Frost history / Monte Vista 2W, CO
Monte Vista 2W, CO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00055706, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 7,695 ft, 37.581, -106.187. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 9 | Sep 14 |
| Earliest | May 9 (1969) | Aug 10 (2009) |
| Latest | Jul 9 (1955) | Oct 8 (1997) |
| Trend | little change (less than half a day per decade) | 1.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 63 | 61 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 24 and the median first fall date is Sep 22.
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 27 | Sep 14 | May 21 | Oct 5 |
| 2024 | May 30 | Sep 19 | May 22 | Oct 10 |
| 2023 | Jun 25 | Sep 20 | May 10 | Oct 5 |
| 2022 | May 31 | Sep 30 | May 31 | Oct 11 |
| 2021 | May 28 | Sep 21 | May 24 | Sep 21 |
| 2020 | Jun 10 | Sep 9 | May 25 | Sep 9 |
| 2019 | Jun 24 | Sep 13 | May 29 | Sep 22 |
| 2018 | Jun 2 | Sep 14 | May 5 | Sep 27 |
| 2017 | Jun 14 | Sep 17 | May 28 | Sep 25 |
| 2016 | Jun 15 | Sep 16 | May 25 | Sep 17 |
| 2015 | May 29 | Sep 19 | May 20 | Oct 16 |
| 2014 | Jun 15 | Sep 30 | Jun 15 | Sep 30 |
| 2013 | Jun 6 | no data | Jun 2 | no data |
| 2012 | Jun 11 | Sep 15 | May 28 | Oct 4 |
| 2011 | Jun 27 | Sep 18 | May 31 | Oct 7 |
| 2010 | Jun 23 | Sep 7 | May 30 | Oct 9 |
| 2009 | Jun 13 | Aug 10 | May 3 | Sep 22 |
| 2008 | Jun 13 | Sep 4 | Jun 13 | Sep 13 |
| 2007 | Jun 8 | Sep 13 | Jun 8 | Sep 19 |
| 2005 | Jun 10 | Sep 12 | Jun 3 | Sep 14 |
| 2004 | Jun 11 | Aug 26 | May 29 | Sep 21 |
| 2003 | Jun 9 | Sep 10 | May 11 | Sep 13 |
| 2002 | no data | Sep 19 | no data | Sep 30 |
| 2001 | Jun 14 | Sep 8 | May 20 | Sep 8 |
| 2000 | May 20 | Sep 11 | May 17 | Sep 24 |
| 1999 | Jun 10 | no data | Jun 6 | no data |
| 1998 | Jun 18 | Sep 22 | Jun 18 | Oct 5 |
| 1997 | May 27 | Oct 8 | May 27 | Oct 9 |
| 1996 | May 31 | Sep 19 | May 1 | Sep 19 |
| 1995 | Jun 18 | Sep 22 | May 10 | Sep 22 |
| 1994 | May 21 | Sep 15 | May 4 | Oct 9 |
| 1993 | Jun 8 | Sep 14 | May 10 | Sep 14 |
| 1991 | May 14 | Sep 15 | May 12 | Sep 15 |
| 1987 | Jun 1 | no data | May 29 | no data |
| 1986 | May 27 | Sep 11 | May 14 | Sep 27 |
| 1985 | Jun 28 | Sep 8 | May 16 | Sep 22 |
| 1984 | Jun 10 | Sep 28 | May 10 | Sep 30 |
| 1983 | Jun 15 | Sep 21 | Jun 15 | Sep 21 |
| 1982 | Jun 16 | Sep 29 | May 18 | Oct 2 |
| 1981 | no data | Sep 6 | no data | Oct 10 |
| 1980 | Jun 15 | Aug 21 | Jun 3 | Sep 25 |
| 1974 | Jun 9 | no data | May 21 | no data |
| 1973 | Jun 5 | Sep 3 | May 3 | Sep 27 |
| 1972 | May 23 | Sep 27 | May 12 | Oct 21 |
| 1971 | May 31 | Sep 5 | May 20 | Sep 18 |
| 1970 | Jun 1 | Sep 15 | May 15 | Sep 23 |
| 1969 | May 9 | Sep 26 | Apr 28 | Oct 5 |
| 1968 | May 25 | Sep 5 | May 17 | Sep 17 |
| 1967 | May 16 | Sep 14 | May 15 | Oct 7 |
| 1966 | May 19 | Sep 16 | May 14 | Oct 14 |
| 1965 | May 29 | Sep 21 | May 28 | Sep 22 |
| 1964 | Jun 23 | Aug 21 | May 12 | Aug 21 |
| 1963 | Jun 12 | Sep 29 | Jun 9 | Oct 5 |
| 1962 | Jun 16 | Aug 24 | Jun 16 | Sep 10 |
| 1961 | Jun 4 | Sep 3 | May 18 | Sep 4 |
| 1960 | Jun 13 | Aug 18 | May 25 | Sep 25 |
| 1959 | Jun 3 | Sep 2 | May 26 | Sep 17 |
| 1958 | Jun 14 | Sep 15 | Jun 13 | Sep 17 |
| 1957 | Jun 22 | Sep 6 | Jun 17 | Sep 12 |
| 1956 | Jun 7 | Aug 30 | May 17 | Sep 1 |
| 1955 | Jul 9 | Aug 31 | Jun 2 | Sep 21 |
| 1954 | Jun 12 | Sep 18 | Jun 12 | Sep 19 |
| 1953 | Jun 8 | Sep 4 | Jun 4 | Sep 4 |
| 1952 | May 31 | Sep 2 | May 11 | Sep 14 |
| 1951 | Jul 2 | Sep 2 | Jun 7 | Sep 11 |
"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.