Last Frost Day

Frost history / Danville Rgnl Ap, VA

Danville Rgnl Ap, VA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00013728, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 571 ft, 36.573, -79.336. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 10Oct 30
EarliestMar 23 (1958)Oct 3 (2003)
LatestMay 10 (2020)Nov 21 (2024)
Trend1.5 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data3637

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 26 and the median first fall date is Nov 10.

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 1519601970198019902000201020201951: Mar 271952: Mar 291953: Apr 221954: Apr 21955: Apr 81956: Apr 211957: Mar 291958: Mar 231959: Apr 51960: Apr 111961: Apr 31962: Apr 162001: Apr 192002: Apr 72003: Apr 12004: Apr 282005: Apr 172006: Apr 102007: Apr 102008: Apr 162009: Apr 82010: Mar 272011: Apr 62012: Apr 242013: Apr 32014: Apr 172015: Apr 52016: Apr 102017: Apr 82018: Apr 202019: Apr 32020: May 102021: Apr 232022: Apr 202023: Apr 112024: Apr 23

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 31952: Oct 211953: Nov 61954: Nov 11955: Nov 11956: Nov 111957: Oct 281958: Oct 301959: Nov 31960: Oct 221961: Oct 271962: Oct 252000: Oct 92001: Oct 82002: Nov 12003: Oct 32004: Nov 92005: Oct 272006: Oct 142007: Oct 302008: Oct 202009: Oct 202010: Oct 302011: Oct 292012: Nov 12013: Oct 242014: Nov 32015: Oct 182016: Nov 82017: Nov 102018: Oct 222019: Nov 22020: Nov 22021: Nov 42022: Oct 192023: Nov 12024: Nov 21

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
2024Apr 23Nov 21Mar 19Nov 29
2023Apr 11Nov 1Mar 21Nov 1
2022Apr 20Oct 19Mar 29Nov 14
2021Apr 23Nov 4Apr 3Nov 14
2020May 10Nov 2Mar 8Nov 19
2019Apr 3Nov 2Apr 3Nov 8
2018Apr 20Oct 22Mar 24Nov 11
2017Apr 8Nov 10Mar 23Nov 11
2016Apr 10Nov 8Apr 10Nov 12
2015Apr 5Oct 18Mar 29Nov 23
2014Apr 17Nov 3Mar 27Nov 14
2013Apr 3Oct 24Mar 29Oct 26
2012Apr 24Nov 1Apr 12Nov 22
2011Apr 6Oct 29Mar 29Oct 30
2010Mar 27Oct 30Mar 7Nov 7
2009Apr 8Oct 20Mar 22Dec 1
2008Apr 16Oct 20Mar 25Oct 30
2007Apr 10Oct 30Apr 10Nov 8
2006Apr 10Oct 14Mar 27Oct 25
2005Apr 17Oct 27Mar 19Oct 27
2004Apr 28Nov 9Apr 6Nov 10
2003Apr 1Oct 3Mar 12Nov 10
2002Apr 7Nov 1Apr 7Nov 19
2001Apr 19Oct 8Apr 19Oct 9
2000no dataOct 9no dataNov 6
1962Apr 16Oct 25Mar 8Oct 26
1961Apr 3Oct 27Mar 11Nov 22
1960Apr 11Oct 22Mar 25Nov 7
1959Apr 5Nov 3Mar 29Nov 10
1958Mar 23Oct 30Mar 5Nov 30
1957Mar 29Oct 28Mar 21Nov 11
1956Apr 21Nov 11Apr 21Nov 22
1955Apr 8Nov 1Mar 28Nov 5
1954Apr 2Nov 1Mar 22Nov 1
1953Apr 22Nov 6Apr 22Nov 7
1952Mar 29Oct 21Mar 8Oct 21
1951Mar 27Nov 3Mar 17Nov 4

"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.