Frost history / Dunlow 1 Sw, WV
Dunlow 1 Sw, WV: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00462522, 1971 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,113 ft, 37.949, -82.405. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 18 | Oct 23 |
| Earliest | Mar 24 (2017) | Sep 24 (1983) |
| Latest | May 23 (2002) | Nov 13 (2016) |
| Trend | 2.3 days earlier per decade | 3.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 46 | 47 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 and the median first fall date is Nov 3.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | no data | Nov 10 | no data | Nov 10 |
| 2024 | no data | Oct 17 | no data | Nov 30 |
| 2023 | Apr 26 | Nov 1 | Mar 22 | Nov 2 |
| 2022 | Apr 21 | Oct 9 | Mar 30 | Nov 14 |
| 2021 | Apr 24 | Nov 3 | Apr 4 | Nov 4 |
| 2020 | May 10 | Oct 17 | Mar 9 | Nov 2 |
| 2019 | Apr 3 | Nov 2 | Apr 2 | Nov 2 |
| 2018 | Apr 18 | Oct 19 | Apr 9 | Nov 11 |
| 2017 | Mar 24 | Oct 26 | Mar 24 | Nov 11 |
| 2016 | Apr 11 | Nov 13 | Apr 10 | Nov 13 |
| 2015 | Mar 30 | Oct 18 | Mar 30 | Nov 23 |
| 2014 | Apr 17 | Nov 2 | Apr 17 | Nov 3 |
| 2013 | Apr 4 | Oct 26 | Apr 4 | Nov 13 |
| 2012 | Apr 13 | Oct 30 | Mar 11 | Nov 13 |
| 2011 | Apr 2 | Oct 30 | Mar 29 | Nov 18 |
| 2010 | Apr 29 | Oct 30 | Mar 28 | Nov 7 |
| 2009 | Apr 9 | no data | Mar 21 | no data |
| 2008 | May 2 | Oct 19 | Mar 26 | Oct 30 |
| 2007 | Apr 11 | Oct 29 | Apr 11 | Nov 8 |
| 2006 | Apr 10 | Oct 13 | Mar 28 | Oct 25 |
| 2005 | May 4 | Oct 28 | Mar 16 | Nov 17 |
| 2004 | May 5 | Nov 9 | Mar 24 | Nov 9 |
| 2003 | Apr 1 | Oct 3 | Apr 1 | Nov 13 |
| 2002 | May 23 | Nov 2 | Apr 8 | Nov 2 |
| 2001 | Apr 18 | Oct 8 | Mar 29 | Nov 21 |
| 2000 | Apr 10 | Oct 8 | Mar 19 | Oct 8 |
| 1999 | Mar 28 | Oct 25 | Mar 28 | Oct 26 |
| 1998 | Apr 12 | Oct 23 | Mar 16 | Nov 5 |
| 1997 | Apr 16 | Oct 23 | Apr 11 | Oct 23 |
| 1996 | Apr 11 | Nov 3 | Apr 10 | Nov 3 |
| 1995 | Apr 6 | Oct 18 | Apr 6 | Nov 4 |
| 1994 | Apr 9 | Oct 27 | Apr 9 | Nov 23 |
| 1993 | Apr 23 | Oct 23 | Mar 20 | Nov 2 |
| 1992 | Apr 5 | Oct 19 | Apr 4 | Oct 20 |
| 1991 | Apr 2 | Oct 17 | Mar 31 | Nov 3 |
| 1990 | Apr 19 | no data | Apr 7 | no data |
| 1989 | no data | Sep 24 | no data | Sep 24 |
| 1987 | May 7 | no data | Apr 29 | no data |
| 1986 | May 4 | Oct 7 | May 4 | Oct 7 |
| 1984 | no data | Nov 3 | no data | Nov 3 |
| 1983 | May 9 | Sep 24 | Apr 20 | Nov 12 |
| 1981 | Apr 23 | Oct 3 | Mar 21 | Oct 24 |
| 1980 | no data | Oct 6 | no data | Oct 27 |
| 1979 | Apr 29 | no data | Apr 19 | no data |
| 1978 | May 3 | Oct 9 | May 2 | Oct 9 |
| 1977 | May 11 | no data | May 10 | no data |
| 1976 | Apr 29 | Oct 11 | Apr 28 | Oct 18 |
| 1975 | Apr 9 | Oct 3 | Apr 7 | Oct 3 |
| 1974 | Apr 25 | Oct 3 | Apr 10 | Oct 3 |
| 1973 | Apr 14 | Nov 6 | Apr 11 | Nov 6 |
| 1972 | Apr 26 | Oct 19 | Apr 9 | Oct 20 |
| 1971 | no data | Nov 7 | no data | Nov 7 |
"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.