Last Frost Day

Frost history / Brantley Dam, NM

Brantley Dam, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00291153, 1988 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,213 ft, 32.516, -104.383. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 29Nov 3
EarliestFeb 27 (2004)Oct 19 (1989)
LatestApr 23 (1995)Nov 24 (1995)
Trend2.6 days earlier per decade0.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data3029

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 7 and the median first fall date is Nov 18.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019902000201020201988: Apr 21989: Mar 221990: Mar 201991: Mar 311992: Apr 31994: Apr 71995: Apr 231996: Mar 271997: Apr 131998: Apr 181999: Mar 202000: Mar 192001: Mar 52002: Mar 232003: Apr 92004: Feb 272005: Apr 22007: Apr 92010: Apr 92011: Mar 112016: Apr 32017: Mar 42018: Mar 82019: Mar 62020: Feb 282021: Mar 262022: Mar 252023: Apr 82024: Apr 102025: Apr 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119902000201020201988: Nov 161989: Oct 191990: Oct 221991: Oct 311994: Nov 181995: Nov 241996: Oct 231997: Oct 261998: Nov 111999: Nov 32000: Nov 82001: Nov 202002: Nov 62003: Nov 192004: Nov 32007: Oct 232009: Oct 302010: Nov 102011: Nov 32016: Nov 192017: Oct 282018: Nov 132019: Oct 252020: Oct 272021: Nov 122022: Oct 252023: Oct 302024: Nov 92025: Oct 30

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 6Oct 30Mar 21Dec 1
2024Apr 10Nov 9Feb 19Dec 1
2023Apr 8Oct 30Mar 20Oct 31
2022Mar 25Oct 25Mar 25Nov 12
2021Mar 26Nov 12Mar 26Nov 26
2020Feb 28Oct 27Feb 28Oct 27
2019Mar 6Oct 25Mar 6Oct 25
2018Mar 8Nov 13Mar 7Nov 13
2017Mar 4Oct 28Feb 17Nov 19
2016Apr 3Nov 19Feb 25Nov 19
2011Mar 11Nov 3Mar 1Nov 3
2010Apr 9Nov 10Apr 8Nov 13
2009no dataOct 30no dataNov 16
2007Apr 9Oct 23Apr 8Nov 15
2005Apr 2no dataFeb 5no data
2004Feb 27Nov 3Feb 18Nov 30
2003Apr 9Nov 19Feb 28Nov 24
2002Mar 23Nov 6Mar 5Nov 27
2001Mar 5Nov 20Feb 11Nov 28
2000Mar 19Nov 8Mar 17Nov 18
1999Mar 20Nov 3Feb 13Nov 24
1998Apr 18Nov 11Mar 13Dec 8
1997Apr 13Oct 26Mar 6Nov 15
1996Mar 27Oct 23Mar 26Nov 9
1995Apr 23Nov 24Mar 8Nov 29
1994Apr 7Nov 18Apr 6Nov 28
1992Apr 3no dataFeb 19no data
1991Mar 31Oct 31Mar 31Oct 31
1990Mar 20Oct 22Mar 16Nov 28
1989Mar 22Oct 19Mar 22Oct 19
1988Apr 2Nov 16Mar 19Nov 16

"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.