Frost history / Aspen 1SW, CO
Aspen 1SW, CO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00050372, 1980 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 8,175 ft, 39.185, -106.838. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 9 | Sep 21 |
| Earliest | May 5 (2018) | Aug 12 (1985) |
| Latest | Jul 7 (1994) | Oct 23 (2015) |
| Trend | 5.3 days earlier per decade | 5.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 40 | 40 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 5.
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 26 | Sep 24 | May 20 | Oct 17 |
| 2024 | May 26 | Oct 18 | May 24 | Oct 25 |
| 2023 | May 13 | Oct 3 | Apr 30 | Oct 14 |
| 2022 | Jun 1 | Oct 12 | May 31 | Oct 24 |
| 2021 | May 31 | Sep 21 | May 12 | Oct 11 |
| 2020 | Jun 10 | Sep 9 | May 8 | Sep 9 |
| 2019 | Jun 23 | Oct 3 | May 29 | Oct 3 |
| 2018 | May 5 | Sep 25 | Apr 26 | Oct 13 |
| 2017 | Jun 14 | Sep 24 | May 20 | Sep 25 |
| 2016 | May 28 | Sep 16 | May 17 | Oct 4 |
| 2015 | May 25 | Oct 23 | Apr 19 | Oct 24 |
| 2014 | Jun 9 | Sep 12 | May 14 | Oct 2 |
| 2013 | Jun 1 | Sep 23 | Jun 1 | Sep 28 |
| 2012 | no data | Sep 26 | no data | Oct 6 |
| 2011 | May 31 | Oct 7 | May 31 | Oct 7 |
| 2010 | Jun 13 | Sep 7 | May 25 | Oct 26 |
| 2009 | May 9 | Sep 22 | Apr 28 | Sep 22 |
| 2008 | Jun 13 | Oct 7 | May 11 | Oct 7 |
| 2007 | Jun 8 | Sep 25 | Jun 8 | Sep 26 |
| 2006 | May 30 | Sep 17 | May 29 | Sep 17 |
| 2005 | Jun 13 | Sep 14 | May 12 | Oct 5 |
| 2004 | Jun 11 | Sep 15 | May 31 | Oct 14 |
| 2003 | May 12 | Sep 11 | May 11 | Sep 18 |
| 2002 | May 25 | Sep 18 | May 24 | Oct 12 |
| 2001 | Jun 15 | Sep 7 | May 22 | Oct 10 |
| 2000 | Jun 17 | Sep 24 | May 13 | Sep 24 |
| 1999 | Jun 6 | Sep 21 | Jun 5 | Sep 27 |
| 1998 | Jun 16 | no data | Jun 13 | no data |
| 1997 | May 26 | Oct 4 | May 3 | Oct 9 |
| 1996 | no data | Sep 18 | no data | Sep 18 |
| 1995 | Jun 19 | no data | May 28 | no data |
| 1994 | Jul 7 | no data | May 8 | no data |
| 1993 | Jul 6 | no data | Jun 24 | no data |
| 1992 | Jun 17 | Aug 25 | Jun 1 | Sep 26 |
| 1991 | May 22 | Sep 14 | May 13 | Sep 16 |
| 1990 | Jun 3 | Oct 3 | Jun 2 | Oct 8 |
| 1989 | Jun 22 | Sep 9 | May 15 | Oct 17 |
| 1988 | no data | Sep 14 | no data | Sep 19 |
| 1986 | no data | Sep 11 | no data | Oct 5 |
| 1985 | Jun 28 | Aug 12 | May 15 | Sep 23 |
| 1984 | Jun 10 | no data | May 8 | no data |
| 1983 | Jun 14 | Sep 20 | Jun 14 | Sep 20 |
| 1982 | Jun 15 | Sep 14 | Jun 6 | Oct 2 |
| 1981 | Jun 16 | Oct 10 | Jun 15 | Oct 17 |
| 1980 | no data | Aug 20 | no data | Oct 16 |
"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.