Last Frost Day

Frost history / Tuzigoot, AZ

Tuzigoot, AZ: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00028904, 1977 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,470 ft, 34.771, -112.026. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 29Nov 9
EarliestFeb 20 (1978)Oct 22 (1996)
LatestApr 27 (1994)Nov 30 (2006)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4441

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 1 and the median first fall date is Nov 23.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15198019902000201020201978: Feb 201979: Apr 111980: Apr 231981: Apr 41982: Mar 261983: Apr 171984: Apr 271985: Mar 311986: Mar 181987: Mar 301988: Apr 11989: Mar 51990: Mar 161991: Mar 291992: Mar 91993: Mar 131994: Apr 271995: Apr 221996: Mar 241997: Apr 261998: Apr 171999: Apr 92000: Mar 242001: Apr 112002: Mar 182003: Apr 62004: Mar 22005: Mar 162006: Mar 222007: Mar 292008: Mar 152009: Apr 52011: Apr 112012: Mar 202013: Apr 192014: Apr 42015: Mar 62016: Mar 132017: Mar 42018: Mar 202021: Mar 282022: Apr 142023: Mar 312024: Apr 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11198019902000201020201977: Nov 91979: Nov 31980: Nov 151981: Nov 221983: Nov 91986: Nov 81987: Nov 161988: Nov 161989: Oct 301990: Nov 51991: Oct 291992: Nov 41993: Oct 311995: Nov 281996: Oct 221997: Oct 261998: Nov 101999: Nov 232000: Nov 82001: Nov 232002: Nov 132003: Nov 42004: Nov 22005: Nov 162006: Nov 302007: Nov 222009: Nov 162011: Nov 62012: Nov 112013: Nov 62014: Nov 172015: Nov 62016: Nov 182017: Nov 192018: Nov 92019: Oct 292020: Oct 272021: Nov 222022: Oct 282023: Oct 302025: Nov 24

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
2025no dataNov 24no dataDec 29
2024Apr 7no dataFeb 12no data
2023Mar 31Oct 30Feb 28Nov 25
2022Apr 14Oct 28Apr 13Nov 11
2021Mar 28Nov 22Mar 3Dec 11
2020no dataOct 27no dataOct 27
2019no dataOct 29no dataOct 29
2018Mar 20Nov 9Mar 6Nov 13
2017Mar 4Nov 19Mar 2Nov 19
2016Mar 13Nov 18Feb 6Nov 18
2015Mar 6Nov 6Jan 25Nov 27
2014Apr 4Nov 17Feb 6Nov 17
2013Apr 19Nov 6Feb 28Dec 5
2012Mar 20Nov 11Mar 1Nov 11
2011Apr 11Nov 6Apr 10Nov 8
2009Apr 5Nov 16Feb 15Nov 24
2008Mar 15no dataFeb 7no data
2007Mar 29Nov 22Mar 4Nov 25
2006Mar 22Nov 30Mar 22Nov 30
2005Mar 16Nov 16Mar 16Nov 20
2004Mar 2Nov 2Feb 14Nov 30
2003Apr 6Nov 4Apr 6Nov 23
2002Mar 18Nov 13Mar 17Dec 12
2001Apr 11Nov 23Feb 24Nov 26
2000Mar 24Nov 8Feb 26Nov 8
1999Apr 9Nov 23Feb 13Nov 23
1998Apr 17Nov 10Mar 8Nov 10
1997Apr 26Oct 26Mar 6Dec 4
1996Mar 24Oct 22Mar 1Oct 22
1995Apr 22Nov 28Jan 22Dec 15
1994Apr 27no dataFeb 24no data
1993Mar 13Oct 31Jan 12Nov 16
1992Mar 9Nov 4Jan 24Nov 21
1991Mar 29Oct 29Mar 17Oct 29
1990Mar 16Nov 5Mar 15Nov 28
1989Mar 5Oct 30Mar 5Nov 28
1988Apr 1Nov 16Mar 15Nov 19
1987Mar 30Nov 16Mar 30Nov 28
1986Mar 18Nov 8Feb 12Nov 8
1985Mar 31no dataMar 5no data
1984Apr 27no dataMar 8no data
1983Apr 17Nov 9Apr 6Nov 23
1982Mar 26no dataFeb 7no data
1981Apr 4Nov 22Feb 6Nov 26
1980Apr 23Nov 15Feb 12Nov 17
1979Apr 11Nov 3Mar 3Nov 20
1978Feb 20no dataFeb 20no data
1977no dataNov 9no dataDec 20

"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.