Last Frost Day

Frost history / New Raymer, CO

New Raymer, CO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00055922, 1966 to 2004, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,783 ft, 40.609, -103.846. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 14Sep 26
EarliestApr 22 (1977)Sep 3 (1974)
LatestJun 14 (1969)Oct 10 (1987)
Trend0.6 days earlier per decade1.4 days later per decade
Years with data3637

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 2 and the median first fall date is Oct 5.

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 2919701980199020001967: May 171968: May 191969: Jun 141970: May 151971: May 191972: May 31973: May 131974: May 221975: May 81976: May 171977: Apr 221978: May 131979: May 111980: May 131982: May 251983: Jun 61984: Jun 101985: May 151987: Apr 221988: May 91989: May 51990: May 171991: May 61992: May 261993: May 31994: May 11995: May 181996: May 281997: May 121998: May 21999: May 122000: May 142001: May 212002: May 132003: May 212004: May 31

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719701980199020001966: Oct 11967: Sep 271968: Oct 61969: Oct 41970: Sep 111971: Sep 171972: Sep 261973: Oct 41974: Sep 31975: Sep 201976: Sep 281977: Sep 241978: Sep 211979: Sep 131980: Oct 101981: Sep 171982: Sep 291983: Sep 171984: Sep 231986: Sep 261987: Oct 101988: Oct 51989: Sep 121990: Oct 31991: Sep 241992: Oct 71993: Sep 141994: Sep 221995: Sep 211996: Sep 271997: Oct 91998: Oct 61999: Sep 272000: Sep 232001: Oct 52002: Oct 72003: Sep 19

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
2004May 31no dataApr 13no data
2003May 21Sep 19Apr 9Oct 1
2002May 13Oct 7May 10Oct 13
2001May 21Oct 5Apr 24Oct 6
2000May 14Sep 23May 13Sep 25
1999May 12Sep 27May 12Sep 29
1998May 2Oct 6Apr 29Oct 21
1997May 12Oct 9May 12Oct 13
1996May 28Sep 27Apr 30Sep 27
1995May 18Sep 21Apr 28Sep 22
1994May 1Sep 22Apr 28Oct 25
1993May 3Sep 14May 2Sep 14
1992May 26Oct 7Apr 25Oct 8
1991May 6Sep 24May 1Oct 5
1990May 17Oct 3May 10Oct 8
1989May 5Sep 12May 2Oct 16
1988May 9Oct 5May 4Oct 23
1987Apr 22Oct 10Apr 22Oct 10
1986no dataSep 26no dataSep 26
1985May 15no dataApr 27no data
1984Jun 10Sep 23May 9Sep 24
1983Jun 6Sep 17May 17Sep 20
1982May 25Sep 29May 7Oct 6
1981no dataSep 17no dataOct 17
1980May 13Oct 10Apr 25Oct 10
1979May 11Sep 13May 11Oct 4
1978May 13Sep 21May 7Sep 21
1977Apr 22Sep 24Apr 21Oct 2
1976May 17Sep 28May 17Oct 7
1975May 8Sep 20May 3Sep 20
1974May 22Sep 3May 3Sep 21
1973May 13Oct 4Apr 27Oct 12
1972May 3Sep 26May 3Sep 26
1971May 19Sep 17Apr 27Sep 19
1970May 15Sep 11May 2Oct 7
1969Jun 14Oct 4Apr 28Oct 5
1968May 19Oct 6May 17Oct 9
1967May 17Sep 27May 3Oct 16
1966no dataOct 1no dataOct 1

"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.