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Frost history / Keyser 2 Ssw, WV

Keyser 2 Ssw, WV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00464840, 1996 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 965 ft, 39.421, -79.005. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 18
EarliestApr 2 (2003)Sep 20 (2020)
LatestMay 23 (2002)Nov 8 (2014)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.4 days later per decade
Years with data3029

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 and the median first fall date is Oct 27.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 302000201020201996: May 151997: Apr 221998: Apr 291999: Apr 272000: Apr 152001: Apr 302002: May 232003: Apr 22004: Apr 172005: May 62006: Apr 302007: May 82008: Apr 182009: May 202010: May 112011: Apr 72012: Apr 142013: May 152014: Apr 252015: Apr 282016: Apr 172017: May 102018: Apr 222019: Apr 292020: May 142021: Apr 252022: May 102023: Apr 262024: Apr 232025: Apr 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 262000201020201996: Oct 41997: Oct 161998: Oct 301999: Oct 152000: Oct 82001: Oct 82002: Oct 182003: Oct 32004: Oct 182005: Oct 272006: Oct 142007: Oct 292008: Oct 192009: Oct 192010: Oct 302011: Oct 242012: Oct 132013: Oct 212014: Nov 82015: Oct 182016: Oct 262017: Oct 172018: Oct 192019: Oct 132020: Sep 202021: Nov 32022: Oct 92023: Oct 232024: Oct 18

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 18no dataApr 18no data
2024Apr 23Oct 18Apr 22Nov 13
2023Apr 26Oct 23Apr 26Nov 2
2022May 10Oct 9Apr 30Oct 20
2021Apr 25Nov 3Apr 4Nov 3
2020May 14Sep 20May 10Oct 31
2019Apr 29Oct 13Apr 3Oct 19
2018Apr 22Oct 19Apr 22Oct 22
2017May 10Oct 17Apr 10Oct 27
2016Apr 17Oct 26Apr 15Oct 26
2015Apr 28Oct 18Apr 7Oct 18
2014Apr 25Nov 8Apr 18Nov 8
2013May 15Oct 21May 14Oct 26
2012Apr 14Oct 13Mar 28Oct 13
2011Apr 7Oct 24Apr 7Oct 30
2010May 11Oct 30Mar 28Nov 1
2009May 20Oct 19Apr 13Oct 19
2008Apr 18Oct 19Apr 17Oct 19
2007May 8Oct 29Apr 12Oct 29
2006Apr 30Oct 14Mar 28Oct 15
2005May 6Oct 27Apr 17Nov 12
2004Apr 17Oct 18Apr 7Nov 9
2003Apr 2Oct 3Apr 1Oct 3
2002May 23Oct 18Apr 8Nov 3
2001Apr 30Oct 8Apr 20Oct 8
2000Apr 15Oct 8Apr 14Nov 6
1999Apr 27Oct 15Apr 1Nov 5
1998Apr 29Oct 30Apr 13Nov 5
1997Apr 22Oct 16Apr 21Oct 23
1996May 15Oct 4May 14Oct 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.