Frost history / Bosque Del Apache, NM
Bosque Del Apache, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00291138, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,512 ft, 33.804, -106.891. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 28 | Oct 18 |
| Earliest | Mar 28 (1952) | Sep 21 (1995) |
| Latest | Jun 5 (1971) | Nov 10 (2016) |
| Trend | 0.9 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 49 | 47 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 14 and the median first fall date is Oct 28.
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 | Apr 21 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 2024 | Apr 11 | Oct 31 | Apr 10 | Oct 31 |
| 2022 | Apr 14 | Oct 25 | Apr 14 | Oct 25 |
| 2021 | May 24 | Oct 13 | Apr 19 | Oct 13 |
| 2020 | no data | Oct 7 | no data | Oct 29 |
| 2019 | no data | Oct 12 | no data | Oct 21 |
| 2018 | Apr 15 | Nov 1 | Mar 28 | Nov 1 |
| 2017 | no data | Oct 16 | no data | Oct 29 |
| 2016 | Apr 4 | Nov 10 | Apr 3 | Nov 18 |
| 2015 | Apr 29 | Nov 1 | Apr 18 | Nov 6 |
| 2014 | May 15 | Oct 14 | Apr 18 | Nov 6 |
| 2013 | May 3 | no data | Apr 19 | no data |
| 2012 | Apr 16 | Oct 15 | Mar 23 | Oct 27 |
| 2011 | no data | Oct 8 | no data | Oct 28 |
| 2005 | Apr 30 | no data | Apr 14 | no data |
| 2004 | Apr 13 | no data | Apr 13 | no data |
| 2003 | Apr 24 | Oct 28 | Apr 16 | Oct 28 |
| 2002 | Apr 22 | no data | Apr 21 | no data |
| 2001 | May 5 | no data | Apr 23 | no data |
| 1998 | Apr 28 | no data | Apr 19 | no data |
| 1997 | Apr 14 | Oct 13 | Apr 14 | Oct 14 |
| 1996 | no data | Oct 22 | no data | Oct 22 |
| 1995 | no data | Sep 21 | no data | Oct 26 |
| 1994 | May 2 | no data | May 2 | no data |
| 1992 | Apr 21 | Oct 5 | Apr 3 | Oct 8 |
| 1991 | May 6 | Oct 18 | Apr 29 | Oct 29 |
| 1990 | Apr 3 | no data | Mar 19 | no data |
| 1989 | Apr 28 | Oct 19 | Apr 28 | Oct 19 |
| 1987 | Apr 23 | Oct 19 | Apr 15 | Nov 8 |
| 1986 | May 17 | no data | Apr 18 | no data |
| 1985 | no data | Oct 1 | no data | Nov 2 |
| 1984 | no data | Oct 15 | no data | Oct 19 |
| 1983 | May 4 | no data | Apr 16 | no data |
| 1979 | May 11 | Oct 22 | Apr 13 | Oct 22 |
| 1977 | Apr 21 | Oct 13 | Apr 4 | Nov 2 |
| 1976 | Apr 18 | Oct 8 | Apr 18 | Oct 8 |
| 1975 | May 9 | Oct 5 | May 7 | Oct 14 |
| 1974 | no data | Oct 31 | no data | Nov 4 |
| 1973 | Apr 29 | no data | Apr 17 | no data |
| 1972 | no data | Oct 22 | no data | Nov 1 |
| 1971 | Jun 5 | Oct 20 | May 1 | Oct 20 |
| 1968 | Apr 25 | Oct 17 | Apr 24 | Oct 18 |
| 1967 | May 15 | Oct 17 | May 3 | Oct 28 |
| 1966 | Apr 7 | Oct 15 | Apr 7 | Oct 15 |
| 1965 | May 9 | Oct 1 | Apr 16 | Nov 2 |
| 1964 | May 9 | Oct 20 | Apr 8 | Oct 20 |
| 1963 | Apr 28 | Nov 6 | Mar 20 | Nov 18 |
| 1962 | May 17 | Nov 7 | Apr 1 | Nov 8 |
| 1961 | May 6 | Oct 16 | Apr 9 | Nov 3 |
| 1960 | May 20 | Oct 31 | May 20 | Oct 31 |
| 1959 | Apr 13 | Nov 5 | Mar 28 | Nov 6 |
| 1958 | Apr 15 | Oct 22 | Apr 14 | Oct 22 |
| 1957 | Apr 8 | Nov 7 | Apr 3 | Nov 7 |
| 1956 | Apr 19 | Oct 20 | Apr 5 | Oct 26 |
| 1955 | May 3 | Oct 25 | Apr 10 | Oct 30 |
| 1954 | May 2 | Oct 28 | Apr 3 | Oct 28 |
| 1953 | May 11 | Oct 6 | Apr 13 | Oct 6 |
| 1952 | Mar 28 | Oct 16 | Mar 28 | Nov 4 |
| 1951 | May 2 | Oct 10 | Apr 11 | Oct 23 |
"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.