Last Frost Day

Frost history / Uravan, CO

Uravan, CO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00058560, 1961 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 5,021 ft, 38.376, -108.742. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 3Oct 13
EarliestMar 25 (1992)Sep 19 (1971)
LatestJun 4 (1999)Nov 1 (1963)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade1.2 days later per decade
Years with data5150

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 15 and the median first fall date is Oct 26.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14197019801990200020101961: Apr 301962: May 271963: May 151964: May 91965: May 91966: Apr 281967: May 31968: May 71969: Apr 81970: May 21972: May 111973: May 131974: Apr 281975: May 61976: Apr 271977: Apr 211978: May 61979: May 81980: Apr 171981: May 111983: May 181984: May 91986: May 101987: Apr 221988: May 71989: Apr 301990: Apr 11991: May 11992: Mar 251993: Apr 281994: Apr 121995: May 131996: Apr 301997: May 31998: Apr 201999: Jun 42000: Apr 252001: Apr 152002: May 102003: May 102004: Mar 312005: Apr 212006: Apr 252007: Apr 202008: May 32009: Apr 82010: May 32011: May 32013: May 32014: May 142015: Apr 13

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11197019801990200020101962: Oct 11963: Nov 11964: Oct 81965: Oct 191966: Oct 151967: Oct 161968: Oct 171969: Oct 61970: Oct 91971: Sep 191972: Oct 11973: Oct 111974: Oct 71975: Oct 91976: Oct 51977: Oct 121978: Sep 201979: Oct 221980: Oct 171982: Oct 91983: Oct 171985: Sep 301986: Sep 271987: Oct 191988: Oct 261989: Oct 181990: Oct 91991: Oct 291992: Oct 81993: Oct 211994: Oct 231995: Oct 51996: Oct 181997: Oct 131998: Oct 61999: Sep 292000: Oct 142001: Oct 112004: Oct 232005: Oct 132006: Sep 232007: Oct 182008: Oct 132009: Oct 22010: Oct 262011: Oct 272012: Oct 72013: Oct 52014: Oct 282015: Oct 28

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
2015Apr 13Oct 28Apr 9Nov 7
2014May 14Oct 28Apr 28Oct 29
2013May 3Oct 5Apr 20Oct 19
2012no dataOct 7no dataOct 26
2011May 3Oct 27Apr 27Oct 28
2010May 3Oct 26Apr 8Oct 26
2009Apr 8Oct 2Apr 8Oct 26
2008May 3Oct 13Apr 13Oct 13
2007Apr 20Oct 18Apr 11Oct 22
2006Apr 25Sep 23Apr 20Oct 19
2005Apr 21Oct 13Apr 21Nov 1
2004Mar 31Oct 23Mar 6Nov 2
2003May 10no dataApr 7no data
2002May 10no dataApr 21no data
2001Apr 15Oct 11Apr 14Oct 25
2000Apr 25Oct 14Mar 19Nov 4
1999Jun 4Sep 29Jun 4Oct 18
1998Apr 20Oct 6Mar 31Oct 22
1997May 3Oct 13Apr 14Oct 13
1996Apr 30Oct 18Apr 30Oct 18
1995May 13Oct 5May 6Oct 20
1994Apr 12Oct 23Mar 31Nov 9
1993Apr 28Oct 21Apr 15Oct 27
1992Mar 25Oct 8Mar 20Oct 8
1991May 1Oct 29Apr 29Oct 29
1990Apr 1Oct 9Mar 20Oct 21
1989Apr 30Oct 18Mar 21Oct 28
1988May 7Oct 26Apr 11Nov 5
1987Apr 22Oct 19Apr 14Oct 21
1986May 10Sep 27Apr 27Sep 27
1985no dataSep 30no dataNov 1
1984May 9no dataApr 29no data
1983May 18Oct 17Apr 21Nov 9
1982no dataOct 9no dataOct 22
1981May 11no dataApr 6no data
1980Apr 17Oct 17Apr 14Oct 23
1979May 8Oct 22Apr 18Oct 22
1978May 6Sep 20Apr 18Nov 16
1977Apr 21Oct 12Apr 4Nov 1
1976Apr 27Oct 5Apr 3Oct 19
1975May 6Oct 9Apr 19Oct 24
1974Apr 28Oct 7Apr 16Nov 5
1973May 13Oct 11Apr 22Oct 25
1972May 11Oct 1May 1Oct 31
1971no dataSep 19no dataOct 30
1970May 2Oct 9Apr 16Oct 27
1969Apr 8Oct 6Mar 27Oct 31
1968May 7Oct 17Apr 23Oct 18
1967May 3Oct 16May 2Oct 30
1966Apr 28Oct 15Apr 20Nov 2
1965May 9Oct 19Apr 15Nov 10
1964May 9Oct 8Apr 13Oct 21
1963May 15Nov 1Apr 29Nov 1
1962May 27Oct 1Apr 1Oct 25
1961Apr 30no dataApr 25no 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.