Last Frost Day

Frost history / Wardensville R M Farm, WV

Wardensville R M Farm, WV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00469281, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 960 ft, 39.106, -78.581. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 7Oct 5
EarliestApr 15 (2000)Sep 10 (1956)
LatestJun 1 (1966)Nov 5 (1971)
Trend1.1 days earlier per decade2.5 days later per decade
Years with data6155

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 15.

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 30Jun 141960197019801990200020101951: May 131952: Apr 171953: Apr 221954: May 111955: May 181956: May 251957: May 71958: Apr 261959: May 171960: May 41961: May 51962: Apr 251963: May 241964: Apr 251965: Apr 171966: Jun 11967: May 251968: May 81969: May 121970: May 71971: May 11972: May 111973: May 181974: May 81975: Apr 271976: May 131977: May 121978: May 31979: May 21980: May 101981: May 91982: May 51983: May 111984: May 171985: May 41986: May 41987: Apr 291990: Apr 191991: Apr 231992: May 71993: Apr 281994: Apr 241995: Apr 161996: May 141997: May 81998: Apr 271999: May 32000: Apr 152001: May 142002: May 232003: Apr 252004: Apr 172005: May 52006: May 72007: May 72008: May 142009: May 202010: May 122011: Apr 222012: Apr 282015: Apr 27

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101951: Sep 291952: Oct 41953: Sep 231954: Oct 71955: Oct 101956: Sep 101957: Sep 271958: Oct 21959: Sep 181960: Oct 211961: Oct 51962: Sep 211963: Sep 231964: Oct 61965: Oct 61966: Oct 71967: Sep 251968: Oct 51969: Oct 151970: Oct 51971: Nov 51972: Oct 11973: Oct 181974: Sep 241975: Oct 31976: Oct 121977: Oct 131978: Sep 291979: Oct 111980: Oct 61981: Oct 41982: Oct 181983: Sep 231984: Oct 31986: Sep 171991: Sep 271992: Sep 301993: Oct 11994: Oct 61995: Oct 171996: Oct 41997: Oct 161998: Oct 21999: Oct 152000: Oct 82002: Oct 152003: Oct 32004: Oct 122006: Oct 132007: Oct 292009: Oct 192010: Oct 232011: Oct 232013: Oct 212014: Oct 5

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
2015Apr 27no dataApr 13no data
2014no dataOct 5no dataNov 7
2013no dataOct 21no dataOct 25
2012Apr 28no dataApr 9no data
2011Apr 22Oct 23Apr 7Oct 30
2010May 12Oct 23May 12Oct 23
2009May 20Oct 19Apr 14Oct 19
2008May 14no dataMay 14no data
2007May 7Oct 29Apr 12Oct 29
2006May 7Oct 13Apr 11Oct 13
2005May 5no dataMay 4no data
2004Apr 17Oct 12Apr 16Nov 9
2003Apr 25Oct 3Apr 2Oct 3
2002May 23Oct 15May 20Nov 1
2001May 14no dataMay 2no data
2000Apr 15Oct 8Apr 14Oct 29
1999May 3Oct 15Apr 25Oct 26
1998Apr 27Oct 2Apr 13Oct 23
1997May 8Oct 16Apr 21Oct 21
1996May 14Oct 4May 14Nov 4
1995Apr 16Oct 17Apr 15Oct 18
1994Apr 24Oct 6Apr 23Oct 11
1993Apr 28Oct 1Apr 7Oct 1
1992May 7Sep 30Apr 13Oct 6
1991Apr 23Sep 27Apr 4Oct 8
1990Apr 19no dataApr 19no data
1987Apr 29no dataApr 10no data
1986May 4Sep 17May 4Oct 11
1985May 4no dataApr 10no data
1984May 17Oct 3Apr 11Nov 3
1983May 11Sep 23May 10Sep 26
1982May 5Oct 18Apr 29Oct 18
1981May 9Oct 4May 4Oct 14
1980May 10Oct 6Apr 17Oct 14
1979May 2Oct 11Apr 20Oct 15
1978May 3Sep 29Apr 23Oct 9
1977May 12Oct 13Apr 30Oct 13
1976May 13Oct 12May 9Oct 19
1975Apr 27Oct 3Apr 15Oct 31
1974May 8Sep 24May 8Oct 4
1973May 18Oct 18Apr 29Oct 18
1972May 11Oct 1Apr 28Oct 10
1971May 1Nov 5May 1Nov 5
1970May 7Oct 5May 7Oct 19
1969May 12Oct 15Apr 13Oct 15
1968May 8Oct 5May 7Oct 5
1967May 25Sep 25Apr 29Oct 20
1966Jun 1Oct 7May 11Oct 18
1965Apr 17Oct 6Apr 5Oct 6
1964Apr 25Oct 6Apr 16Oct 7
1963May 24Sep 23Apr 26Sep 24
1962Apr 25Sep 21Apr 21Sep 21
1961May 5Oct 5Apr 30Oct 28
1960May 4Oct 21Apr 11Oct 22
1959May 17Sep 18Apr 14Oct 29
1958Apr 26Oct 2Apr 9Oct 6
1957May 7Sep 27Apr 16Sep 28
1956May 25Sep 10May 25Sep 21
1955May 18Oct 10Apr 5Oct 23
1954May 11Oct 7May 5Oct 8
1953Apr 22Sep 23Apr 22Oct 8
1952Apr 17Oct 4Apr 10Oct 4
1951May 13Sep 29Apr 23Sep 29

"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.