Last Frost Day

Frost history / W Pt 2 Nw, VA

W Pt 2 Nw, VA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00449025, 1954 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 20 ft, 37.566, -76.800. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 10Oct 27
EarliestMar 11 (2012)Oct 4 (1974)
LatestMay 11 (1966)Nov 27 (2024)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decade2.3 days later per decade
Years with data7172

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 30 and the median first fall date is Nov 9.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201955: Apr 91956: Apr 251957: Apr 161958: Apr 41959: Mar 291960: Apr 201961: Apr 301962: Apr 171963: Apr 161964: Apr 101965: Apr 51966: May 111967: Apr 131968: Apr 121969: Apr 71970: Apr 121971: Apr 161972: Apr 101973: Apr 151974: Apr 111975: Apr 141976: Apr 281977: Apr 101978: Apr 231979: Apr 71980: Apr 171981: Apr 221982: Apr 121983: Apr 211984: Apr 111985: Apr 101986: Mar 251987: Apr 61988: Apr 201989: Apr 131990: Apr 191991: Apr 41992: Apr 61993: Apr 81994: Apr 91995: Apr 51996: Apr 111997: Apr 151998: Mar 251999: Mar 232000: Apr 12001: Apr 192002: Apr 72003: Mar 312004: Apr 162005: Apr 172006: Apr 102007: Apr 102008: Apr 162009: Mar 312010: Mar 272011: Apr 62012: Mar 112013: Apr 42014: Apr 172015: Apr 52016: Apr 102017: Apr 82018: Apr 82019: Apr 22020: May 102021: Apr 32022: Apr 22023: Mar 212024: Mar 262025: Apr 9

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201954: Oct 311955: Oct 251956: Nov 111957: Oct 281958: Nov 81959: Nov 91960: Oct 261961: Oct 281962: Oct 241963: Oct 311964: Oct 81965: Oct 61966: Oct 71967: Oct 201968: Oct 51969: Oct 181970: Oct 181971: Nov 51972: Oct 201973: Oct 181974: Oct 41975: Oct 311976: Oct 191977: Oct 181978: Oct 91979: Oct 271980: Oct 141981: Oct 201982: Oct 171983: Nov 51984: Nov 71985: Nov 241986: Oct 201987: Oct 221988: Oct 131989: Nov 41990: Oct 291991: Nov 51992: Oct 201993: Oct 241994: Nov 111995: Nov 51996: Nov 31997: Oct 231998: Oct 231999: Oct 242000: Oct 102001: Oct 82002: Nov 12003: Oct 242004: Nov 62005: Oct 272006: Oct 252007: Nov 72008: Oct 302009: Nov 62010: Nov 82011: Oct 302012: Nov 32013: Oct 252014: Nov 32015: Oct 192016: Nov 122017: Nov 102018: Oct 222019: Nov 42020: Nov 182021: Nov 142022: Nov 142023: Nov 22024: Nov 272025: 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 9Nov 14
2024Mar 26Nov 27Mar 1Nov 30
2023Mar 21Nov 2Mar 21Nov 28
2022Apr 2Nov 14Mar 29Nov 17
2021Apr 3Nov 14Apr 3Nov 20
2020May 10Nov 18Mar 8Nov 18
2019Apr 2Nov 4Mar 28Nov 9
2018Apr 8Oct 22Mar 26Nov 11
2017Apr 8Nov 10Mar 23Nov 11
2016Apr 10Nov 12Apr 6Nov 13
2015Apr 5Oct 19Mar 29Nov 23
2014Apr 17Nov 3Mar 27Nov 3
2013Apr 4Oct 25Apr 4Nov 9
2012Mar 11Nov 3Mar 11Nov 24
2011Apr 6Oct 30Mar 29Nov 18
2010Mar 27Nov 8Mar 9Nov 28
2009Mar 31Nov 6Mar 25Dec 6
2008Apr 16Oct 30Mar 21Nov 11
2007Apr 10Nov 7Apr 9Nov 8
2006Apr 10Oct 25Mar 23Nov 4
2005Apr 17Oct 27Mar 18Nov 18
2004Apr 16Nov 6Apr 6Nov 10
2003Mar 31Oct 24Mar 15Nov 14
2002Apr 7Nov 1Apr 7Nov 19
2001Apr 19Oct 8Mar 28Oct 29
2000Apr 1Oct 10Mar 18Nov 15
1999Mar 23Oct 24Mar 20Nov 4
1998Mar 25Oct 23Mar 25Nov 5
1997Apr 15Oct 23Apr 10Nov 17
1996Apr 11Nov 3Apr 8Nov 3
1995Apr 5Nov 5Apr 3Nov 5
1994Apr 9Nov 11Mar 20Nov 12
1993Apr 8Oct 24Mar 20Nov 2
1992Apr 6Oct 20Apr 6Oct 20
1991Apr 4Nov 5Mar 17Nov 5
1990Apr 19Oct 29Apr 8Nov 13
1989Apr 13Nov 4Apr 12Nov 17
1988Apr 20Oct 13Mar 23Oct 14
1987Apr 6Oct 22Apr 6Oct 22
1986Mar 25Oct 20Mar 25Nov 14
1985Apr 10Nov 24Apr 10Dec 3
1984Apr 11Nov 7Mar 24Nov 8
1983Apr 21Nov 5Mar 30Nov 30
1982Apr 12Oct 17Apr 10Nov 6
1981Apr 22Oct 20Apr 7Oct 20
1980Apr 17Oct 14Mar 19Nov 3
1979Apr 7Oct 27Apr 7Oct 27
1978Apr 23Oct 9Mar 18Nov 26
1977Apr 10Oct 18Apr 10Oct 18
1976Apr 28Oct 19Apr 13Oct 23
1975Apr 14Oct 31Apr 14Nov 15
1974Apr 11Oct 4Apr 7Oct 4
1973Apr 15Oct 18Apr 13Nov 6
1972Apr 10Oct 20Apr 10Oct 21
1971Apr 16Nov 5Apr 11Nov 8
1970Apr 12Oct 18Apr 8Nov 18
1969Apr 7Oct 18Apr 1Oct 24
1968Apr 12Oct 5Mar 25Oct 30
1967Apr 13Oct 20Apr 12Nov 6
1966May 11Oct 7Apr 11Oct 31
1965Apr 5Oct 6Apr 5Oct 30
1964Apr 10Oct 8Apr 5Oct 12
1963Apr 16Oct 31Mar 24Oct 31
1962Apr 17Oct 24Apr 4Oct 25
1961Apr 30Oct 28Apr 21Nov 9
1960Apr 20Oct 26Apr 11Oct 26
1959Mar 29Nov 9Mar 29Nov 18
1958Apr 4Nov 8Mar 24Nov 23
1957Apr 16Oct 28Mar 11Nov 10
1956Apr 25Nov 11Apr 1Nov 19
1955Apr 9Oct 25Mar 31Nov 6
1954no dataOct 31no dataNov 1

"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.