Frost history / Golconda, NV
Golconda, NV: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00263245, 1951 to 2005, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,394 ft, 40.957, -117.492. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 24 | Sep 16 |
| Earliest | Apr 28 (1963) | Aug 23 (1960) |
| Latest | Jun 30 (1952) | Oct 26 (1979) |
| Trend | 3.6 days earlier per decade | 2.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 41 | 39 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 6 and the median first fall date is Oct 3.
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | no data | Sep 11 | no data | Sep 12 |
| 2004 | May 12 | no data | Apr 11 | no data |
| 2000 | May 13 | no data | May 12 | no data |
| 1999 | May 16 | no data | May 16 | no data |
| 1996 | May 24 | Sep 17 | Apr 29 | Sep 17 |
| 1995 | May 13 | Sep 22 | Apr 23 | Oct 5 |
| 1994 | May 1 | Oct 7 | Apr 11 | Oct 17 |
| 1993 | May 9 | Sep 13 | Apr 27 | Sep 24 |
| 1992 | no data | Sep 25 | no data | Oct 6 |
| 1991 | Jun 6 | Sep 22 | May 19 | Oct 24 |
| 1990 | May 16 | Oct 3 | May 1 | Oct 7 |
| 1989 | May 31 | Oct 4 | May 30 | Oct 5 |
| 1988 | Jun 6 | Sep 10 | May 8 | Sep 18 |
| 1987 | May 2 | Sep 17 | May 2 | Oct 14 |
| 1986 | May 24 | Sep 10 | May 22 | Sep 21 |
| 1985 | Jun 26 | Sep 12 | Jun 26 | Sep 19 |
| 1984 | May 16 | Sep 22 | May 6 | Sep 22 |
| 1983 | May 17 | Sep 20 | May 12 | Oct 15 |
| 1979 | Jun 8 | Oct 26 | Apr 25 | Oct 27 |
| 1978 | May 31 | Sep 12 | May 5 | Sep 20 |
| 1977 | May 19 | no data | May 6 | no data |
| 1976 | Jun 14 | Oct 3 | Apr 28 | Oct 18 |
| 1975 | May 25 | Oct 8 | May 25 | Oct 23 |
| 1974 | Jun 8 | Sep 12 | May 17 | Oct 5 |
| 1973 | Jun 18 | Sep 2 | May 1 | Sep 26 |
| 1972 | May 11 | Sep 12 | May 1 | Sep 24 |
| 1971 | Jun 2 | Sep 17 | May 18 | Sep 18 |
| 1970 | Jun 11 | Sep 14 | May 14 | Sep 14 |
| 1969 | May 3 | Oct 4 | Apr 30 | Oct 4 |
| 1968 | May 17 | Sep 16 | May 16 | Sep 21 |
| 1967 | Jun 2 | Sep 13 | May 14 | Oct 4 |
| 1966 | Jun 4 | Sep 15 | Apr 29 | Oct 4 |
| 1965 | May 24 | Sep 17 | May 6 | Sep 17 |
| 1964 | May 7 | Aug 30 | May 6 | Sep 19 |
| 1963 | Apr 28 | Oct 24 | Apr 28 | Oct 24 |
| 1962 | Jun 5 | Sep 9 | Apr 30 | Oct 6 |
| 1961 | May 17 | Sep 3 | May 5 | Sep 22 |
| 1960 | May 22 | Aug 23 | May 22 | Oct 13 |
| 1955 | Jun 1 | Sep 22 | May 25 | Sep 22 |
| 1954 | Jun 7 | Sep 9 | Jun 6 | Sep 18 |
| 1953 | Jun 4 | Sep 23 | May 28 | Oct 3 |
| 1952 | Jun 30 | Sep 8 | May 22 | Oct 5 |
| 1951 | Jun 10 | Aug 24 | Jun 8 | Aug 30 |
"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.