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Frost history / Parsons 3 Se, WV

Parsons 3 Se, WV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00466867, 1951 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,775 ft, 39.074, -79.634. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 6Oct 10
EarliestApr 14 (2016)Sep 19 (1959)
LatestJun 11 (1972)Nov 6 (2016)
Trend1.6 days earlier per decade3.1 days later per decade
Years with data5553

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 26 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.

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 14Jun 2919601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 241959: May 171960: May 31961: May 281962: Apr 251963: May 241964: Apr 161965: Apr 171966: Jun 21967: May 171968: May 71969: May 21970: May 71971: May 231972: Jun 111973: May 161974: May 81975: Apr 281976: May 131977: Jun 81978: May 31979: May 31980: May 101981: May 81982: May 101983: May 111984: May 171985: May 41986: May 51987: May 11988: May 21989: Apr 251990: Apr 201991: Apr 231992: May 71993: Apr 281994: May 111995: Apr 261996: May 151997: Apr 301998: Apr 291999: Apr 302000: May 162001: May 142002: May 232003: Apr 242004: May 52005: May 62006: May 232015: Apr 282016: Apr 142017: May 102018: May 12019: Apr 172020: May 11

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201955: Oct 211958: Oct 21959: Sep 191960: Oct 211961: Oct 51962: Sep 221963: Sep 241964: Oct 61966: Oct 71967: Sep 251968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 51971: Nov 41972: Oct 101973: Oct 181974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Oct 121977: Oct 131978: Oct 91979: Oct 101980: Oct 141981: Oct 41982: Oct 171983: Sep 231984: Nov 31985: Oct 71987: Oct 21988: Oct 61989: Oct 51991: Oct 81992: Oct 61993: Oct 11995: Oct 161996: Oct 41997: Oct 211998: Oct 231999: Oct 152000: Oct 82001: Oct 72002: Nov 22003: Oct 32004: Oct 182005: Oct 252006: Oct 132011: Oct 232015: Oct 182016: Nov 62017: Oct 272018: Oct 192019: Nov 22020: Oct 17

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
2020May 11Oct 17May 10Nov 29
2019Apr 17Nov 2Apr 1Nov 2
2018May 1Oct 19May 1Oct 25
2017May 10Oct 27Apr 9Nov 11
2016Apr 14Nov 6Apr 13Nov 12
2015Apr 28Oct 18Apr 6Oct 18
2011no dataOct 23no dataNov 2
2006May 23Oct 13Apr 11Oct 13
2005May 6Oct 25Apr 17Oct 30
2004May 5Oct 18Apr 28Oct 18
2003Apr 24Oct 3Apr 24Oct 3
2002May 23Nov 2May 22Nov 2
2001May 14Oct 7Apr 29Oct 7
2000May 16Oct 8Apr 27Oct 8
1999Apr 30Oct 15Apr 26Oct 26
1998Apr 29Oct 23Apr 13Oct 24
1997Apr 30Oct 21Apr 20Oct 23
1996May 15Oct 4May 15Nov 4
1995Apr 26Oct 16Apr 26Oct 17
1994May 11no dataApr 23no data
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 7Oct 11
1992May 7Oct 6Apr 14Oct 18
1991Apr 23Oct 8Apr 4Oct 8
1990Apr 20no dataApr 20no data
1989Apr 25Oct 5Apr 25Nov 4
1988May 2Oct 6Apr 21Oct 9
1987May 1Oct 2Apr 11Oct 6
1986May 5no dataApr 24no data
1985May 4Oct 7May 4Dec 3
1984May 17Nov 3May 17Nov 3
1983May 11Sep 23May 11Oct 30
1982May 10Oct 17Apr 29Oct 18
1981May 8Oct 4May 3Oct 14
1980May 10Oct 14Apr 18Oct 14
1979May 3Oct 10Apr 20Oct 15
1978May 3Oct 9May 3Oct 9
1977Jun 8Oct 13May 1Oct 18
1976May 13Oct 12May 9Oct 18
1975Apr 28Oct 3Apr 27Oct 31
1974May 8Sep 24May 8Oct 4
1973May 16Oct 18Apr 15Oct 19
1972Jun 11Oct 10Apr 28Oct 20
1971May 23Nov 4May 1Nov 5
1970May 7Oct 5May 7Oct 18
1969May 2Oct 15Apr 12Oct 18
1968May 7Oct 5May 7Oct 5
1967May 17Sep 25Apr 29Oct 22
1966Jun 2Oct 7May 11Oct 21
1965Apr 17no dataApr 5no data
1964Apr 16Oct 6Apr 16Oct 7
1963May 24Sep 24May 3Oct 14
1962Apr 25Sep 22Apr 24Oct 25
1961May 28Oct 5May 5Oct 28
1960May 3Oct 21May 2Oct 22
1959May 17Sep 19Apr 24Oct 19
1958no dataOct 2no dataOct 30
1955no dataOct 21no dataNov 5
1951Apr 24no dataApr 24no data

"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.