Frost history / Canelo 1 Nw, AZ
Canelo 1 Nw, AZ: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00021231, 1953 to 2011, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5,010 ft, 31.559, -110.529. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 2 | Oct 22 |
| Earliest | Apr 3 (1954) | Sep 21 (1965) |
| Latest | May 28 (1962) | Nov 25 (2007) |
| Trend | 1.7 days earlier per decade | 2.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 50 | 51 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 20 and the median first fall date is Nov 3.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | no data | Oct 8 | no data | Oct 8 |
| 2010 | May 24 | Nov 5 | May 3 | Nov 10 |
| 2007 | no data | Nov 25 | no data | Nov 25 |
| 2006 | no data | Oct 19 | no data | Oct 27 |
| 2005 | no data | Nov 1 | no data | Nov 19 |
| 2003 | Apr 24 | no data | Apr 16 | no data |
| 2002 | May 3 | no data | Apr 21 | no data |
| 2001 | Apr 23 | Nov 15 | Apr 13 | Nov 24 |
| 2000 | Apr 3 | Oct 29 | Apr 2 | Nov 1 |
| 1999 | May 2 | Oct 18 | Apr 29 | Nov 23 |
| 1998 | May 15 | Oct 17 | Apr 18 | Nov 10 |
| 1997 | Apr 26 | Oct 12 | Apr 4 | Oct 25 |
| 1996 | Apr 20 | Oct 22 | Mar 27 | Oct 23 |
| 1995 | Apr 23 | Nov 19 | Apr 22 | Nov 28 |
| 1994 | May 1 | Oct 17 | Apr 28 | Nov 5 |
| 1993 | Apr 14 | Oct 20 | Mar 30 | Oct 31 |
| 1992 | Apr 20 | Nov 1 | Mar 18 | Nov 5 |
| 1991 | May 5 | Oct 28 | Apr 29 | Oct 29 |
| 1990 | Apr 3 | no data | Mar 17 | no data |
| 1989 | May 12 | Oct 27 | Apr 27 | Oct 30 |
| 1988 | May 8 | Nov 15 | May 2 | Nov 15 |
| 1987 | Apr 14 | Nov 7 | Apr 5 | Nov 11 |
| 1986 | May 9 | Oct 21 | Apr 19 | Nov 9 |
| 1985 | Apr 19 | Nov 1 | Apr 2 | Nov 14 |
| 1984 | Apr 30 | Nov 1 | Apr 21 | Nov 10 |
| 1983 | May 14 | Nov 15 | Apr 15 | Nov 19 |
| 1982 | May 19 | Oct 9 | Mar 24 | Oct 28 |
| 1981 | Apr 20 | Oct 17 | Apr 4 | Oct 31 |
| 1980 | Apr 24 | Oct 16 | Apr 24 | Oct 17 |
| 1979 | May 11 | Oct 22 | May 11 | Oct 31 |
| 1978 | May 8 | Oct 28 | Apr 18 | Nov 16 |
| 1977 | May 14 | Nov 2 | Apr 5 | Nov 10 |
| 1976 | Apr 20 | Oct 28 | Apr 18 | Oct 28 |
| 1975 | May 7 | Oct 14 | May 7 | Nov 12 |
| 1974 | May 21 | Oct 16 | May 20 | Oct 31 |
| 1973 | May 2 | Oct 11 | Apr 15 | Nov 15 |
| 1972 | Apr 22 | Oct 26 | Apr 21 | Oct 31 |
| 1971 | May 23 | Oct 19 | Apr 20 | Oct 20 |
| 1970 | May 1 | Oct 8 | May 1 | Oct 8 |
| 1969 | May 7 | Oct 12 | Mar 27 | Oct 30 |
| 1968 | May 13 | Oct 16 | Apr 23 | Nov 7 |
| 1967 | May 14 | Oct 17 | May 2 | Oct 31 |
| 1966 | Apr 22 | Oct 17 | Apr 20 | Nov 2 |
| 1965 | May 10 | Sep 21 | May 9 | Oct 18 |
| 1964 | May 10 | Nov 3 | May 8 | Nov 3 |
| 1963 | Apr 29 | Nov 7 | Apr 28 | Nov 19 |
| 1962 | May 28 | Nov 8 | Apr 1 | Nov 19 |
| 1961 | May 8 | Oct 29 | Apr 26 | Nov 3 |
| 1960 | Apr 30 | Oct 19 | Apr 25 | Nov 16 |
| 1959 | May 6 | Oct 4 | May 5 | Nov 7 |
| 1958 | Apr 14 | Oct 30 | Apr 14 | Oct 31 |
| 1957 | no data | Oct 23 | no data | Nov 7 |
| 1956 | May 15 | Oct 25 | Apr 15 | Oct 25 |
| 1955 | May 16 | no data | May 3 | no data |
| 1954 | Apr 3 | no data | Mar 14 | no data |
| 1953 | no data | Oct 21 | no data | Oct 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.