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Frost history / Hamlin, WV

Hamlin, WV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00463846, 1951 to 2014, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 680 ft, 38.279, -82.111. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 30Oct 11
EarliestApr 7 (2011)Sep 14 (1964)
LatestMay 25 (1956)Nov 4 (1971)
Trend1.3 days earlier per decade2.1 days later per decade
Years with data6260

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 15 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 301960197019801990200020101951: Apr 241952: Apr 181953: Apr 281954: May 221955: Apr 101956: May 251957: May 71958: Apr 301959: Apr 241960: May 21961: May 41962: Apr 251963: May 31964: Apr 161965: Apr 171966: May 111967: Apr 291968: May 81969: May 11970: May 81971: May 51972: Apr 281973: May 181974: May 81975: Apr 221976: May 91977: May 111978: May 41979: Apr 301980: May 101981: May 31982: Apr 301983: May 111984: May 171985: Apr 111986: May 41987: Apr 301988: Apr 291989: May 91990: Apr 201991: Apr 241992: Apr 301993: Apr 281994: Apr 241995: Apr 271996: May 141998: Apr 131999: May 12000: Apr 302002: May 232003: Apr 262004: May 52005: May 52006: Apr 112007: Apr 182008: May 22009: Apr 132010: Apr 302011: Apr 72012: Apr 252013: Apr 232014: Apr 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 31953: Oct 81954: Oct 81955: Oct 251956: Oct 101957: Oct 121958: Oct 111959: Sep 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 151962: Oct 191963: Sep 241964: Sep 141965: Oct 51967: Sep 251968: Oct 51969: Oct 181970: Oct 51971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Oct 171974: Oct 31975: Oct 31976: Oct 141977: Oct 151978: Oct 91979: Oct 141980: Oct 61981: Sep 291982: Oct 171983: Sep 251984: Nov 31985: Oct 71986: Oct 191987: Oct 41988: Oct 61989: Oct 91990: Oct 161991: Oct 71992: Oct 21993: Oct 11994: Oct 111995: Oct 161996: Oct 121997: Oct 161998: Oct 231999: Sep 242002: Nov 22003: Oct 32004: Oct 172005: Oct 292006: Oct 132007: Oct 292008: Oct 192009: Oct 192010: Oct 222011: Oct 242012: Oct 122013: Oct 26

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
2014Apr 18no dataApr 17no data
2013Apr 23Oct 26Apr 4Oct 26
2012Apr 25Oct 12Apr 14Nov 3
2011Apr 7Oct 24Apr 4Oct 29
2010Apr 30Oct 22Mar 28Oct 31
2009Apr 13Oct 19Apr 9Nov 4
2008May 2Oct 19Apr 17Oct 20
2007Apr 18Oct 29Apr 11Oct 30
2006Apr 11Oct 13Apr 11Oct 13
2005May 5Oct 29Mar 23Oct 30
2004May 5Oct 17Apr 7Nov 9
2003Apr 26Oct 3Apr 1Nov 14
2002May 23Nov 2Apr 8Nov 2
2000Apr 30no dataApr 27no data
1999May 1Sep 24May 1Oct 24
1998Apr 13Oct 23Mar 23Oct 23
1997no dataOct 16no dataOct 22
1996May 14Oct 12Apr 17Nov 2
1995Apr 27Oct 16Apr 15Oct 17
1994Apr 24Oct 11Apr 9Oct 27
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 18Nov 2
1992Apr 30Oct 2Apr 7Oct 17
1991Apr 24Oct 7Apr 3Oct 8
1990Apr 20Oct 16Apr 20Oct 20
1989May 9Oct 9Apr 15Oct 22
1988Apr 29Oct 6Apr 21Oct 8
1987Apr 30Oct 4Apr 30Oct 14
1986May 4Oct 19May 4Nov 13
1985Apr 11Oct 7Apr 11Dec 2
1984May 17Nov 3Apr 11Nov 3
1983May 11Sep 25Apr 26Nov 8
1982Apr 30Oct 17Apr 29Oct 18
1981May 3Sep 29Apr 21Oct 4
1980May 10Oct 6Apr 17Oct 13
1979Apr 30Oct 14Apr 8Oct 27
1978May 4Oct 9May 3Oct 9
1977May 11Oct 15Apr 9Oct 17
1976May 9Oct 14Apr 29Oct 18
1975Apr 22Oct 3Apr 14Oct 31
1974May 8Oct 3Apr 25Oct 3
1973May 18Oct 17May 5Nov 6
1972Apr 28Oct 10Apr 26Oct 20
1971May 5Nov 4May 4Nov 5
1970May 8Oct 5Apr 11Oct 17
1969May 1Oct 18Apr 1Oct 18
1968May 8Oct 5May 7Oct 27
1967Apr 29Sep 25Apr 28Oct 21
1966May 11no dataMay 11no data
1965Apr 17Oct 5Apr 3Oct 25
1964Apr 16Sep 14Apr 16Oct 6
1963May 3Sep 24May 2Oct 30
1962Apr 25Oct 19Apr 21Oct 24
1961May 4Oct 15Apr 20Oct 27
1960May 2Oct 21Apr 11Oct 21
1959Apr 24Sep 19Mar 29Oct 19
1958Apr 30Oct 11Apr 14Oct 12
1957May 7Oct 12Apr 15Oct 12
1956May 25Oct 10Apr 21Oct 11
1955Apr 10Oct 25Apr 9Oct 25
1954May 22Oct 8Apr 13Oct 8
1953Apr 28Oct 8Apr 22Oct 8
1952Apr 18Oct 3Apr 8Oct 4
1951Apr 24Sep 29Apr 20Oct 12

"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.