Last Frost Day

Frost history / Buckhorn Mtn 1 E, CO

Buckhorn Mtn 1 E, CO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00051060, 1988 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 7,400 ft, 40.616, -105.297. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 20Sep 29
EarliestApr 30 (1994)Sep 8 (2020)
LatestJun 17 (2000)Oct 26 (2010)
Trend2.5 days earlier per decade6.0 days later per decade
Years with data3336

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 12 and the median first fall date is Oct 7.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919902000201020201990: May 171991: May 171992: May 281993: Jun 41994: Apr 301995: Jun 91996: May 301997: May 201998: Jun 61999: May 172000: Jun 172001: May 222002: May 252003: May 212004: May 152005: May 132006: May 112007: Jun 82008: May 272009: May 112010: May 142011: May 62013: May 52014: May 152015: May 222017: May 212018: May 42019: May 242020: Jun 92021: May 122022: Jun 12024: May 102025: May 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119902000201020201988: Sep 121990: Oct 31991: Sep 181992: Sep 181993: Sep 131994: Sep 221995: Sep 211996: Sep 191997: Oct 91998: Oct 51999: Sep 132000: Sep 232002: Oct 22003: Sep 142004: Sep 212005: Oct 52006: Sep 242007: Sep 252008: Oct 92009: Sep 212010: Oct 262011: Oct 92012: Oct 42013: Oct 122014: Sep 122015: Oct 242016: Oct 52017: Sep 262018: Sep 252019: Oct 22020: Sep 82021: Oct 132022: Oct 172023: Oct 132024: Oct 192025: Oct 13

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 15Oct 13Apr 29Oct 19
2024May 10Oct 19May 8Oct 30
2023no dataOct 13no dataOct 13
2022Jun 1Oct 17May 22Oct 24
2021May 12Oct 13May 12Oct 13
2020Jun 9Sep 8May 12Sep 8
2019May 24Oct 2May 23Oct 10
2018May 4Sep 25Apr 26Sep 25
2017May 21Sep 26May 20Oct 3
2016no dataOct 5no dataOct 7
2015May 22Oct 24May 21Nov 5
2014May 15Sep 12May 14Sep 12
2013May 5Oct 12May 3Oct 15
2012no dataOct 4no dataOct 4
2011May 6Oct 9May 2Oct 26
2010May 14Oct 26May 13Oct 26
2009May 11Sep 21May 10Oct 2
2008May 27Oct 9May 13Oct 11
2007Jun 8Sep 25Apr 14Oct 21
2006May 11Sep 24May 11Oct 10
2005May 13Oct 5May 3Oct 6
2004May 15Sep 21May 14Sep 22
2003May 21Sep 14May 20Sep 18
2002May 25Oct 2May 25Oct 3
2001May 22no dataMay 21no data
2000Jun 17Sep 23May 13Sep 23
1999May 17Sep 13May 17Sep 28
1998Jun 6Oct 5Jun 6Oct 18
1997May 20Oct 9May 3Oct 9
1996May 30Sep 19Apr 30Sep 26
1995Jun 9Sep 21May 23Sep 21
1994Apr 30Sep 22Apr 30Sep 22
1993Jun 4Sep 13May 10Sep 14
1992May 28Sep 18Apr 25Oct 7
1991May 17Sep 18May 5Sep 20
1990May 17Oct 3May 14Oct 3
1988no dataSep 12no dataNov 5

"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.