Frost history / Dove Creek, CO
Dove Creek, CO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00052342, 2003 to 2014, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 6,863 ft, 37.767, -108.912. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 13 | Oct 5 |
| Earliest | Apr 20 (2012) | Sep 17 (2006) |
| Latest | May 30 (2004) | Oct 26 (2010) |
| Trend | 15.1 days earlier per decade | 0.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 11 | 11 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 23 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | May 17 | no data | May 16 | no data |
| 2013 | May 8 | Sep 28 | May 3 | Oct 4 |
| 2012 | Apr 20 | Oct 7 | Apr 16 | Oct 25 |
| 2011 | May 19 | Oct 7 | May 3 | Oct 8 |
| 2010 | May 13 | Oct 26 | May 13 | Oct 26 |
| 2009 | Apr 28 | Oct 1 | Apr 19 | Oct 1 |
| 2008 | May 25 | Oct 12 | May 3 | Oct 12 |
| 2007 | May 24 | Sep 30 | Apr 23 | Sep 30 |
| 2006 | May 11 | Sep 17 | Apr 21 | Oct 19 |
| 2005 | May 12 | Oct 5 | Apr 22 | Oct 31 |
| 2004 | May 30 | Sep 22 | Apr 23 | Oct 23 |
| 2003 | no data | Oct 26 | no data | Nov 4 |
"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.