Frost history / Hugo 1 Nw, CO
Hugo 1 Nw, CO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00054172, 1989 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5,025 ft, 39.144, -103.490. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 14 | Oct 4 |
| Earliest | Apr 18 (2012) | Sep 13 (1989) |
| Latest | Jun 8 (2007) | Oct 17 (2015) |
| Trend | 0.6 days later per decade | 5.2 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 24 | 23 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 and the median first fall date is Oct 9.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | May 25 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 2018 | Apr 27 | Sep 26 | Apr 26 | Oct 14 |
| 2017 | May 24 | Oct 10 | Apr 29 | Oct 10 |
| 2016 | May 19 | Oct 5 | May 3 | Oct 5 |
| 2015 | May 12 | Oct 17 | May 10 | Oct 18 |
| 2014 | May 15 | Oct 3 | May 14 | Oct 28 |
| 2013 | May 6 | Sep 29 | May 6 | Oct 5 |
| 2012 | Apr 18 | Oct 4 | Apr 17 | Oct 7 |
| 2011 | May 22 | Oct 9 | May 6 | Oct 9 |
| 2010 | May 14 | Oct 9 | May 2 | Oct 26 |
| 2009 | May 18 | Oct 2 | Apr 9 | Oct 2 |
| 2008 | May 25 | Oct 14 | May 14 | Oct 24 |
| 2007 | Jun 8 | no data | Apr 15 | no data |
| 2006 | May 15 | Sep 17 | May 12 | Oct 21 |
| 2005 | May 13 | Oct 7 | May 4 | Oct 7 |
| 2004 | May 31 | Oct 14 | Apr 14 | Oct 14 |
| 2003 | May 12 | no data | Apr 10 | no data |
| 2002 | May 10 | Oct 4 | Apr 28 | Oct 13 |
| 2001 | May 25 | Oct 6 | Apr 25 | Oct 6 |
| 2000 | May 13 | no data | May 13 | no data |
| 1999 | no data | Sep 21 | no data | Sep 29 |
| 1997 | May 9 | Oct 9 | May 4 | Oct 13 |
| 1996 | no data | Sep 27 | no data | Oct 17 |
| 1995 | May 18 | no data | Apr 27 | no data |
| 1993 | no data | Sep 14 | no data | Sep 14 |
| 1991 | May 4 | Sep 18 | May 1 | Sep 18 |
| 1990 | May 11 | Oct 7 | May 10 | Oct 7 |
| 1989 | no data | Sep 13 | no data | Oct 2 |
"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.