Frost history / Saint Johns, AZ
Saint Johns, AZ: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00027435, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5,790 ft, 34.517, -109.403. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 6 | Oct 14 |
| Earliest | Apr 16 (2024) | Sep 13 (1952) |
| Latest | May 30 (1953) | Nov 10 (1988) |
| Trend | 2.1 days earlier per decade | 1.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 66 | 70 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 24 and the median first fall date is Oct 26.
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 | Apr 30 | Oct 29 | Apr 20 | Nov 25 |
| 2024 | Apr 16 | Oct 19 | Apr 9 | Oct 31 |
| 2023 | Apr 29 | Oct 15 | Apr 29 | Oct 30 |
| 2022 | Apr 25 | Oct 24 | Apr 25 | Oct 25 |
| 2021 | Apr 19 | Oct 11 | Apr 19 | Oct 13 |
| 2020 | Apr 25 | Oct 26 | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| 2019 | no data | Oct 11 | no data | Oct 11 |
| 2018 | May 4 | Oct 19 | Apr 18 | Nov 1 |
| 2017 | May 20 | Sep 25 | Apr 29 | Oct 8 |
| 2016 | Apr 26 | Oct 20 | Apr 26 | Nov 18 |
| 2015 | no data | Oct 30 | no data | Nov 4 |
| 2013 | May 3 | no data | Apr 24 | no data |
| 2012 | no data | Oct 14 | no data | Oct 26 |
| 2011 | May 19 | Oct 8 | May 3 | Nov 2 |
| 2010 | May 12 | Oct 29 | Apr 23 | Oct 29 |
| 2009 | Apr 30 | Oct 2 | Apr 17 | Oct 26 |
| 2008 | May 3 | Oct 12 | May 3 | Oct 12 |
| 2007 | May 6 | Oct 7 | Apr 16 | Oct 7 |
| 2006 | Apr 19 | no data | Apr 19 | no data |
| 2005 | Apr 21 | Oct 20 | Apr 21 | Nov 1 |
| 2004 | May 3 | Oct 14 | Apr 12 | Oct 23 |
| 2003 | May 11 | Oct 26 | May 10 | Oct 26 |
| 2002 | May 4 | Oct 4 | Mar 30 | Nov 5 |
| 2001 | May 4 | Oct 11 | Apr 15 | Nov 15 |
| 2000 | May 13 | Sep 24 | Apr 2 | Nov 2 |
| 1999 | no data | Oct 17 | no data | Oct 17 |
| 1998 | May 17 | Oct 6 | Apr 20 | Oct 6 |
| 1997 | Apr 26 | Oct 9 | Apr 15 | Oct 14 |
| 1996 | Apr 29 | Oct 21 | Apr 29 | Oct 21 |
| 1995 | May 7 | Oct 5 | Apr 24 | Oct 5 |
| 1994 | Apr 30 | Oct 9 | Apr 12 | Oct 18 |
| 1993 | May 10 | Oct 20 | Apr 20 | Oct 28 |
| 1992 | Apr 21 | Oct 8 | Mar 28 | Nov 3 |
| 1991 | May 12 | Oct 25 | Apr 29 | Oct 29 |
| 1990 | Apr 20 | Oct 9 | Apr 3 | Oct 9 |
| 1989 | Apr 30 | Oct 18 | Apr 27 | Oct 27 |
| 1988 | May 7 | Nov 10 | May 2 | Nov 16 |
| 1987 | Apr 22 | Oct 20 | Apr 14 | Nov 8 |
| 1986 | May 11 | Sep 30 | Apr 27 | Oct 13 |
| 1985 | May 14 | Oct 10 | Apr 18 | Nov 2 |
| 1984 | Apr 27 | Oct 16 | Apr 27 | Oct 16 |
| 1983 | May 17 | Oct 20 | Apr 17 | Nov 9 |
| 1982 | May 8 | Oct 2 | Apr 21 | Oct 9 |
| 1981 | May 9 | Oct 17 | Apr 6 | Oct 17 |
| 1980 | no data | Oct 16 | no data | Oct 17 |
| 1979 | no data | Oct 22 | no data | Oct 22 |
| 1978 | May 7 | Oct 25 | Apr 19 | Nov 13 |
| 1977 | May 19 | Oct 25 | Apr 21 | Nov 2 |
| 1976 | Apr 27 | Oct 8 | Apr 18 | Oct 19 |
| 1975 | May 22 | Oct 14 | May 6 | Oct 14 |
| 1974 | May 21 | Oct 30 | May 20 | Oct 30 |
| 1973 | May 3 | Oct 11 | Apr 22 | Oct 11 |
| 1972 | May 2 | Oct 29 | Apr 21 | Oct 31 |
| 1971 | May 21 | Sep 19 | Apr 27 | Oct 18 |
| 1970 | May 3 | Sep 26 | May 3 | Sep 26 |
| 1969 | May 8 | Oct 5 | Apr 27 | Oct 5 |
| 1968 | May 14 | Sep 24 | Apr 24 | Oct 17 |
| 1967 | May 14 | Oct 8 | May 5 | Oct 16 |
| 1966 | Apr 23 | Oct 14 | Apr 21 | Oct 14 |
| 1965 | May 9 | Sep 30 | Apr 15 | Nov 2 |
| 1964 | May 9 | Oct 23 | May 8 | Oct 26 |
| 1963 | Apr 24 | Nov 1 | Apr 24 | Nov 16 |
| 1962 | May 17 | Oct 30 | May 1 | Nov 8 |
| 1961 | May 6 | Oct 2 | Apr 25 | Oct 10 |
| 1960 | May 25 | Oct 19 | May 20 | Oct 30 |
| 1959 | May 10 | Oct 4 | Apr 11 | Nov 4 |
| 1957 | Apr 28 | Oct 23 | Apr 28 | Nov 8 |
| 1956 | May 15 | Oct 18 | May 11 | Oct 25 |
| 1955 | May 4 | Oct 7 | May 4 | Oct 7 |
| 1954 | no data | Oct 15 | no data | Oct 26 |
| 1953 | May 30 | Sep 26 | May 13 | Oct 14 |
| 1952 | May 23 | Sep 13 | Apr 29 | Oct 7 |
| 1951 | May 16 | no data | May 16 | no 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.