Last Frost Day

Frost history / Norwood, CO

Norwood, CO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00056012, 1951 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 7,020 ft, 38.132, -108.286. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 8Sep 20
EarliestMay 10 (1992)Aug 15 (1978)
LatestJul 6 (1982)Oct 13 (1963)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decade1.7 days later per decade
Years with data5556

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 1.

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 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14196019701980199020001951: Jun 111952: May 231953: Jun 21954: Jun 151955: Jun 171956: May 291957: Jun 171958: May 161959: May 311960: May 281961: May 121962: Jun 81963: Jun 91964: Jun 221965: Jun 271966: May 241967: Jun 121968: Jun 301969: Jun 251970: Jun 121971: Jun 141972: May 231973: Jun 201974: Jun 91975: Jun 261976: Jun 241977: May 221978: May 171980: Jun 151982: Jul 61983: Jun 141985: Jun 261986: May 231987: Jun 41988: Jun 11989: Jun 221990: Jun 21991: May 141992: May 101993: Jun 241994: May 211995: Jun 181996: May 261997: May 271998: Jun 181999: Jun 52000: May 182001: Jun 142002: May 252003: May 112004: May 312005: Jun 42006: May 282007: Jun 82008: Jun 13

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27196019701980199020001951: Sep 121952: Sep 131953: Oct 41954: Oct 11955: Sep 211956: Oct 131957: Sep 111958: Sep 151959: Sep 251960: Aug 171961: Sep 41962: Aug 241963: Oct 131964: Aug 211965: Sep 201966: Oct 11967: Sep 131968: Aug 231969: Sep 231970: Sep 151971: Sep 41972: Aug 241973: Sep 31974: Sep 281975: Sep 201976: Oct 51977: Oct 11978: Aug 151979: Sep 151981: Oct 91982: Sep 121983: Sep 201984: Sep 251985: Sep 231986: Sep 241987: Sep 291988: Sep 141989: Sep 141990: Oct 91991: Oct 51992: Sep 71993: Sep 141994: Oct 71995: Sep 221996: Sep 181997: Oct 91998: Oct 41999: Sep 272000: Sep 242001: Sep 72002: Oct 12003: Sep 142004: Sep 52005: Oct 52006: Sep 172007: Sep 25

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
2008Jun 13no dataMay 3no data
2007Jun 8Sep 25Jun 7Sep 25
2006May 28Sep 17May 28Sep 17
2005Jun 4Oct 5May 11Oct 5
2004May 31Sep 5May 30Oct 14
2003May 11Sep 14May 11Sep 18
2002May 25Oct 1May 23Oct 13
2001Jun 14Sep 7Jun 14Sep 7
2000May 18Sep 24May 13Sep 25
1999Jun 5Sep 27Jun 5Sep 28
1998Jun 18Oct 4May 15Oct 5
1997May 27Oct 9May 3Oct 9
1996May 26Sep 18Apr 29Sep 19
1995Jun 18Sep 22May 1Sep 22
1994May 21Oct 7Apr 30Oct 16
1993Jun 24Sep 14May 10Sep 14
1992May 10Sep 7May 10Oct 7
1991May 14Oct 5May 12Oct 28
1990Jun 2Oct 9Jun 2Oct 9
1989Jun 22Sep 14Jun 22Oct 17
1988Jun 1Sep 14May 31Sep 19
1987Jun 4Sep 29May 3Oct 17
1986May 23Sep 24May 10Oct 4
1985Jun 26Sep 23May 14Sep 29
1984no dataSep 25no dataOct 13
1983Jun 14Sep 20Jun 14Sep 20
1982Jul 6Sep 12Jun 6Oct 1
1981no dataOct 9no dataOct 9
1980Jun 15no dataMay 31no data
1979no dataSep 15no dataSep 15
1978May 17Aug 15May 6Sep 12
1977May 22Oct 1May 22Oct 1
1976Jun 24Oct 5May 13Oct 7
1975Jun 26Sep 20May 25Sep 21
1974Jun 9Sep 28Jun 9Sep 28
1973Jun 20Sep 3Jun 19Sep 27
1972May 23Aug 24May 23Sep 30
1971Jun 14Sep 4May 24Sep 18
1970Jun 12Sep 15Jun 1Sep 23
1969Jun 25Sep 23Apr 28Oct 4
1968Jun 30Aug 23Jun 30Sep 16
1967Jun 12Sep 13May 15Sep 13
1966May 24Oct 1May 14Oct 14
1965Jun 27Sep 20May 28Sep 21
1964Jun 22Aug 21May 12Oct 12
1963Jun 9Oct 13May 12Oct 13
1962Jun 8Aug 24Jun 8Sep 8
1961May 12Sep 4May 6Sep 25
1960May 28Aug 17May 24Oct 12
1959May 31Sep 25May 31Sep 25
1958May 16Sep 15May 9Oct 21
1957Jun 17Sep 11May 22Sep 21
1956May 29Oct 13May 15Oct 13
1955Jun 17Sep 21May 28Oct 6
1954Jun 15Oct 1Jun 7Oct 14
1953Jun 2Oct 4May 13Oct 4
1952May 23Sep 13May 17Oct 7
1951Jun 11Sep 12Jun 3Sep 12

"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.