Last Frost Day

Frost history / Pahranagat Wr, NV

Pahranagat Wr, NV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00265880, 1964 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,334 ft, 37.269, -115.122. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 17Oct 29
EarliestFeb 28 (1989)Sep 19 (1965)
LatestMay 20 (1974)Nov 22 (2007)
Trend6.6 days earlier per decade3.0 days later per decade
Years with data2732

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 30 and the median first fall date is Nov 8.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30197019801990200020101965: May 81966: Apr 211967: May 11968: Apr 231969: Apr 71970: Apr 301971: Apr 221972: Apr 211973: Apr 201974: May 201975: May 61976: Apr 171981: Apr 41982: Apr 211983: Apr 141984: Apr 291985: Mar 301986: Mar 181987: Mar 311988: May 71989: Feb 282004: Mar 12005: Apr 42009: Apr 42010: Apr 72011: Apr 102012: Apr 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11197019801990200020101964: Nov 31965: Sep 191966: Oct 211967: Oct 301968: Nov 111969: Oct 51970: Oct 231971: Oct 11972: Oct 301973: Oct 301974: Nov 211975: Oct 131976: Nov 161979: Oct 221980: Oct 161981: Oct 141982: Oct 281983: Nov 91984: Oct 161985: Nov 101986: Oct 131987: Nov 161988: Nov 121997: Oct 262003: Oct 312004: Oct 292006: Nov 12007: Nov 222008: Oct 122009: Nov 142011: Oct 272012: Nov 10

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
2012Apr 7Nov 10Mar 20Nov 10
2011Apr 10Oct 27Apr 10Oct 27
2010Apr 7no dataFeb 23no data
2009Apr 4Nov 14Mar 10Nov 15
2008no dataOct 12no dataDec 14
2007no dataNov 22no dataNov 22
2006no dataNov 1no dataNov 1
2005Apr 4no dataMar 16no data
2004Mar 1Oct 29Feb 15Nov 3
2003no dataOct 31no dataNov 4
1997no dataOct 26no dataOct 27
1989Feb 28no dataFeb 20no data
1988May 7Nov 12Apr 1Nov 15
1987Mar 31Nov 16Mar 30Nov 27
1986Mar 18Oct 13Feb 12Nov 7
1985Mar 30Nov 10Mar 30Nov 13
1984Apr 29Oct 16Apr 27Oct 16
1983Apr 14Nov 9Apr 9Nov 9
1982Apr 21Oct 28Apr 21Oct 28
1981Apr 4Oct 14Feb 27Nov 20
1980no dataOct 16no dataOct 16
1979no dataOct 22no dataOct 31
1976Apr 17Nov 16Mar 30Nov 27
1975May 6Oct 13Apr 8Oct 24
1974May 20Nov 21Mar 5Nov 25
1973Apr 20Oct 30Apr 8Nov 4
1972Apr 21Oct 30Apr 14Nov 1
1971Apr 22Oct 1Mar 21Oct 30
1970Apr 30Oct 23Apr 29Oct 27
1969Apr 7Oct 5Apr 7Oct 12
1968Apr 23Nov 11Mar 21Nov 25
1967May 1Oct 30May 1Nov 24
1966Apr 21Oct 21Apr 21Nov 9
1965May 8Sep 19Mar 30Nov 26
1964no dataNov 3no dataNov 11

"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.