Frost history / Stonewall Jackson Dam, WV
Stonewall Jackson Dam, WV: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00468522, 2000 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,045 ft, 39.005, -80.474. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 26 | Oct 21 |
| Earliest | Apr 7 (2011) | Oct 3 (2003) |
| Latest | Jun 6 (2003) | Nov 12 (2016) |
| Trend | 7.1 days earlier per decade | 7.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 23 | 24 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 13 and the median first fall date is Nov 4.
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 | Apr 18 | Oct 24 | Apr 10 | Nov 7 |
| 2024 | Apr 23 | Nov 3 | Mar 26 | Nov 13 |
| 2023 | Apr 26 | Oct 23 | Apr 10 | Nov 2 |
| 2022 | Apr 29 | Oct 20 | Apr 5 | Nov 15 |
| 2021 | Apr 24 | Nov 3 | Apr 23 | Nov 4 |
| 2020 | May 13 | Oct 31 | May 10 | Nov 18 |
| 2019 | Apr 16 | Oct 19 | Apr 3 | Nov 2 |
| 2018 | May 2 | Oct 19 | Apr 22 | Nov 11 |
| 2017 | Apr 10 | Nov 10 | Apr 9 | Nov 12 |
| 2016 | May 16 | Nov 12 | Apr 11 | Nov 12 |
| 2015 | Apr 25 | Oct 18 | Apr 24 | Oct 18 |
| 2014 | Apr 24 | Oct 27 | Apr 18 | Nov 3 |
| 2013 | Apr 26 | Oct 25 | Apr 22 | Oct 26 |
| 2012 | Apr 26 | Oct 11 | Apr 13 | Nov 6 |
| 2011 | Apr 7 | Oct 28 | Mar 30 | Nov 5 |
| 2010 | May 10 | Oct 22 | Apr 11 | Nov 1 |
| 2009 | Apr 13 | Oct 19 | Apr 13 | Nov 4 |
| 2008 | no data | Oct 19 | no data | Oct 19 |
| 2006 | no data | Oct 13 | no data | Oct 26 |
| 2005 | May 5 | no data | Mar 23 | no data |
| 2004 | May 7 | Nov 6 | Apr 29 | Nov 9 |
| 2003 | Jun 6 | Oct 3 | Apr 25 | Oct 3 |
| 2002 | May 23 | Oct 9 | May 23 | Oct 20 |
| 2001 | Apr 30 | Oct 7 | Apr 30 | Oct 8 |
| 2000 | Apr 28 | Oct 8 | Apr 28 | Oct 8 |
"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.