Frost history / Sunset Crater Nm, AZ
Sunset Crater Nm, AZ: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00028329, 1970 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 6,980 ft, 35.369, -111.544. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 18 | Sep 13 |
| Earliest | May 25 (2025) | Aug 5 (1976) |
| Latest | Jul 10 (1974) | Oct 11 (2022) |
| Trend | 3.4 days earlier per decade | 3.3 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 52 | 50 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jun 9 and the median first fall date is Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 25 | no data | May 25 | no data |
| 2024 | May 27 | no data | May 22 | no data |
| 2023 | Jun 24 | Sep 19 | Jun 24 | Oct 3 |
| 2022 | no data | Oct 11 | no data | Oct 14 |
| 2021 | May 30 | Sep 20 | May 26 | Oct 1 |
| 2020 | no data | Sep 8 | no data | Sep 10 |
| 2019 | no data | Sep 12 | no data | Sep 21 |
| 2018 | Jun 20 | Sep 27 | May 27 | Oct 6 |
| 2017 | Jun 15 | no data | Jun 15 | no data |
| 2016 | Jun 18 | Sep 15 | May 29 | Sep 15 |
| 2015 | May 30 | Sep 18 | May 27 | Oct 3 |
| 2014 | Jun 19 | Sep 23 | Jun 15 | Sep 30 |
| 2013 | May 29 | no data | May 28 | no data |
| 2012 | Jun 16 | Sep 15 | May 29 | Oct 7 |
| 2011 | Jun 15 | Sep 23 | Jun 14 | Oct 7 |
| 2010 | Jun 23 | Sep 1 | Jun 13 | Sep 10 |
| 2009 | Jun 22 | Aug 8 | Jun 12 | Sep 22 |
| 2008 | Jun 14 | Sep 13 | Jun 12 | Oct 6 |
| 2007 | Jun 10 | Sep 18 | Jun 8 | Sep 18 |
| 2006 | May 31 | Sep 17 | May 29 | Sep 17 |
| 2005 | Jun 29 | Sep 15 | Jun 29 | Sep 15 |
| 2004 | Jun 30 | Sep 5 | Jun 10 | Sep 22 |
| 2003 | Jun 25 | Sep 12 | May 12 | Oct 5 |
| 2002 | Jun 5 | Sep 20 | May 25 | Oct 3 |
| 2001 | Jun 16 | Sep 9 | Jun 16 | Sep 9 |
| 2000 | Jun 12 | Sep 24 | Jun 11 | Sep 24 |
| 1999 | Jun 13 | Aug 12 | Jun 7 | Sep 29 |
| 1998 | Jun 19 | Sep 24 | Jun 19 | Oct 1 |
| 1997 | Jun 16 | Sep 22 | Jun 15 | Oct 6 |
| 1996 | Jun 23 | Sep 15 | May 31 | Sep 19 |
| 1995 | Jun 21 | Sep 25 | Jun 18 | Sep 30 |
| 1994 | Jun 8 | Sep 15 | May 21 | Oct 1 |
| 1993 | Jun 11 | no data | Jun 7 | no data |
| 1992 | Jun 19 | Sep 5 | Jun 18 | Oct 7 |
| 1991 | Jun 23 | Sep 13 | Jun 2 | Oct 11 |
| 1990 | Jun 17 | Sep 29 | Jun 16 | Oct 9 |
| 1989 | Jun 22 | Aug 26 | Jun 1 | Sep 12 |
| 1988 | Jun 13 | Sep 13 | Jun 11 | Sep 13 |
| 1987 | Jul 5 | no data | Jul 2 | no data |
| 1986 | Jun 14 | Sep 11 | May 18 | Sep 11 |
| 1985 | Jun 28 | Sep 6 | Jun 28 | Sep 12 |
| 1984 | Jun 18 | Sep 28 | Jun 9 | Oct 5 |
| 1983 | Jun 15 | Aug 23 | Jun 14 | Sep 21 |
| 1982 | Jun 19 | Sep 28 | Jun 9 | Sep 28 |
| 1981 | Jun 16 | Sep 26 | May 22 | Oct 9 |
| 1980 | Jun 15 | Aug 20 | Jun 7 | Sep 22 |
| 1979 | Jul 7 | Aug 20 | Jun 21 | Aug 21 |
| 1978 | no data | Aug 27 | no data | Sep 17 |
| 1977 | Jun 22 | Sep 18 | Jun 17 | Sep 18 |
| 1976 | Jun 25 | Aug 5 | Jun 25 | Aug 5 |
| 1975 | Jun 30 | Aug 18 | Jun 30 | Sep 22 |
| 1974 | Jul 10 | Sep 14 | Jun 9 | Sep 28 |
| 1973 | Jun 21 | Sep 3 | Jun 20 | Sep 3 |
| 1972 | Jun 27 | Sep 8 | May 27 | Sep 21 |
| 1971 | Jun 12 | Sep 5 | Jun 7 | Sep 18 |
| 1970 | Jun 30 | Sep 6 | Jun 18 | Sep 6 |
"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.