Frost history / Elkins 21 Ene, WV
Elkins 21 Ene, WV: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003733, 2004 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 3,390 ft, 39.013, -79.474. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 9 | Oct 10 |
| Earliest | Apr 28 (2012) | Sep 16 (2007) |
| Latest | Jun 1 (2020) | Nov 2 (2021) |
| Trend | 1.7 days later per decade | 6.1 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 21 | 21 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 24 and the median first fall date is Oct 24.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | May 31 | Oct 11 | Apr 22 | Oct 18 |
| 2023 | May 5 | Oct 23 | Apr 25 | Oct 31 |
| 2022 | Apr 29 | Oct 4 | Apr 29 | Oct 18 |
| 2021 | May 15 | Nov 2 | Apr 22 | Nov 3 |
| 2020 | Jun 1 | Sep 20 | May 9 | Oct 31 |
| 2019 | Apr 29 | Oct 13 | Apr 15 | Oct 13 |
| 2018 | Apr 30 | Oct 13 | Apr 29 | Oct 19 |
| 2017 | May 9 | Oct 1 | May 9 | Oct 30 |
| 2016 | May 16 | Oct 10 | Apr 13 | Oct 26 |
| 2015 | Apr 29 | Oct 17 | Apr 24 | Oct 18 |
| 2014 | May 19 | Sep 23 | May 19 | Nov 1 |
| 2013 | May 27 | Oct 19 | Apr 22 | Oct 24 |
| 2012 | Apr 28 | Oct 8 | Apr 23 | Oct 11 |
| 2011 | May 5 | Sep 16 | Apr 6 | Oct 28 |
| 2010 | May 10 | Oct 22 | May 10 | Oct 30 |
| 2009 | May 19 | Oct 14 | May 19 | Oct 19 |
| 2008 | Apr 30 | Oct 18 | Apr 16 | Oct 19 |
| 2007 | May 18 | Sep 16 | Apr 16 | Oct 29 |
| 2006 | May 23 | Sep 30 | Apr 10 | Oct 12 |
| 2005 | May 5 | Sep 30 | Apr 25 | Oct 25 |
| 2004 | May 4 | Oct 5 | Apr 28 | Oct 6 |
"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.