Frost history / Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, NC
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, NC: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00093765, 2000 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 11 ft, 34.734, -76.661. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 8 | Nov 28 |
| Earliest | Jan 23 (2024) | Nov 13 (2019) |
| Latest | Apr 2 (2021) | Dec 22 (2009) |
| Trend | 6.2 days earlier per decade | 2.2 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 24 | 25 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 14 and the median first fall date is Dec 8.
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 | Jan 23 | Nov 30 | Jan 22 | Dec 1 |
| 2023 | Feb 4 | Nov 29 | none | none |
| 2022 | Mar 13 | Nov 17 | Jan 30 | Dec 23 |
| 2021 | Apr 2 | Nov 25 | Jan 30 | none |
| 2020 | Mar 8 | Dec 3 | Feb 22 | none |
| 2019 | Mar 7 | Nov 13 | Mar 7 | Dec 19 |
| 2018 | Mar 6 | Nov 28 | Feb 3 | none |
| 2017 | Mar 17 | Dec 13 | Jan 10 | Dec 28 |
| 2016 | Mar 5 | Nov 22 | Feb 14 | Dec 11 |
| 2015 | Mar 29 | Nov 24 | Mar 7 | none |
| 2014 | Mar 27 | Nov 19 | Mar 27 | Nov 19 |
| 2013 | Mar 22 | Nov 14 | Feb 18 | Nov 14 |
| 2012 | Feb 14 | Nov 25 | Feb 13 | none |
| 2011 | Feb 16 | Dec 2 | Jan 23 | none |
| 2010 | Mar 7 | Dec 2 | Jan 31 | Dec 7 |
| 2009 | Mar 5 | Dec 22 | Mar 5 | none |
| 2008 | Feb 28 | Nov 19 | Jan 25 | Nov 22 |
| 2007 | Mar 19 | Nov 17 | Feb 19 | none |
| 2006 | Mar 8 | Dec 5 | Feb 27 | Dec 8 |
| 2005 | Mar 15 | Dec 3 | Mar 9 | Dec 7 |
| 2004 | Mar 24 | Dec 15 | Feb 1 | Dec 16 |
| 2003 | Feb 24 | Dec 2 | Feb 13 | none |
| 2002 | Mar 23 | Dec 1 | Mar 6 | Dec 2 |
| 2001 | Mar 11 | Nov 22 | Feb 19 | Dec 23 |
| 2000 | no data | Nov 21 | no data | Dec 20 |
"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.