Mar 30Oct 20
2023Apr 11Nov 2Apr 11Nov 2
2022Apr 3Oct 19Mar 30Nov 14
2021May 18Nov 4Apr 24Nov 5
2019May 15Nov 2Apr 3Nov 2
2018May 3Oct 22Apr 21Nov 11
2017May 9Nov 11May 9Nov 11
2016Apr 11Nov 8Apr 11Nov 13
2015Apr 6Oct 18Mar 30Nov 15
2014no dataNov 3no dataNov 3
2013Apr 22Oct 25Apr 5Oct 26
2012Apr 9Nov 3Mar 11Nov 5
2011Apr 6Oct 30Mar 29Oct 30
2010Mar 29Oct 23Mar 29Nov 7
2009Apr 13no dataApr 1no data
2008no dataOct 20no dataOct 20
2007Apr 11no dataApr 11no data
2006Apr 11Oct 14Apr 11Oct 14
2005Apr 18Oct 27Mar 23Oct 27
2004Apr 29Nov 6Apr 7Nov 9
2003Apr 24Oct 3Apr 2Nov 10
2002May 23Nov 1Apr 7Nov 2
2001Apr 28Oct 8Apr 20Oct 9
2000Mar 20Oct 9Mar 19Oct 10
1999Apr 15Oct 25Mar 24Nov 17
1998Apr 29no dataApr 12no data
1997Apr 20Oct 1Apr 11Oct 23
1995no dataNov 5no dataNov 5
1993no dataOct 24no dataNov 2
1992Apr 7Oct 20Apr 4Oct 20
1991Apr 4Oct 30Mar 17Nov 5
1990Apr 20Oct 27Apr 9Nov 14
1989Apr 13Nov 4Apr 2Nov 17
1988Apr 14no dataMar 23no data
1987Apr 6Oct 9Apr 1Nov 12
1986no dataNov 14no dataNov 14
1985Apr 11Dec 3Apr 11Dec 3
1984Apr 2Nov 7Mar 24Nov 8
1983Apr 21Oct 31Apr 18Nov 13
1982Apr 23Oct 17Apr 10Nov 6
1981Apr 26Oct 20Mar 26Oct 20
1980Apr 18Oct 14Mar 19Oct 27
1979Apr 7Oct 11Mar 28Oct 27
1978Apr 28Oct 25Mar 18Nov 26
1977Apr 30Oct 18Apr 10Nov 13
1976no dataOct 18no dataOct 19

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.