Frost history / Stony Creek 2 N, VA
Stony Creek 2 N, VA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00448129, 1960 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 105 ft, 36.974, -77.404. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| Earliest | Mar 12 (2012) | Sep 30 (1969) |
| Latest | May 11 (1966) | Nov 24 (1985) |
| Trend | 3.7 days earlier per decade | 3.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 28 | 28 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 31 and the median first fall date is Nov 7.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Apr 4 | Nov 5 | Apr 3 | Nov 14 |
| 2020 | May 10 | Nov 18 | Mar 9 | Nov 19 |
| 2019 | Apr 4 | Nov 4 | Apr 2 | Nov 9 |
| 2018 | Apr 21 | Oct 22 | Mar 24 | Nov 11 |
| 2017 | Mar 25 | Oct 28 | Mar 24 | Nov 11 |
| 2016 | Apr 11 | Nov 8 | Apr 11 | Nov 13 |
| 2015 | Apr 8 | Oct 18 | Mar 30 | Nov 23 |
| 2014 | Apr 18 | Nov 4 | Mar 28 | Nov 4 |
| 2013 | Apr 8 | Oct 25 | Mar 24 | Oct 27 |
| 2012 | Mar 12 | Nov 3 | Mar 12 | Nov 7 |
| 2011 | Apr 7 | Oct 30 | Mar 30 | Nov 19 |
| 2010 | Mar 29 | Nov 8 | Mar 9 | Nov 28 |
| 2009 | Apr 17 | Nov 7 | Mar 25 | Nov 7 |
| 2008 | Apr 16 | Oct 30 | Mar 11 | Oct 31 |
| 2007 | Apr 13 | no data | Apr 12 | no data |
| 2005 | Mar 22 | no data | Mar 18 | no data |
| 1998 | no data | Oct 23 | no data | Nov 7 |
| 1997 | no data | Oct 23 | no data | Oct 23 |
| 1996 | Apr 11 | no data | Mar 24 | no data |
| 1986 | Apr 23 | no data | Mar 23 | no data |
| 1985 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | Dec 3 |
| 1984 | Apr 11 | no data | Apr 1 | no data |
| 1981 | no data | Oct 4 | no data | Oct 20 |
| 1976 | Apr 29 | no data | Apr 13 | no data |
| 1975 | Apr 15 | Oct 4 | Apr 14 | Oct 31 |
| 1974 | Apr 26 | Oct 3 | Apr 11 | Oct 3 |
| 1971 | Apr 15 | Nov 5 | Apr 11 | Nov 8 |
| 1970 | May 7 | Oct 17 | Apr 7 | Nov 17 |
| 1969 | Apr 25 | Sep 30 | Apr 1 | Oct 18 |
| 1966 | May 11 | Oct 7 | May 11 | Oct 31 |
| 1965 | no data | Oct 5 | no data | Oct 29 |
| 1962 | Apr 18 | Oct 24 | Apr 17 | Oct 25 |
| 1961 | Apr 30 | Oct 27 | Apr 3 | Nov 10 |
| 1960 | no data | Oct 22 | no data | Oct 25 |
"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.