Frost history / Manteo Ap, NC
Manteo Ap, NC: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00013766, 1966 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 13 ft, 35.917, -75.700. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 20 | Nov 30 |
| Earliest | Feb 10 (2019) | Nov 3 (1976) |
| Latest | Apr 15 (1973) | Dec 30 (2001) |
| Trend | 3.9 days earlier per decade | 2.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 39 | 42, 1 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 3 and the median first fall date is Dec 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)
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 | Mar 20 | no data | Jan 23 | no data |
| 2023 | Mar 9 | Dec 13 | Mar 9 | none |
| 2022 | Mar 14 | Dec 14 | Mar 14 | Dec 24 |
| 2021 | Apr 2 | Nov 30 | Apr 2 | none |
| 2020 | Feb 23 | Dec 25 | none | none |
| 2019 | Feb 10 | Dec 6 | Feb 1 | Dec 20 |
| 2018 | Mar 17 | Nov 29 | Feb 9 | none |
| 2017 | Mar 24 | Dec 13 | Mar 15 | Dec 28 |
| 2016 | Mar 7 | Dec 10 | Feb 15 | Dec 11 |
| 2015 | Apr 2 | Nov 24 | Mar 7 | none |
| 2014 | Mar 14 | Nov 15 | Mar 14 | Nov 29 |
| 2013 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | Nov 28 |
| 2008 | Feb 28 | no data | Feb 28 | no data |
| 2007 | Mar 19 | Dec 18 | Feb 19 | none |
| 2006 | Mar 23 | no data | Feb 27 | no data |
| 2005 | Apr 6 | Dec 10 | Mar 4 | Dec 22 |
| 2004 | Mar 24 | Dec 15 | Feb 9 | Dec 20 |
| 2002 | Mar 23 | Nov 29 | Feb 6 | Nov 29 |
| 2001 | Mar 28 | Dec 30 | Feb 19 | none |
| 1998 | no data | Dec 19 | no data | none |
| 1997 | Mar 17 | Nov 18 | Feb 18 | none |
| 1996 | Mar 10 | Nov 29 | Mar 10 | Dec 20 |
| 1995 | Mar 11 | Nov 10 | Mar 11 | Dec 23 |
| 1994 | Mar 17 | none | Mar 1 | none |
| 1992 | Mar 25 | Nov 17 | Mar 17 | none |
| 1991 | Mar 17 | Dec 6 | Feb 17 | Dec 19 |
| 1990 | Mar 2 | no data | Feb 27 | no data |
| 1988 | no data | Dec 5 | no data | Dec 5 |
| 1987 | Mar 25 | Nov 21 | Feb 8 | Dec 19 |
| 1986 | Mar 22 | Dec 7 | Mar 9 | none |
| 1985 | Apr 9 | Dec 15 | Feb 20 | Dec 15 |
| 1984 | no data | Nov 15 | no data | Nov 20 |
| 1982 | no data | Dec 13 | no data | Dec 23 |
| 1980 | no data | Nov 20 | no data | Nov 20 |
| 1979 | Mar 20 | Nov 15 | Mar 17 | Dec 4 |
| 1977 | Apr 10 | Nov 27 | Mar 3 | Dec 10 |
| 1976 | Apr 13 | Nov 3 | Feb 10 | Nov 14 |
| 1975 | Apr 13 | Dec 19 | Mar 10 | Dec 19 |
| 1974 | Mar 15 | Nov 17 | Mar 15 | Nov 29 |
| 1973 | Apr 15 | no data | Feb 24 | no data |
| 1972 | Apr 10 | Nov 24 | Mar 10 | Nov 24 |
| 1971 | Apr 1 | Dec 19 | Mar 25 | none |
| 1970 | Mar 17 | Nov 24 | Mar 17 | Nov 24 |
| 1969 | no data | Nov 17 | no data | none |
| 1968 | Mar 15 | Dec 7 | Mar 15 | Dec 7 |
| 1967 | Apr 12 | Nov 9 | Mar 20 | Nov 17 |
| 1966 | no data | Dec 1 | no data | Dec 25 |
"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.