Alert archive / North Carolina
Frost Advisories in North Carolina
686 frost advisories since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of frost advisories reaches back to 2005.
Frost Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Frost Advisories
- 686
- Busiest year
- 201053 frost advisories
- Average year
- 31over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burke County104
- McDowell County104
- Caldwell County102
- Rutherford County88
- Jackson County85
- Polk County82
- Wake County80
- Franklin County78
- Macon County78
- Swain County78
- Granville County77
- Warren County77
- Alamance County76
- Graham County76
- Orange County76
- Randolph County76
- Vance County76
- Catawba County75
- Cleveland County75
- Davidson County75
- Durham County75
- Forsyth County75
- Guilford County75
- Person County75
- Chatham County74
- Lincoln County74
- Davie County73
- Edgecombe County73
- Iredell County73
- Cherokee County73
- Clay County73
- Alexander County72
- Gaston County72
- Haywood County72
- Nash County72
- Lee County71
- Moore County71
- Buncombe County71
- Cabarrus County70
- Montgomery County70
60 more counties
- Rowan County70
- Union County69
- Halifax County68
- Madison County68
- Johnston County67
- Mecklenburg County67
- Wilson County67
- Stanly County66
- Anson County65
- Harnett County63
- Richmond County62
- Transylvania County62
- Henderson County61
- Hoke County58
- Scotland County58
- Wayne County56
- Surry County53
- Wilkes County53
- Mitchell County53
- Yancey County53
- Stokes County52
- Sampson County51
- Yadkin County51
- Beaufort County50
- Cumberland County50
- Duplin County50
- Greene County50
- Lenoir County50
- Martin County50
- Pitt County50
- Rockingham County50
- Avery County49
- Caswell County48
- Jones County46
- Bladen County45
- Robeson County45
- Washington County43
- Hyde County40
- Hertford County39
- Pamlico County39
- Tyrrell County39
- Columbus County38
- Alleghany County37
- Northampton County35
- Ashe County34
- Watauga County34
- Brunswick County34
- Bertie County32
- Dare County31
- Gates County30
- New Hanover County30
- Pender County30
- Craven County23
- Onslow County23
- Camden County20
- Pasquotank County20
- Chowan County19
- Perquimans County19
- Carteret County17
- Currituck County12
The latest frost advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:51 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 8 more | 20 hr |
| May 2, 12:42 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 20 hr |
| May 2, 12:03 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 21 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:47 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:01 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and 14 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:37 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie and 12 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 13 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba and 19 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:25 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth and 16 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:10 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 20 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:02 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 20 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:00 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 7 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.