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Frost history / Creston, WV

Creston, WV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00462054, 1951 to 2004, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 650 ft, 38.963, -81.273. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 3Oct 8
EarliestApr 11 (1955)Sep 14 (1964)
LatestJun 3 (1966)Nov 14 (1986)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)2.1 days later per decade
Years with data4247

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 20 and the median first fall date is Oct 22.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14196019701980199020001951: Apr 241952: May 31953: Apr 231954: May 131955: Apr 111957: May 51958: Apr 301959: Apr 251960: May 31961: May 51962: Apr 261965: May 11966: Jun 31967: May 111970: May 81972: May 121975: Apr 281976: May 101977: May 131978: May 41979: May 31980: May 111981: May 81986: May 51987: Apr 111988: Apr 211989: Apr 251990: Apr 201991: Apr 121992: May 81993: Apr 291994: Apr 251995: Apr 301996: May 151997: May 111998: Apr 291999: May 32000: Apr 282001: Apr 302002: May 232003: Apr 282004: May 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26196019701980199020001951: Oct 111952: Oct 41953: Oct 81954: Oct 81955: Oct 251956: Sep 211957: Oct 121958: Oct 61959: Oct 131960: Oct 211961: Oct 261962: Sep 221963: Sep 231964: Sep 141965: Oct 41966: Oct 61967: Sep 261968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 41971: Nov 41975: Oct 31976: Oct 151977: Oct 61978: Oct 91979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Oct 31985: Oct 71986: Nov 141987: Oct 141988: Oct 101989: Nov 41990: Oct 201991: Oct 71992: Oct 61993: Oct 41994: Oct 111995: Oct 161996: Oct 121997: Oct 211998: Oct 231999: Oct 222000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Nov 22003: Oct 3

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
2004May 5no dataApr 29no data
2003Apr 28Oct 3Apr 25Oct 4
2002May 23Nov 2Apr 8Nov 2
2001Apr 30Oct 7Apr 19Oct 8
2000Apr 28Oct 8Apr 28Oct 8
1999May 3Oct 22Apr 15Oct 25
1998Apr 29Oct 23Apr 13Oct 23
1997May 11Oct 21Apr 21Oct 22
1996May 15Oct 12Apr 18Nov 3
1995Apr 30Oct 16Apr 26Oct 26
1994Apr 25Oct 11Apr 23Oct 12
1993Apr 29Oct 4Apr 24Oct 25
1992May 8Oct 6Apr 7Oct 18
1991Apr 12Oct 7Apr 4Oct 8
1990Apr 20Oct 20Apr 20Oct 27
1989Apr 25Nov 4Apr 15Nov 4
1988Apr 21Oct 10Apr 21Oct 13
1987Apr 11Oct 14Apr 2Oct 22
1986May 5Nov 14Apr 24Nov 14
1985no dataOct 7no dataDec 3
1981May 8Oct 3May 8Oct 14
1980May 11Oct 6May 10Oct 27
1979May 3Oct 14Apr 19Oct 15
1978May 4Oct 9May 3Oct 25
1977May 13Oct 6May 11Oct 17
1976May 10Oct 15Apr 15Oct 18
1975Apr 28Oct 3Apr 15Oct 31
1972May 12no dataApr 27no data
1971no dataNov 4no dataNov 5
1970May 8Oct 4May 8Oct 17
1969no dataOct 15no dataOct 18
1968no dataOct 5no dataOct 27
1967May 11Sep 26Apr 29Oct 19
1966Jun 3Oct 6May 13Oct 8
1965May 1Oct 4Apr 15Oct 5
1964no dataSep 14no dataOct 6
1963no dataSep 23no dataOct 13
1962Apr 26Sep 22Apr 22Oct 26
1961May 5Oct 26Apr 21Oct 26
1960May 3Oct 21Apr 12Oct 22
1959Apr 25Oct 13Apr 8Oct 19
1958Apr 30Oct 6Apr 8Oct 30
1957May 5Oct 12Apr 16Oct 14
1956no dataSep 21no dataNov 10
1955Apr 11Oct 25Apr 10Oct 25
1954May 13Oct 8Apr 13Oct 20
1953Apr 23Oct 8Apr 22Oct 8
1952May 3Oct 4Apr 10Oct 8
1951Apr 24Oct 11Apr 20Nov 3

"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.