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Frost history / Ft Thomas 2 Sw, AZ

Ft Thomas 2 Sw, AZ: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00023150, 1967 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,835 ft, 33.009, -109.986. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 4Nov 4
EarliestMar 6 (2004)Oct 10 (1982)
LatestMay 8 (1979)Nov 30 (2025)
Trend4.9 days earlier per decade1.1 days later per decade
Years with data3941

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 17 and the median first fall date is Nov 15.

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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151970198019902000201020201967: May 11970: Apr 301971: Apr 221976: Apr 181977: Apr 41978: Apr 181979: May 81981: Apr 51982: Apr 81983: Apr 161984: Apr 211985: Mar 311986: Mar 201987: Mar 311988: Apr 11989: Mar 221990: Mar 161991: Apr 291992: Mar 201993: Apr 151994: Mar 291996: Mar 301997: Mar 271998: Apr 271999: Apr 122000: Mar 132001: Apr 112002: Mar 202003: Apr 162004: Mar 62005: Mar 172006: Mar 222007: Mar 302008: Apr 192009: Apr 52014: Mar 192016: Mar 312020: Apr 152021: Mar 28

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 111970198019902000201020201969: Oct 311970: Oct 291971: Oct 271975: Oct 241976: Oct 291977: Nov 91978: Nov 171979: Oct 301980: Oct 171981: Oct 311982: Oct 101983: Nov 201984: Nov 101985: Nov 141986: Nov 81987: Nov 131988: Nov 161989: Oct 291990: Nov 51992: Nov 51993: Oct 311994: Nov 51997: Oct 251998: Nov 61999: Oct 212000: Nov 12001: Nov 242002: Nov 52003: Nov 42004: Nov 22005: Nov 172007: Nov 252008: Oct 132010: Nov 102014: Nov 42015: Nov 62016: Nov 182019: Oct 262020: Oct 282021: Oct 132025: Nov 30

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2025no dataNov 30no dataDec 4
2021Mar 28Oct 13Mar 18Nov 28
2020Apr 15Oct 28Mar 28Oct 28
2019no dataOct 26no dataOct 31
2016Mar 31Nov 18Mar 31Nov 18
2015no dataNov 6no dataNov 12
2014Mar 19Nov 4Feb 24Nov 17
2010no dataNov 10no dataNov 10
2009Apr 5no dataMar 28no data
2008Apr 19Oct 13Mar 7Oct 13
2007Mar 30Nov 25Mar 7Nov 25
2006Mar 22no dataMar 14no data
2005Mar 17Nov 17Mar 17Nov 19
2004Mar 6Nov 2Mar 2Nov 3
2003Apr 16Nov 4Feb 11Nov 24
2002Mar 20Nov 5Mar 20Nov 18
2001Apr 11Nov 24Mar 16Nov 24
2000Mar 13Nov 1Feb 27Nov 8
1999Apr 12Oct 21Apr 6Oct 21
1998Apr 27Nov 6Apr 7Nov 10
1997Mar 27Oct 25Mar 3Nov 30
1996Mar 30no dataMar 2no data
1994Mar 29Nov 5Mar 28Nov 18
1993Apr 15Oct 31Feb 3Nov 16
1992Mar 20Nov 5Mar 13Nov 7
1991Apr 29no dataApr 13no data
1990Mar 16Nov 5Mar 16Nov 27
1989Mar 22Oct 29Mar 5Oct 30
1988Apr 1Nov 16Mar 21Nov 16
1987Mar 31Nov 13Mar 31Nov 16
1986Mar 20Nov 8Feb 23Nov 8
1985Mar 31Nov 14Mar 31Nov 15
1984Apr 21Nov 10Mar 31Nov 27
1983Apr 16Nov 20Apr 15Nov 20
1982Apr 8Oct 10Mar 21Nov 5
1981Apr 5Oct 31Feb 6Oct 31
1980no dataOct 17no dataOct 17
1979May 8Oct 30Apr 12Oct 31
1978Apr 18Nov 17Feb 23Dec 3
1977Apr 4Nov 9Mar 21Nov 9
1976Apr 18Oct 29Mar 31Nov 14
1975no dataOct 24no dataNov 14
1971Apr 22Oct 27Mar 17Nov 23
1970Apr 30Oct 29Apr 30Oct 29
1969no dataOct 31no dataNov 17
1967May 1no dataMar 8no data

"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.