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Frost history / Show Low Ap, AZ

Show Low Ap, AZ: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00027855, 1966 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,411 ft, 34.264, -110.007. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 12Oct 13
EarliestApr 11 (1990)Sep 20 (1971)
LatestJun 9 (1979)Nov 12 (1988)
Trend3.3 days earlier per decade2.1 days later per decade
Years with data5457

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 27 and the median first fall date is Oct 24.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 141970198019902000201020201966: Jun 31967: May 211968: Jun 81970: May 41971: Jun 51972: May 151973: May 71974: Jun 11976: May 91977: May 251978: May 181979: Jun 91980: May 281981: May 211985: May 141986: May 171987: May 21988: May 311989: May 121990: Apr 111991: May 121992: Apr 211993: May 91994: Apr 301995: May 71996: Apr 291997: May 21998: Apr 191999: May 62000: May 132001: Apr 242003: May 112004: May 142005: May 122006: Apr 292007: May 72008: May 232009: Apr 262010: May 122011: May 192012: May 272013: May 32014: May 142015: May 102016: May 22017: May 202018: May 42019: May 242020: Apr 152021: May 232022: Apr 252023: Apr 262024: Apr 162025: May 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261970198019902000201020201966: Oct 141967: Oct 71969: Oct 61970: Sep 241971: Sep 201972: Oct 231973: Sep 281974: Sep 291976: Oct 81977: Oct 121978: Sep 201979: Oct 221980: Oct 161981: Oct 161983: Oct 121984: Oct 161985: Oct 151986: Oct 121987: Nov 41988: Nov 121989: Oct 181990: Oct 101991: Oct 291992: Oct 71993: Oct 191994: Oct 161995: Oct 51996: Oct 201997: Oct 121998: Oct 51999: Oct 172000: Oct 312001: Oct 112002: Oct 42003: Oct 262004: Oct 232005: Oct 312006: Oct 192007: Oct 72008: Oct 122009: Oct 222010: Oct 272011: Oct 82012: Oct 132013: Sep 282014: Oct 132015: Oct 312016: Nov 92017: Oct 102018: Oct 72019: Oct 112020: Oct 262021: Oct 122022: Oct 242023: Oct 132024: Oct 192025: Oct 25

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
2025May 20Oct 25Apr 20Nov 21
2024Apr 16Oct 19Apr 10Oct 19
2023Apr 26Oct 13Apr 21Oct 30
2022Apr 25Oct 24Apr 13Oct 24
2021May 23Oct 12May 23Oct 13
2020Apr 15Oct 26Apr 15Oct 27
2019May 24Oct 11Apr 13Oct 11
2018May 4Oct 7Apr 21Nov 1
2017May 20Oct 10Apr 30Oct 10
2016May 2Nov 9Apr 18Nov 14
2015May 10Oct 31Apr 17Nov 5
2014May 14Oct 13Apr 30Nov 3
2013May 3Sep 28Apr 19Oct 5
2012May 27Oct 13Apr 14Oct 26
2011May 19Oct 8May 2Nov 2
2010May 12Oct 27May 12Oct 28
2009Apr 26Oct 22Apr 17Oct 28
2008May 23Oct 12May 3Oct 12
2007May 7Oct 7May 6Oct 7
2006Apr 29Oct 19Apr 6Oct 19
2005May 12Oct 31Apr 12Nov 1
2004May 14Oct 23May 1Oct 23
2003May 11Oct 26May 10Oct 26
2002no dataOct 4no dataOct 28
2001Apr 24Oct 11Apr 23Nov 19
2000May 13Oct 31Apr 12Nov 1
1999May 6Oct 17Apr 30Oct 17
1998Apr 19Oct 5Apr 19Oct 6
1997May 2Oct 12Apr 26Oct 13
1996Apr 29Oct 20Apr 15Oct 21
1995May 7Oct 5Apr 22Oct 23
1994Apr 30Oct 16Apr 28Oct 17
1993May 9Oct 19Apr 20Oct 30
1992Apr 21Oct 7Apr 20Nov 1
1991May 12Oct 29Apr 29Oct 29
1990Apr 11Oct 10Apr 3Oct 10
1989May 12Oct 18Apr 28Oct 26
1988May 31Nov 12May 2Nov 15
1987May 2Nov 4Apr 20Nov 9
1986May 17Oct 12Apr 27Oct 13
1985May 14Oct 15Apr 27Nov 2
1984no dataOct 16no dataOct 16
1983no dataOct 12no dataNov 9
1981May 21Oct 16May 9Oct 16
1980May 28Oct 16May 25Oct 17
1979Jun 9Oct 22May 11Oct 22
1978May 18Sep 20May 7Oct 27
1977May 25Oct 12May 25Nov 2
1976May 9Oct 8Apr 20Oct 8
1974Jun 1Sep 29May 22Oct 28
1973May 7Sep 28May 4Oct 13
1972May 15Oct 23May 3Oct 31
1971Jun 5Sep 20May 20Sep 20
1970May 4Sep 24May 4Oct 9
1969no dataOct 6no dataOct 6
1968Jun 8no dataMay 18no data
1967May 21Oct 7May 16Oct 7
1966Jun 3Oct 14Apr 25Oct 14

"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.