Last Frost Day

Frost history / Deming, NM

Deming, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00292436, 1951 to 2010, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,300 ft, 32.253, -107.753. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 16Oct 28
EarliestMar 6 (2004)Oct 12 (1982)
LatestMay 4 (1991)Nov 20 (2001)
Trend1.4 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4138

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 30 and the median first fall date is Nov 5.

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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151960197019801990200020101951: May 21952: Mar 281953: May 31954: Apr 21955: Apr 141956: Apr 51957: Apr 241958: Apr 141966: Apr 61967: May 21968: Apr 251970: May 11971: Apr 221972: Apr 261973: Apr 101983: Apr 161984: Apr 301985: Mar 311986: Mar 231987: Apr 151988: May 31989: Apr 301990: Mar 311991: May 41992: Apr 211993: Apr 151996: Apr 71997: Mar 271998: Apr 181999: Apr 172000: Mar 232001: Apr 132002: Apr 212003: Apr 162004: Mar 62005: Apr 22006: Mar 232007: Apr 222008: Apr 182009: Apr 172010: May 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Nov 21952: Nov 51953: Oct 271954: Oct 311955: Nov 61956: Oct 251957: Oct 231958: Nov 181966: Oct 171967: Oct 171970: Oct 271971: Oct 201972: Nov 11982: Oct 121983: Nov 101984: Nov 101985: Nov 21986: Oct 141988: Nov 101989: Oct 271990: Oct 221991: Oct 291993: Oct 201994: Nov 51996: Oct 221997: Oct 131998: Nov 41999: Oct 182000: Nov 12001: Nov 202002: Nov 52003: Oct 272004: Nov 22005: Nov 142006: Oct 192007: Oct 232008: Oct 242009: Oct 29

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
2010May 1no dataMar 21no data
2009Apr 17Oct 29Mar 28Oct 29
2008Apr 18Oct 24Mar 18Nov 9
2007Apr 22Oct 23Mar 30Nov 23
2006Mar 23Oct 19Mar 21Nov 16
2005Apr 2Nov 14Mar 27Nov 17
2004Mar 6Nov 2Mar 1Nov 3
2003Apr 16Oct 27Mar 30Nov 5
2002Apr 21Nov 5Mar 18Nov 16
2001Apr 13Nov 20Apr 12Nov 21
2000Mar 23Nov 1Mar 9Nov 2
1999Apr 17Oct 18Apr 10Oct 18
1998Apr 18Nov 4Apr 17Nov 10
1997Mar 27Oct 13Mar 4Oct 26
1996Apr 7Oct 22Mar 15Oct 22
1994no dataNov 5no dataNov 18
1993Apr 15Oct 20Apr 9Oct 28
1992Apr 21no dataMar 20no data
1991May 4Oct 29Apr 29Oct 29
1990Mar 31Oct 22Mar 14Nov 5
1989Apr 30Oct 27Mar 23Nov 4
1988May 3Nov 10Apr 11Nov 16
1987Apr 15no dataApr 1no data
1986Mar 23Oct 14Mar 20Nov 5
1985Mar 31Nov 2Mar 31Nov 15
1984Apr 30Nov 10Mar 29Nov 11
1983Apr 16Nov 10Apr 16Nov 10
1982no dataOct 12no dataOct 28
1973Apr 10no dataApr 9no data
1972Apr 26Nov 1Mar 29Nov 1
1971Apr 22Oct 20Apr 19Nov 18
1970May 1Oct 27Apr 6Oct 27
1968Apr 25no dataApr 24no data
1967May 2Oct 17May 2Oct 30
1966Apr 6Oct 17Apr 6Oct 18
1958Apr 14Nov 18Mar 13Dec 1
1957Apr 24Oct 23Mar 25Nov 8
1956Apr 5Oct 25Apr 4Oct 30
1955Apr 14Nov 6Apr 13Nov 9
1954Apr 2Oct 31Mar 27Nov 5
1953May 3Oct 27May 3Nov 19
1952Mar 28Nov 5Mar 28Nov 11
1951May 2Nov 2Apr 12Nov 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.