Searchlight, NV: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00267369, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,540 ft, 35.466, -114.922. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 16	Nov 22
Earliest	Jan 3 (1961)	Oct 24 (1975)
Latest	May 21 (1975)	Dec 28 (2018)
Trend	2.5 days earlier per decade	1.8 days later per decade
Years with data	70	71, 2 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 19 and the median first fall date is Dec 6.

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
2025	Mar 17	Dec 8	Jan 27	none
2024	Feb 12	none	Jan 16	none
2023	Apr 5	none	Feb 28	none
2022	Mar 11	Nov 26	Feb 25	Dec 13
2021	Mar 18	Dec 11	Mar 18	Dec 16
2020	Mar 28	Nov 8	Feb 6	none
2019	Mar 15	Oct 30	Feb 24	Oct 30
2018	Mar 5	Dec 28	Mar 1	Dec 30
2017	Mar 8	Dec 5	Jan 26	Dec 19
2016	Feb 5	Dec 4	Feb 4	Dec 19
2015	Mar 4	Nov 17	Jan 4	Nov 30
2014	Feb 5	Dec 27	none	Dec 28
2013	Feb 28	Dec 4	Feb 23	Dec 5
2012	Mar 20	Nov 11	Mar 20	Nov 12
2011	Apr 11	Nov 7	Feb 4	Dec 1
2010	Mar 11	Nov 23	none	Nov 26
2009	Apr 4	Nov 15	Jan 28	Dec 4
2008	Feb 19	Dec 14	Feb 6	Dec 14
2007	Mar 5	Nov 22	Mar 5	Dec 24
2006	Mar 22	Nov 30	Mar 13	Nov 30
2005	Jan 14	Nov 27	none	Dec 17
2004	Feb 14	Nov 21	Feb 13	Nov 30
2003	Feb 9	Nov 23	Feb 9	Nov 23
2002	Mar 17	Dec 19	Mar 2	Dec 24
2001	Apr 8	Nov 27	Feb 9	Dec 12
2000	Mar 7	Nov 12	Jan 3	none
1999	Apr 9	Dec 4	Feb 12	none
1998	Apr 2	Nov 10	none	Dec 6
1997	Mar 1	Dec 9	Jan 15	Dec 24
1996	Feb 27	Dec 1	Feb 27	Dec 18
1995	Apr 17	Dec 19	none	Dec 22
1994	Feb 23	Nov 4	Feb 12	Nov 19
1993	Mar 1	Nov 25	Jan 12	Nov 25
1992	no data	Nov 21	no data	Dec 5
1991	Mar 28	Oct 29	Jan 30	Dec 1
1990	Mar 14	Nov 27	Mar 13	Nov 27
1989	Mar 4	Nov 28	Mar 4	Dec 12
1988	Mar 11	Nov 20	Jan 21	Dec 22
1987	Mar 23	Dec 12	Feb 27	Dec 13
1986	Feb 11	Nov 9	Feb 10	Dec 10
1985	no data	Nov 11	no data	Nov 13
1984	Apr 1	no data	Jan 21	no data
1983	Apr 14	Nov 20	Jan 21	Nov 20
1982	Apr 2	Nov 11	Feb 6	Dec 28
1981	Feb 7	Nov 26	none	Nov 26
1980	Apr 2	Nov 17	none	none
1979	Mar 20	Nov 20	Feb 5	Dec 10
1978	Feb 18	Nov 14	Jan 24	Dec 5
1977	Mar 30	Nov 21	Mar 15	none
1976	Apr 16	Nov 28	Mar 2	Nov 28
1975	May 21	Oct 24	Mar 29	Nov 29
1974	Mar 5	Dec 2	Mar 4	Dec 23
1973	Mar 29	Nov 24	Jan 25	Nov 25
1972	no data	Oct 31	no data	Dec 5
1971	Mar 13	Oct 27	Mar 6	Oct 27
1970	Apr 29	Dec 18	Jan 30	Dec 18
1969	Mar 15	Nov 18	Feb 23	Dec 27
1968	Jan 30	Nov 29	Jan 29	Dec 18
1967	Apr 22	Nov 29	Feb 16	Dec 9
1966	Mar 20	Nov 9	Mar 4	Dec 25
1965	Apr 15	Nov 26	Feb 12	Dec 18
1964	Mar 25	no data	Mar 8	no data
1963	Apr 19	Dec 11	Jan 21	Dec 12
1962	Mar 21	no data	Mar 13	no data
1961	Jan 3	Nov 19	none	Dec 8
1960	Mar 2	Dec 5	Feb 25	Dec 6
1959	no data	Oct 31	no data	Dec 27
1958	Mar 13	Nov 16	Mar 3	Nov 17
1956	Mar 13	Nov 3	Mar 13	Nov 20
1955	Apr 21	Nov 15	Apr 21	Nov 16
1954	Mar 26	Nov 30	Mar 12	Dec 27
1953	Apr 9	Nov 19	Mar 3	Nov 19
1952	Mar 23	Nov 17	Mar 23	Nov 24
1951	Mar 4	Nov 17	Mar 3	Dec 6

"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.