Frost history / Animas 3ESE, NM
Animas 3ESE, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00290417, 1955 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,501 ft, 31.938, -108.769. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 15 | Oct 29 |
| Earliest | Mar 6 (2004) | Oct 8 (1992) |
| Latest | May 13 (1994) | Dec 7 (2017) |
| Trend | 5.2 days earlier per decade | 3.2 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 52 | 49 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 5 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mar 15 | Oct 26 | Mar 9 | Oct 26 |
| 2018 | Mar 20 | Nov 12 | Mar 1 | Nov 12 |
| 2017 | Apr 3 | Dec 7 | Feb 26 | Dec 7 |
| 2016 | Apr 3 | Nov 22 | Feb 8 | Nov 24 |
| 2015 | Mar 6 | Nov 6 | Feb 27 | Nov 12 |
| 2012 | Apr 3 | no data | Mar 20 | no data |
| 2011 | Apr 11 | Nov 8 | Feb 28 | Nov 8 |
| 2010 | Mar 29 | no data | Mar 21 | no data |
| 2009 | Mar 28 | Oct 29 | Feb 20 | Oct 29 |
| 2008 | Apr 25 | Nov 6 | Apr 25 | Nov 7 |
| 2007 | Mar 29 | Nov 23 | Mar 6 | Nov 25 |
| 2006 | Mar 21 | Nov 16 | Mar 20 | Nov 30 |
| 2005 | Mar 27 | Nov 19 | Mar 16 | Nov 19 |
| 2004 | Mar 6 | Nov 2 | Feb 14 | Nov 3 |
| 2003 | Mar 30 | no data | Mar 3 | no data |
| 2002 | Mar 20 | Oct 14 | Mar 20 | Nov 17 |
| 2001 | Apr 12 | Nov 21 | Apr 11 | Nov 27 |
| 2000 | Apr 1 | Nov 1 | Mar 8 | Nov 9 |
| 1999 | Apr 10 | no data | Apr 10 | no data |
| 1998 | Apr 27 | no data | Apr 18 | no data |
| 1997 | Apr 26 | Oct 13 | Mar 18 | Oct 13 |
| 1996 | Apr 30 | Oct 22 | Apr 7 | Oct 22 |
| 1995 | May 8 | Nov 12 | Apr 23 | Nov 19 |
| 1994 | May 13 | Nov 1 | Apr 28 | Nov 5 |
| 1993 | Apr 20 | Oct 24 | Apr 9 | Oct 28 |
| 1992 | Apr 20 | Oct 8 | Mar 20 | Oct 8 |
| 1991 | May 5 | Oct 28 | May 3 | Oct 28 |
| 1990 | Apr 1 | Oct 23 | Mar 18 | Nov 4 |
| 1989 | May 12 | Oct 27 | Apr 27 | Oct 30 |
| 1988 | May 7 | Nov 13 | May 7 | Nov 16 |
| 1987 | Apr 23 | Nov 7 | Apr 14 | Nov 12 |
| 1986 | May 9 | Oct 14 | Apr 18 | Oct 28 |
| 1985 | Apr 19 | Nov 4 | Apr 2 | Nov 14 |
| 1984 | Apr 30 | Nov 5 | Apr 30 | Nov 10 |
| 1983 | Apr 16 | Nov 16 | Apr 15 | Nov 20 |
| 1982 | Apr 8 | Oct 9 | Apr 5 | Oct 28 |
| 1981 | Apr 5 | Oct 24 | Apr 5 | Oct 24 |
| 1980 | Apr 14 | Oct 17 | Apr 14 | Oct 17 |
| 1979 | May 12 | Oct 22 | Apr 5 | Oct 31 |
| 1978 | Apr 18 | Nov 17 | Apr 10 | Nov 17 |
| 1977 | Apr 12 | Nov 2 | Apr 4 | Nov 9 |
| 1976 | no data | Oct 28 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 1975 | no data | Oct 15 | no data | Nov 14 |
| 1974 | Apr 20 | no data | Mar 12 | no data |
| 1973 | no data | Oct 11 | no data | Nov 15 |
| 1969 | May 7 | no data | Mar 27 | no data |
| 1968 | Apr 24 | Oct 16 | Apr 24 | Nov 9 |
| 1967 | May 2 | Oct 17 | May 2 | Oct 31 |
| 1966 | Apr 6 | Oct 17 | Apr 5 | Nov 2 |
| 1965 | May 9 | Oct 17 | Apr 16 | Nov 4 |
| 1964 | May 8 | Oct 21 | May 8 | Nov 6 |
| 1963 | Apr 20 | Nov 6 | Apr 19 | Nov 23 |
| 1962 | Apr 1 | Nov 9 | Mar 26 | Nov 9 |
| 1959 | no data | Nov 4 | no data | Nov 6 |
| 1958 | Apr 14 | no data | Apr 8 | no data |
| 1956 | Apr 16 | Oct 26 | Apr 6 | Oct 30 |
| 1955 | no data | Oct 29 | no data | Nov 8 |
"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.