Last Frost Day

Frost history / Abiquiu Dam, NM

Abiquiu Dam, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00290041, 1957 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,380 ft, 36.240, -106.428. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Oct 17
EarliestApr 7 (1977)Sep 22 (1970)
LatestJun 8 (1984)Nov 6 (2005)
Trend1.8 days later per decade1.3 days later per decade
Years with data3751

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 and the median first fall date is Oct 27.

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)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 1419601970198019902000201020201972: May 31973: May 61977: Apr 71979: May 111980: Apr 251981: Apr 91984: Jun 81985: May 171986: Apr 271987: Apr 211988: Apr 181989: May 61990: Apr 261991: May 221992: Apr 201993: Apr 201994: May 11995: Apr 251996: May 182001: Apr 232003: May 112004: Apr 122006: Apr 192007: Apr 152008: May 42009: Apr 182010: May 12011: May 202012: Apr 172013: Jun 52014: May 152015: Apr 282018: Apr 192019: May 212020: May 262021: May 252025: Apr 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201957: Oct 241965: Oct 11966: Oct 141967: Oct 161968: Oct 31969: Oct 51970: Sep 221972: Oct 241974: Oct 301975: Oct 141977: Oct 121978: Oct 261979: Oct 221980: Oct 171981: Oct 181984: Oct 151985: Oct 231986: Oct 51987: Oct 171988: Oct 151989: Oct 191990: Oct 91991: Oct 291992: Oct 81993: Oct 271994: Oct 181995: Oct 71996: Oct 181997: Oct 131998: Oct 61999: Oct 172001: Oct 252002: Oct 302003: Oct 262004: Oct 42005: Nov 62006: Oct 222007: Oct 72008: Oct 132009: Oct 22010: Oct 262011: Oct 292012: Oct 262013: Oct 52014: Oct 292015: Oct 232017: Oct 102018: Oct 152019: Oct 112020: Oct 212024: Nov 1

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
2025Apr 21no dataApr 7no data
2024no dataNov 1no dataNov 1
2021May 25no dataMay 25no data
2020May 26Oct 21Apr 15Oct 26
2019May 21Oct 11Apr 14Oct 11
2018Apr 19Oct 15Apr 18Nov 7
2017no dataOct 10no dataNov 9
2015Apr 28Oct 23Apr 17Nov 6
2014May 15Oct 29May 14Nov 5
2013Jun 5Oct 5May 22Nov 6
2012Apr 17Oct 26Apr 15Oct 27
2011May 20Oct 29May 2Nov 3
2010May 1Oct 26Apr 8Oct 28
2009Apr 18Oct 2Apr 7Oct 29
2008May 4Oct 13Apr 26Oct 13
2007Apr 15Oct 7Apr 14Oct 7
2006Apr 19Oct 22Mar 27Oct 27
2005no dataNov 6no dataNov 16
2004Apr 12Oct 4Mar 29Oct 30
2003May 11Oct 26Apr 9Oct 26
2002no dataOct 30no dataNov 4
2001Apr 23Oct 25Apr 3Nov 20
1999no dataOct 17no dataOct 30
1998no dataOct 6no dataOct 6
1997no dataOct 13no dataOct 14
1996May 18Oct 18Apr 29Oct 22
1995Apr 25Oct 7Apr 11Oct 7
1994May 1Oct 18Apr 6Oct 18
1993Apr 20Oct 27Apr 8Oct 27
1992Apr 20Oct 8Mar 23Nov 4
1991May 22Oct 29May 5Oct 29
1990Apr 26Oct 9Apr 13Nov 5
1989May 6Oct 19May 6Oct 28
1988Apr 18Oct 15Apr 18Oct 15
1987Apr 21Oct 17Apr 15Nov 8
1986Apr 27Oct 5Mar 21Oct 6
1985May 17Oct 23May 13Oct 23
1984Jun 8Oct 15Jun 8Oct 16
1981Apr 9Oct 18Apr 6Nov 1
1980Apr 25Oct 17Apr 14Oct 20
1979May 11Oct 22Apr 13Oct 22
1978no dataOct 26no dataNov 13
1977Apr 7Oct 12Apr 5Oct 12
1975no dataOct 14no dataOct 14
1974no dataOct 30no dataNov 4
1973May 6no dataApr 24no data
1972May 3Oct 24Apr 21Nov 1
1970no dataSep 22no dataOct 9
1969no dataOct 5no dataOct 6
1968no dataOct 3no dataOct 17
1967no dataOct 16no dataOct 16
1966no dataOct 14no dataOct 15
1965no dataOct 1no dataNov 6
1957no dataOct 24no dataOct 28

"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.