Frost history / Carlsbad Caverns, NM
Carlsbad Caverns, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00291480, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,435 ft, 32.178, -104.443. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 31 | Nov 10 |
| Earliest | Feb 11 (2011) | Oct 8 (2000) |
| Latest | May 2 (2017) | Dec 7 (1998) |
| Trend | little change (less than half a day per decade) | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 51 | 52 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 16 and the median first fall date is Nov 22.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mar 9 | no data | Feb 18 | no data |
| 2023 | no data | Oct 30 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 2019 | Apr 1 | Oct 24 | Mar 7 | Oct 30 |
| 2018 | Apr 7 | Oct 15 | Feb 23 | Nov 13 |
| 2017 | May 2 | Dec 6 | Jan 30 | Dec 7 |
| 2016 | no data | Nov 30 | no data | Dec 8 |
| 2012 | Mar 12 | no data | Feb 13 | no data |
| 2011 | Feb 11 | Nov 3 | Feb 11 | Dec 2 |
| 2010 | Mar 21 | Nov 26 | Mar 21 | Nov 26 |
| 2009 | no data | Nov 16 | no data | Dec 2 |
| 2008 | no data | Nov 15 | no data | Nov 21 |
| 2001 | no data | Nov 28 | no data | Nov 28 |
| 2000 | no data | Oct 8 | no data | Nov 8 |
| 1999 | Mar 20 | no data | Mar 19 | no data |
| 1998 | Mar 20 | Dec 7 | Mar 20 | Dec 8 |
| 1997 | Apr 27 | Nov 10 | Apr 14 | Nov 10 |
| 1996 | Apr 6 | Oct 22 | Mar 29 | Oct 22 |
| 1995 | Apr 23 | Nov 3 | Mar 7 | Nov 28 |
| 1994 | Apr 6 | Nov 29 | Mar 28 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 14 | no data | Mar 13 | no data |
| 1992 | Apr 21 | Nov 4 | Mar 11 | Nov 22 |
| 1991 | Mar 31 | no data | Mar 31 | no data |
| 1990 | Mar 27 | Nov 4 | Mar 25 | Nov 4 |
| 1989 | Apr 11 | Nov 2 | Mar 22 | Nov 2 |
| 1988 | Mar 29 | Nov 20 | Mar 18 | Dec 8 |
| 1987 | Apr 6 | Nov 11 | Mar 31 | Nov 26 |
| 1986 | Feb 13 | Nov 3 | Feb 13 | Nov 11 |
| 1985 | no data | Nov 15 | no data | Nov 20 |
| 1984 | Apr 5 | no data | Mar 6 | no data |
| 1983 | no data | Nov 26 | no data | Nov 27 |
| 1982 | Apr 24 | no data | Mar 7 | no data |
| 1981 | Mar 9 | Dec 1 | Mar 8 | Dec 17 |
| 1980 | Apr 14 | Oct 28 | Apr 14 | Oct 28 |
| 1979 | Apr 4 | Nov 1 | Mar 4 | Nov 22 |
| 1978 | Apr 18 | Nov 15 | Mar 5 | Dec 6 |
| 1977 | Mar 7 | Nov 9 | Mar 6 | Dec 7 |
| 1976 | no data | Oct 27 | no data | Nov 13 |
| 1975 | Mar 31 | no data | Mar 31 | no data |
| 1974 | no data | Nov 14 | no data | Nov 29 |
| 1973 | Apr 10 | no data | Apr 9 | no data |
| 1972 | no data | Oct 31 | no data | Nov 14 |
| 1971 | Apr 6 | Nov 19 | Mar 7 | Dec 2 |
| 1970 | Mar 28 | Nov 3 | Mar 28 | Nov 4 |
| 1969 | Mar 25 | Nov 14 | Mar 25 | Nov 28 |
| 1968 | Apr 4 | Nov 8 | Mar 21 | Nov 27 |
| 1967 | Mar 8 | Nov 3 | Mar 8 | Dec 9 |
| 1966 | Mar 23 | Dec 3 | Mar 23 | Dec 3 |
| 1965 | Mar 26 | Nov 26 | Mar 20 | Nov 26 |
| 1964 | Mar 9 | Nov 20 | Mar 9 | Nov 21 |
| 1963 | Mar 14 | Nov 26 | Mar 5 | Nov 30 |
| 1962 | Apr 2 | Nov 18 | Mar 15 | Nov 18 |
| 1961 | Mar 29 | Nov 3 | Feb 28 | Nov 6 |
| 1960 | Apr 2 | Nov 10 | Mar 17 | Nov 29 |
| 1959 | Apr 13 | Nov 5 | Mar 16 | Nov 6 |
| 1958 | Mar 18 | Oct 30 | Mar 18 | Nov 18 |
| 1957 | Apr 14 | no data | Mar 24 | no data |
| 1956 | Mar 17 | Nov 4 | Mar 13 | Nov 20 |
| 1955 | Mar 28 | Nov 3 | Mar 28 | Nov 8 |
| 1954 | Mar 15 | Nov 29 | Mar 14 | Dec 17 |
| 1953 | Apr 12 | Nov 20 | Mar 4 | Nov 22 |
| 1952 | Apr 10 | Nov 10 | Mar 23 | Nov 23 |
| 1951 | Apr 12 | Nov 2 | Mar 29 | Nov 2 |
"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.