Frost history / Ridgway, CO
Ridgway, CO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00057020, 1983 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 7,049 ft, 38.150, -107.758. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 13 | Sep 14 |
| Earliest | May 27 (2024) | Aug 13 (1985) |
| Latest | Jul 28 (1986) | Oct 2 (2014) |
| Trend | 7.5 days earlier per decade | 4.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 40 | 39 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 26 and the median first fall date is Sep 23.
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 | Sep 23 |
| 2024 | May 27 | Sep 18 | May 23 | Oct 22 |
| 2023 | Jun 24 | Sep 25 | May 9 | Oct 5 |
| 2022 | Jun 2 | Sep 16 | May 25 | Sep 16 |
| 2021 | Jun 1 | Sep 21 | May 25 | Sep 21 |
| 2020 | Jun 11 | Sep 12 | May 25 | Sep 28 |
| 2019 | Jun 25 | Sep 13 | May 26 | Sep 22 |
| 2018 | May 29 | Sep 15 | May 15 | Sep 27 |
| 2017 | May 30 | Sep 24 | May 22 | Sep 25 |
| 2016 | Jun 1 | Sep 11 | May 13 | Sep 17 |
| 2015 | May 30 | Sep 20 | May 12 | Oct 14 |
| 2014 | Jun 16 | Oct 2 | May 15 | Oct 3 |
| 2013 | Jun 3 | Sep 24 | Jun 1 | Sep 24 |
| 2012 | no data | Sep 15 | no data | Oct 7 |
| 2011 | Jun 2 | Sep 17 | May 30 | Sep 23 |
| 2010 | May 30 | no data | May 29 | no data |
| 2009 | Jun 7 | Sep 20 | Apr 29 | Sep 20 |
| 2008 | Jun 13 | Sep 3 | Jun 12 | Sep 23 |
| 2007 | Jun 8 | Sep 17 | Jun 7 | Sep 24 |
| 2006 | May 31 | Sep 16 | May 30 | Sep 16 |
| 2005 | no data | Aug 31 | no data | Sep 14 |
| 2004 | May 29 | Aug 27 | May 29 | Sep 14 |
| 2003 | Jun 25 | Sep 10 | May 20 | Sep 13 |
| 2002 | Jun 12 | Aug 24 | May 27 | Sep 23 |
| 2001 | Jun 16 | Sep 9 | Jun 15 | Sep 9 |
| 2000 | Jun 21 | Sep 24 | May 19 | Sep 25 |
| 1999 | Jun 12 | Sep 9 | Jun 7 | Sep 21 |
| 1998 | Jun 19 | Sep 22 | May 25 | Sep 27 |
| 1997 | Jul 4 | Sep 24 | May 26 | Oct 5 |
| 1996 | May 31 | Sep 7 | May 11 | Sep 19 |
| 1995 | no data | Sep 19 | no data | Sep 22 |
| 1994 | Jun 11 | Sep 15 | May 22 | Sep 15 |
| 1993 | Jul 5 | Sep 14 | Jun 24 | Sep 14 |
| 1992 | Jun 17 | Aug 27 | May 11 | Sep 26 |
| 1991 | Jun 24 | Sep 14 | Jun 2 | Sep 16 |
| 1990 | Jul 14 | Aug 23 | Jun 21 | Sep 24 |
| 1989 | Jun 24 | Sep 1 | Jun 4 | Sep 9 |
| 1988 | Jun 14 | Sep 6 | Jun 2 | Sep 14 |
| 1987 | Jul 18 | no data | Jun 3 | no data |
| 1986 | Jul 28 | no data | May 28 | no data |
| 1985 | Jun 30 | Aug 13 | Jun 30 | Sep 8 |
| 1984 | Jun 23 | Sep 8 | May 19 | Sep 28 |
| 1983 | Jun 15 | no data | Jun 14 | no data |
"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.