Frost history / Antelope Wells, NM
Antelope Wells, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00290426, 1990 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,658 ft, 31.335, -108.530. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 18 | Oct 28 |
| Earliest | Mar 25 (2006) | Oct 12 (1997) |
| Latest | Jun 24 (2015) | Nov 20 (2025) |
| Trend | 1.7 days earlier per decade | 2.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 28 | 30 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 7 and the median first fall date is Nov 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | no data | Nov 20 | no data | Dec 6 |
| 2024 | Apr 8 | Nov 7 | Apr 8 | Nov 7 |
| 2023 | Apr 3 | Nov 2 | Mar 19 | Nov 22 |
| 2022 | Apr 13 | Oct 25 | Apr 13 | Oct 25 |
| 2021 | Mar 28 | Oct 28 | Mar 18 | Dec 12 |
| 2020 | Apr 15 | Oct 27 | Mar 31 | Oct 27 |
| 2019 | Apr 14 | Oct 25 | Mar 18 | Oct 26 |
| 2018 | Apr 15 | Nov 12 | Apr 14 | Nov 12 |
| 2017 | Apr 30 | Nov 19 | Mar 2 | Dec 8 |
| 2016 | no data | Nov 11 | no data | Nov 20 |
| 2015 | Jun 24 | Oct 24 | Apr 19 | Nov 13 |
| 2014 | no data | Nov 17 | no data | Nov 18 |
| 2013 | Apr 21 | no data | Apr 19 | no data |
| 2012 | Apr 15 | Oct 26 | Apr 2 | Nov 11 |
| 2011 | May 1 | Nov 2 | Apr 10 | Nov 7 |
| 2010 | May 2 | Oct 18 | Apr 7 | Nov 10 |
| 2009 | Apr 17 | Oct 26 | Mar 27 | Oct 28 |
| 2008 | Apr 17 | Oct 22 | Apr 17 | Oct 22 |
| 2007 | Apr 21 | Oct 22 | Apr 1 | Oct 22 |
| 2006 | Mar 25 | no data | Mar 23 | no data |
| 2005 | Apr 18 | Oct 31 | Apr 10 | Nov 16 |
| 2004 | no data | Nov 1 | no data | Nov 1 |
| 2000 | Apr 11 | no data | Apr 1 | no data |
| 1999 | Apr 18 | Oct 18 | Apr 6 | Oct 18 |
| 1998 | Apr 19 | Nov 5 | Apr 18 | Nov 21 |
| 1997 | Apr 26 | Oct 12 | Apr 4 | Oct 12 |
| 1996 | Apr 15 | Oct 22 | Apr 7 | Oct 22 |
| 1995 | Apr 23 | Nov 19 | Apr 23 | Nov 19 |
| 1994 | Apr 28 | Nov 5 | Apr 28 | Nov 5 |
| 1993 | Apr 17 | Oct 20 | Apr 8 | Oct 23 |
| 1992 | Apr 19 | Nov 1 | Mar 18 | Nov 5 |
| 1991 | Apr 28 | Oct 28 | Apr 13 | Oct 28 |
| 1990 | no data | Oct 21 | no data | Nov 3 |
"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.