Frost history / Waynesboro Wtp, VA
Waynesboro Wtp, VA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00448941, 2001 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,270 ft, 38.080, -78.875. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 22 | Oct 25 |
| Earliest | Apr 4 (2019) | Oct 3 (2003) |
| Latest | May 23 (2002) | Nov 11 (2017) |
| Trend | 2.1 days earlier per decade | 2.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 20 | 19 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Apr 8 | Oct 18 | Apr 7 | Nov 13 |
| 2023 | Apr 25 | Oct 23 | Apr 11 | Nov 2 |
| 2022 | May 1 | Oct 9 | Apr 3 | Nov 11 |
| 2021 | Apr 23 | Nov 3 | Apr 4 | Nov 4 |
| 2020 | May 11 | Oct 31 | Mar 9 | Nov 18 |
| 2019 | Apr 4 | Oct 20 | Apr 4 | Nov 4 |
| 2018 | Apr 22 | Oct 22 | Apr 9 | Nov 11 |
| 2017 | May 9 | Nov 11 | Apr 9 | Nov 11 |
| 2016 | Apr 14 | Nov 5 | Apr 11 | Nov 13 |
| 2015 | Apr 6 | Oct 18 | Mar 30 | Oct 18 |
| 2014 | Apr 25 | Oct 26 | Apr 17 | Nov 8 |
| 2013 | May 15 | Oct 25 | Apr 5 | Oct 25 |
| 2012 | Apr 13 | Nov 2 | Mar 10 | Nov 5 |
| 2011 | Apr 7 | Oct 29 | Mar 30 | Oct 30 |
| 2009 | Apr 13 | no data | Mar 25 | no data |
| 2007 | Apr 11 | no data | Apr 11 | no data |
| 2006 | no data | Oct 13 | no data | Oct 26 |
| 2005 | no data | Oct 27 | no data | Nov 11 |
| 2004 | Apr 16 | Nov 5 | Apr 6 | Nov 8 |
| 2003 | Apr 24 | Oct 3 | Apr 1 | Oct 4 |
| 2002 | May 23 | Oct 18 | Apr 10 | Nov 1 |
| 2001 | Apr 26 | no data | Mar 29 | no data |
"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.