Last Frost Day

Frost history / Colorado Nm, CO

Colorado Nm, CO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00051772, 1951 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 5,781 ft, 39.101, -108.734. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 2Oct 15
EarliestMar 5 (2004)Sep 18 (1965)
LatestJun 10 (1984)Nov 15 (2005)
Trend0.9 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data5557

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 29.

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 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101951: May 21952: Apr 101953: May 121954: May 21955: Apr 281956: Apr 91957: Apr 271959: Apr 221961: Apr 261962: May 11963: Apr 271964: May 91965: May 261966: May 121967: May 151968: May 71969: Apr 271970: May 151971: May 231973: May 61976: Apr 281977: May 201978: May 81979: May 111980: May 131981: Apr 61982: Apr 231984: Jun 101985: May 141986: May 221987: May 21988: May 71989: May 11990: Jun 21991: May 91992: Apr 191993: May 81994: Apr 121999: May 112000: Apr 32001: Apr 142002: Apr 212003: May 102004: Mar 52005: May 82008: May 52010: May 12011: Apr 262012: Apr 162013: May 22014: May 132016: Apr 232017: May 192018: Apr 182019: May 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101952: Oct 261953: Oct 241954: Oct 141955: Oct 61956: Oct 241959: Oct 31961: Oct 231962: Nov 81963: Nov 21964: Nov 31965: Sep 181966: Oct 141967: Oct 161968: Oct 161969: Oct 41970: Oct 71971: Oct 181972: Oct 291973: Oct 51974: Oct 301976: Oct 81977: Oct 111978: Sep 201979: Oct 221980: Oct 161981: Oct 251982: Oct 71984: Oct 151985: Sep 301986: Oct 111987: Oct 311988: Oct 111989: Oct 271990: Oct 81991: Oct 241992: Oct 71993: Oct 191994: Oct 21998: Oct 181999: Sep 282000: Sep 242001: Oct 152002: Oct 142003: Sep 182004: Oct 232005: Nov 152008: Oct 122009: Oct 12010: Oct 262011: Oct 72012: Oct 252014: Nov 42015: Nov 42016: Oct 202017: Oct 92018: Oct 152019: Oct 10

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
2019May 1Oct 10Apr 12Oct 11
2018Apr 18Oct 15Apr 18Oct 15
2017May 19Oct 9Apr 30Nov 8
2016Apr 23Oct 20Apr 1Nov 18
2015no dataNov 4no dataNov 7
2014May 13Nov 4Apr 14Nov 11
2013May 2no dataApr 19no data
2012Apr 16Oct 25Mar 21Oct 26
2011Apr 26Oct 7Apr 26Oct 27
2010May 1Oct 26Apr 7Nov 10
2009no dataOct 1no dataOct 28
2008May 5Oct 12May 1Oct 13
2005May 8Nov 15Apr 1Nov 15
2004Mar 5Oct 23Mar 5Nov 1
2003May 10Sep 18Apr 23Nov 4
2002Apr 21Oct 14Mar 20Oct 30
2001Apr 14Oct 15Apr 14Nov 24
2000Apr 3Sep 24Mar 21Nov 1
1999May 11Sep 28May 10Nov 23
1998no dataOct 18no dataNov 4
1994Apr 12Oct 2Mar 28Oct 8
1993May 8Oct 19Apr 13Oct 28
1992Apr 19Oct 7Mar 28Oct 7
1991May 9Oct 24Apr 30Oct 25
1990Jun 2Oct 8May 2Oct 21
1989May 1Oct 27Mar 21Oct 29
1988May 7Oct 11May 7Nov 16
1987May 2Oct 31Apr 20Nov 12
1986May 22Oct 11Apr 27Oct 11
1985May 14Sep 30Apr 23Nov 12
1984Jun 10Oct 15Apr 29Oct 15
1982Apr 23Oct 7Apr 21Oct 8
1981Apr 6Oct 25Apr 5Oct 31
1980May 13Oct 16Apr 25Oct 28
1979May 11Oct 22Apr 13Oct 31
1978May 8Sep 20Mar 16Nov 13
1977May 20Oct 11May 20Nov 1
1976Apr 28Oct 8Apr 27Oct 19
1974no dataOct 30no dataNov 5
1973May 6Oct 5May 2Nov 4
1972no dataOct 29no dataOct 29
1971May 23Oct 18May 6Oct 29
1970May 15Oct 7May 15Oct 8
1969Apr 27Oct 4Apr 7Oct 12
1968May 7Oct 16May 7Oct 16
1967May 15Oct 16May 15Oct 29
1966May 12Oct 14Apr 27Oct 14
1965May 26Sep 18May 11Sep 18
1964May 9Nov 3Apr 25Nov 11
1963Apr 27Nov 2Apr 22Nov 17
1962May 1Nov 8Apr 30Nov 13
1961Apr 26Oct 23Apr 26Oct 29
1959Apr 22Oct 3Apr 10Nov 5
1957Apr 27no dataApr 26no data
1956Apr 9Oct 24Apr 6Oct 25
1955Apr 28Oct 6Apr 19Oct 28
1954May 2Oct 14Apr 2Oct 25
1953May 12Oct 24May 12Oct 24
1952Apr 10Oct 26Apr 1Nov 9
1951May 2no dataApr 12no data

"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.