Frost history / Tempe Asu, AZ
Tempe Asu, AZ: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00028499, 1953 to 2022, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,167 ft, 33.426, -111.922. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 24 | Nov 30 |
| Earliest | Jan 5 (2004) | Oct 25 (1956) |
| Latest | Apr 15 (1970) | Dec 29 (2019) |
| Trend | 6.4 days earlier per decade | 4.1 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 61, 10 with no freeze | 62, 9 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 12 and the median first fall date is Dec 6.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mar 10 | no data | Feb 24 | no data |
| 2021 | Jan 13 | no data | none | no data |
| 2020 | Feb 6 | none | none | none |
| 2019 | no data | Dec 29 | no data | none |
| 2017 | Jan 28 | Dec 22 | none | Dec 22 |
| 2016 | Feb 4 | none | Feb 3 | none |
| 2015 | Jan 5 | Nov 28 | Jan 4 | Dec 2 |
| 2014 | no data | Dec 26 | no data | Dec 27 |
| 2013 | Feb 28 | Dec 6 | Feb 25 | Dec 6 |
| 2012 | Mar 20 | Dec 11 | none | Dec 29 |
| 2011 | Feb 6 | Dec 5 | Feb 5 | Dec 6 |
| 2010 | none | Nov 27 | none | Nov 30 |
| 2009 | Feb 14 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 7 |
| 2008 | Feb 17 | Dec 27 | Jan 20 | Dec 28 |
| 2007 | Mar 2 | Dec 22 | Jan 27 | Dec 26 |
| 2006 | Jan 28 | Nov 30 | none | Nov 30 |
| 2005 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 2004 | Jan 5 | Nov 25 | none | Nov 29 |
| 2003 | none | Dec 28 | none | none |
| 2002 | Jan 20 | no data | none | no data |
| 2001 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 2000 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1999 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1998 | none | Dec 23 | none | none |
| 1997 | Jan 8 | no data | none | no data |
| 1996 | Jan 25 | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | Feb 24 | Nov 20 | Feb 1 | none |
| 1993 | none | Nov 26 | none | Nov 27 |
| 1992 | none | Nov 25 | none | none |
| 1991 | Jan 30 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 1990 | no data | Dec 23 | no data | Dec 23 |
| 1989 | Jan 8 | Dec 13 | none | none |
| 1988 | Jan 20 | Dec 27 | none | Dec 29 |
| 1987 | Jan 22 | Dec 15 | Jan 18 | Dec 27 |
| 1986 | none | none | none | none |
| 1985 | Feb 2 | Dec 13 | none | none |
| 1984 | Jan 20 | none | none | none |
| 1983 | none | none | none | none |
| 1982 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1980 | Feb 12 | Nov 19 | Feb 10 | none |
| 1979 | Feb 6 | Nov 20 | Jan 30 | Nov 21 |
| 1978 | Feb 19 | Dec 2 | Jan 24 | Dec 6 |
| 1977 | Apr 3 | Dec 17 | Feb 27 | none |
| 1976 | Mar 13 | Nov 28 | Jan 12 | Nov 28 |
| 1975 | Apr 2 | Nov 19 | Feb 23 | Nov 30 |
| 1974 | Mar 10 | Nov 29 | Feb 9 | Dec 15 |
| 1973 | Feb 2 | Nov 20 | Jan 27 | Dec 24 |
| 1972 | Mar 29 | Nov 1 | Feb 14 | Dec 6 |
| 1971 | Mar 7 | Oct 30 | Mar 6 | Oct 30 |
| 1970 | Apr 15 | Dec 3 | Feb 3 | none |
| 1969 | Mar 16 | Dec 6 | Mar 8 | Dec 27 |
| 1968 | Feb 1 | Nov 26 | Jan 6 | Dec 13 |
| 1967 | Mar 7 | Dec 2 | Feb 17 | Dec 10 |
| 1966 | no data | Nov 26 | no data | Dec 27 |
| 1965 | Mar 7 | Dec 19 | Mar 3 | none |
| 1964 | Mar 10 | Nov 15 | Mar 9 | Nov 16 |
| 1963 | Mar 16 | Dec 11 | Jan 22 | Dec 13 |
| 1962 | Mar 15 | Nov 20 | Feb 28 | none |
| 1961 | Feb 28 | Nov 15 | none | Dec 12 |
| 1960 | Mar 16 | Nov 28 | Feb 26 | Dec 6 |
| 1959 | Mar 6 | Nov 27 | Feb 4 | none |
| 1958 | Mar 10 | Nov 17 | Mar 10 | Nov 17 |
| 1957 | Feb 1 | Nov 18 | none | Nov 23 |
| 1956 | Mar 14 | Oct 25 | Mar 13 | Nov 3 |
| 1955 | Apr 4 | Nov 23 | Feb 24 | none |
| 1954 | Mar 18 | Dec 12 | Mar 13 | Dec 17 |
| 1953 | Mar 4 | Nov 19 | Feb 21 | Nov 21 |
"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.