Frost history / Gerlach, NV
Gerlach, NV: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00263090, 1962 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 3,954 ft, 40.652, -119.358. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 3 | Oct 5 |
| Earliest | Apr 16 (2015) | Aug 22 (1968) |
| Latest | Jun 3 (1971) | Nov 3 (2015) |
| Trend | 2.3 days earlier per decade | 2.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 26 | 25 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 18.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Apr 30 | Oct 15 | Apr 17 | Oct 15 |
| 2017 | Apr 28 | Oct 5 | Apr 8 | Oct 11 |
| 2015 | Apr 16 | Nov 3 | Apr 16 | Nov 4 |
| 2014 | May 10 | no data | Apr 2 | no data |
| 2012 | May 5 | no data | Apr 7 | no data |
| 2011 | May 16 | Oct 9 | May 16 | Oct 26 |
| 2010 | no data | Oct 26 | no data | Oct 27 |
| 2009 | Apr 29 | Oct 1 | Apr 29 | Oct 4 |
| 2008 | May 2 | Oct 10 | May 1 | Oct 12 |
| 2007 | May 3 | Sep 23 | Apr 21 | Oct 21 |
| 2006 | Apr 19 | no data | Apr 18 | no data |
| 2005 | Apr 20 | Oct 4 | Apr 14 | Oct 30 |
| 2004 | no data | Sep 21 | no data | Oct 31 |
| 2003 | May 1 | Oct 14 | Apr 19 | Oct 31 |
| 2002 | May 9 | Oct 2 | May 8 | Oct 28 |
| 2001 | May 3 | Oct 9 | Apr 21 | Oct 9 |
| 1996 | Apr 28 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 1995 | no data | Oct 7 | no data | Nov 2 |
| 1987 | Apr 21 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 1986 | May 7 | Sep 28 | May 6 | Oct 12 |
| 1972 | no data | Sep 24 | no data | Sep 24 |
| 1971 | Jun 3 | no data | Apr 22 | no data |
| 1970 | May 12 | Sep 14 | May 12 | Sep 14 |
| 1969 | Apr 25 | Oct 4 | Apr 25 | Oct 4 |
| 1968 | May 24 | Aug 22 | May 6 | Sep 22 |
| 1967 | May 13 | Oct 4 | May 1 | Oct 6 |
| 1966 | Apr 29 | Oct 13 | Apr 20 | Oct 14 |
| 1965 | May 9 | Sep 17 | May 8 | Oct 18 |
| 1964 | May 6 | Oct 17 | May 6 | Oct 22 |
| 1963 | May 12 | Oct 24 | Apr 27 | Oct 31 |
| 1962 | no data | Oct 15 | no data | Nov 7 |
"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.