Frost history / Gila Bend 2SE, AZ
Gila Bend 2SE, AZ: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00023393, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 794 ft, 32.938, -112.681. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 6 | Dec 4 |
| Earliest | Jan 6 (1970) | Oct 20 (1969) |
| Latest | Apr 3 (1955) | Dec 31 (1987) |
| Trend | 3.8 days earlier per decade | 2.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 63, 7 with no freeze | 62, 13 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 30 and the median first fall date is Dec 12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jan 20 | no data | Jan 14 | no data |
| 2024 | Jan 11 | none | none | none |
| 2023 | Feb 15 | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Feb 3 | none | none | none |
| 2021 | Feb 28 | none | none | none |
| 2020 | no data | Dec 30 | no data | none |
| 2012 | Jan 13 | Dec 28 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 11 | Dec 5 | Feb 4 | none |
| 2010 | none | Nov 26 | none | Nov 27 |
| 2009 | Jan 28 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 25 |
| 2008 | Feb 6 | Dec 27 | Jan 18 | none |
| 2007 | Mar 2 | Dec 22 | Jan 23 | Dec 26 |
| 2006 | Jan 22 | Nov 30 | Jan 21 | Nov 30 |
| 2005 | none | Nov 28 | none | Dec 5 |
| 2004 | Feb 14 | Nov 30 | Feb 14 | Nov 30 |
| 2003 | Feb 6 | Nov 24 | none | Dec 28 |
| 2002 | Feb 5 | Dec 19 | Jan 31 | none |
| 2001 | no data | Dec 16 | no data | none |
| 2000 | Jan 11 | Nov 18 | Jan 4 | Dec 20 |
| 1999 | Feb 12 | Nov 23 | none | Dec 15 |
| 1998 | Jan 7 | Dec 6 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1997 | Feb 7 | Dec 13 | Jan 8 | none |
| 1996 | Jan 26 | Dec 4 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1995 | none | Dec 21 | none | none |
| 1994 | Feb 3 | no data | Feb 2 | no data |
| 1993 | none | Dec 22 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1992 | none | Nov 25 | none | Dec 14 |
| 1991 | Jan 30 | none | Jan 30 | none |
| 1990 | Feb 16 | Dec 18 | Feb 16 | Dec 23 |
| 1989 | Feb 7 | Nov 28 | Feb 7 | none |
| 1988 | Jan 23 | Nov 21 | none | Dec 27 |
| 1987 | Jan 22 | Dec 31 | Jan 21 | none |
| 1986 | none | none | none | none |
| 1985 | Feb 7 | none | Feb 3 | none |
| 1984 | Feb 17 | Nov 27 | Jan 20 | Nov 27 |
| 1983 | Jan 21 | Nov 23 | none | none |
| 1982 | Feb 3 | none | none | none |
| 1981 | Feb 1 | Dec 23 | none | none |
| 1980 | none | none | none | none |
| 1979 | Feb 6 | Nov 21 | none | Nov 22 |
| 1978 | Jan 25 | Dec 7 | none | Dec 7 |
| 1977 | Feb 26 | none | Jan 11 | none |
| 1976 | Jan 6 | Nov 28 | Jan 3 | none |
| 1975 | Feb 23 | none | Feb 23 | none |
| 1974 | Feb 7 | Dec 11 | Feb 7 | Dec 24 |
| 1973 | Jan 28 | Dec 25 | Jan 22 | none |
| 1972 | Feb 1 | Dec 12 | Feb 1 | Dec 12 |
| 1971 | Mar 3 | Oct 31 | Mar 2 | Dec 12 |
| 1970 | Jan 6 | none | Jan 6 | none |
| 1969 | Feb 23 | Oct 20 | Feb 14 | none |
| 1968 | Jan 7 | Nov 26 | Jan 1 | Dec 11 |
| 1967 | Jan 18 | Dec 4 | Jan 8 | Dec 10 |
| 1966 | Mar 4 | no data | Mar 3 | no data |
| 1965 | Mar 5 | none | Feb 12 | none |
| 1964 | no data | Nov 19 | no data | Dec 15 |
| 1963 | Jan 22 | no data | Jan 21 | no data |
| 1962 | Mar 1 | Dec 26 | Feb 28 | none |
| 1959 | Feb 28 | Dec 28 | Jan 30 | none |
| 1958 | Feb 28 | Nov 15 | Jan 23 | Nov 16 |
| 1957 | Jan 31 | Nov 24 | none | none |
| 1956 | Mar 13 | Nov 3 | Feb 3 | Nov 3 |
| 1955 | Apr 3 | Nov 23 | Mar 21 | none |
| 1954 | Mar 14 | Dec 13 | Jan 11 | Dec 28 |
| 1953 | Feb 24 | Nov 19 | Feb 24 | Dec 7 |
| 1952 | Mar 5 | Nov 29 | Jan 9 | none |
| 1951 | Mar 4 | Dec 8 | Jan 9 | Dec 8 |
"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.