Frost dates for Christiansted Airport, U.S. Virgin Islands
Frost is rare here. In a typical year this station records no freeze at all, so there is no last-frost date to plan around and the growing season runs all year.
- Growing season
- All year
- Summer days
- a usual high of about 32 °C89 °F
- Lettuce and spinach run to seed
- April to September, in hot, long days (how we know)
Summer and rain
A growing garden needs about 25 mm1 in of water a week, rain and watering together. Here is what a normal month brings.
Month by month
- January
- high ~29 °C84 °F · low ~22 °C71 °F · rain ~49 mm1.9 in
- February
- high ~29 °C85 °F · low ~22 °C71 °F · rain ~34 mm1.4 in
- March
- high ~29 °C85 °F · low ~22 °C71 °F · rain ~41 mm1.6 in
- April
- high ~30 °C86 °F · low ~23 °C73 °F · rain ~56 mm2.2 in
- May
- high ~31 °C87 °F · low ~24 °C75 °F · rain ~92 mm3.6 in
- June
- high ~32 °C89 °F · low ~25 °C77 °F · rain ~49 mm1.9 in
- July
- high ~32 °C89 °F · low ~25 °C77 °F · rain ~67 mm2.6 in
- August
- high ~32 °C89 °F · low ~25 °C77 °F · rain ~82 mm3.2 in
- September
- high ~32 °C89 °F · low ~25 °C77 °F · rain ~124 mm4.9 in
- October
- high ~31 °C88 °F · low ~24 °C76 °F · rain ~128 mm5 in
- November
- high ~30 °C87 °F · low ~24 °C74 °F · rain ~135 mm5.3 in
- December
- high ~30 °C85 °F · low ~22 °C72 °F · rain ~82 mm3.2 in
Where these numbers come from
NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Climate Normals, the Christiansted Airport station (listed by NOAA as Christiansted Ap, VQW00011624), at 17.70, -64.81. These are that station’s own records, unshifted. The further your garden is from it, the less exactly they describe your ground. The planner finds the nearest station to your garden and lowers its confidence with distance, so no number is presented as if it were measured in your garden.
Cold air also pools in low ground on the clear, still nights when frost happens, so a hollow can freeze while a slope a few hundred feet away does not. No table can know that about your garden. A few seasons of your own logged frosts can.
ZIP codes nearest this station
00820, 00823, 00824, 00840, 00841, 00850, 00851.
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Nearby stations
The nearest stations and how their last-frost dates compare. Together they show how frost varies across your area.
- Charlotte Amalie Airport, VI, frost is rare
- Juncos 1 SE, PR, frost is rare
- Aguirre, PR, frost is rare