Frost history / Phantom Rch, AZ
Phantom Rch, AZ: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00026471, 1966 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 2,530 ft, 36.107, -112.095. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 7 | Dec 10 |
| Earliest | Jan 4 (1996) | Nov 5 (1968) |
| Latest | May 9 (1977) | Dec 30 (2018) |
| Trend | 3.6 days earlier per decade | 0.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 50, 2 with no freeze | 50, 2 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 28 and the median first fall date is Dec 22.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Feb 12 | Dec 14 | none | none |
| 2023 | Feb 16 | Dec 24 | Feb 16 | none |
| 2022 | Mar 12 | Nov 17 | Feb 3 | Dec 17 |
| 2021 | Feb 18 | Dec 12 | none | none |
| 2020 | Feb 5 | Dec 2 | Feb 4 | none |
| 2019 | Feb 25 | Nov 29 | Jan 3 | Dec 29 |
| 2018 | Feb 20 | Dec 30 | none | Dec 30 |
| 2017 | Jan 30 | Dec 10 | Jan 28 | none |
| 2016 | Feb 6 | Nov 30 | none | none |
| 2015 | Jan 24 | Nov 30 | Jan 3 | Dec 31 |
| 2014 | Jan 20 | Dec 27 | none | none |
| 2013 | Feb 28 | Dec 5 | Jan 17 | Dec 9 |
| 2012 | Jan 30 | Dec 25 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 12 | Dec 6 | Feb 4 | Dec 25 |
| 2010 | Jan 25 | Nov 26 | none | Nov 30 |
| 2009 | Feb 15 | Dec 5 | none | none |
| 2007 | Mar 1 | Dec 15 | Jan 15 | Dec 22 |
| 2006 | Jan 22 | no data | none | no data |
| 2005 | Jan 7 | Dec 6 | none | Dec 16 |
| 2004 | Feb 13 | Nov 30 | none | Dec 24 |
| 2003 | Mar 1 | Dec 16 | Mar 1 | none |
| 2002 | Mar 4 | Dec 20 | Jan 31 | Dec 20 |
| 2001 | Feb 2 | Dec 13 | none | Dec 13 |
| 2000 | Jan 9 | Nov 20 | Jan 8 | none |
| 1999 | Feb 11 | Dec 12 | Jan 13 | none |
| 1998 | Jan 8 | Dec 6 | none | Dec 7 |
| 1997 | Jan 15 | no data | none | no data |
| 1996 | Jan 4 | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 1995 | none | Dec 29 | none | none |
| 1994 | Feb 1 | Dec 10 | none | none |
| 1993 | Jan 26 | no data | none | no data |
| 1992 | Jan 15 | Dec 17 | none | Dec 27 |
| 1991 | Jan 31 | Dec 6 | Jan 3 | none |
| 1990 | Feb 17 | Dec 15 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1989 | Feb 9 | Dec 12 | Feb 7 | none |
| 1988 | Jan 26 | Dec 26 | Jan 21 | Dec 30 |
| 1987 | Mar 22 | Dec 15 | Jan 22 | Dec 27 |
| 1986 | Feb 10 | Dec 11 | none | none |
| 1985 | Feb 7 | Nov 19 | Feb 5 | none |
| 1984 | Jan 19 | none | none | none |
| 1983 | Apr 14 | Dec 6 | Apr 5 | none |
| 1982 | Feb 7 | Dec 27 | none | none |
| 1981 | Feb 2 | Dec 2 | none | none |
| 1980 | no data | Nov 17 | no data | none |
| 1978 | none | Dec 6 | none | Dec 6 |
| 1977 | May 9 | none | Jan 17 | none |
| 1976 | Mar 2 | Nov 28 | Feb 16 | none |
| 1975 | Mar 27 | Dec 15 | Feb 22 | Dec 30 |
| 1974 | Jan 5 | Dec 23 | none | Dec 24 |
| 1973 | Jan 25 | no data | none | no data |
| 1972 | no data | Nov 22 | no data | none |
| 1968 | no data | Nov 5 | no data | Nov 14 |
| 1967 | Apr 22 | Dec 12 | Jan 2 | Dec 13 |
| 1966 | no data | Dec 28 | no data | Dec 31 |
"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.