Frost history / El Rito, NM
El Rito, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00292820, 1962 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 6,870 ft, 36.347, -106.188. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 20 | Oct 3 |
| Earliest | Apr 20 (2012) | Sep 7 (1970) |
| Latest | Jun 22 (1970) | Nov 1 (1963) |
| Trend | 3.9 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 44 | 40 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 17.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | no data | Oct 10 | no data | Oct 10 |
| 2018 | May 2 | no data | May 2 | no data |
| 2015 | Apr 26 | no data | Apr 18 | no data |
| 2014 | May 25 | Sep 30 | May 15 | Nov 11 |
| 2013 | no data | Sep 28 | no data | Sep 28 |
| 2012 | Apr 20 | no data | Apr 16 | no data |
| 2011 | no data | Oct 7 | no data | Oct 28 |
| 2010 | no data | Oct 8 | no data | Oct 25 |
| 2009 | Apr 27 | Sep 22 | Apr 18 | Sep 22 |
| 2008 | May 11 | Oct 13 | May 3 | Oct 13 |
| 2003 | May 12 | no data | May 12 | no data |
| 2001 | Jun 14 | no data | Apr 20 | no data |
| 2000 | May 18 | Sep 25 | Apr 20 | Oct 26 |
| 1999 | May 13 | Sep 28 | May 13 | Sep 28 |
| 1998 | Jun 18 | no data | Jun 13 | no data |
| 1997 | May 13 | Oct 8 | Apr 30 | Oct 13 |
| 1996 | May 1 | Sep 19 | Apr 30 | Sep 19 |
| 1995 | Jun 9 | Sep 22 | May 15 | Oct 4 |
| 1994 | May 11 | Oct 14 | Apr 13 | Oct 18 |
| 1993 | Jun 8 | Oct 8 | Apr 20 | Oct 21 |
| 1992 | no data | Oct 8 | no data | Nov 3 |
| 1991 | May 3 | no data | Mar 31 | no data |
| 1990 | May 20 | Oct 21 | May 3 | Oct 21 |
| 1989 | Apr 29 | Oct 17 | Apr 29 | Oct 19 |
| 1988 | Jun 1 | Sep 30 | May 31 | Nov 4 |
| 1987 | May 4 | Oct 20 | Apr 21 | Oct 20 |
| 1986 | May 10 | Oct 12 | May 10 | Nov 5 |
| 1985 | May 14 | Sep 24 | May 14 | Sep 24 |
| 1984 | Jun 5 | no data | May 8 | no data |
| 1983 | May 22 | Sep 21 | May 18 | Oct 25 |
| 1982 | May 20 | Oct 2 | May 7 | Oct 2 |
| 1981 | Jun 15 | Oct 17 | Jun 15 | Oct 17 |
| 1980 | Jun 18 | Oct 16 | Jun 1 | Oct 17 |
| 1978 | Jun 10 | no data | May 7 | no data |
| 1977 | May 29 | Sep 17 | May 28 | Oct 12 |
| 1976 | Jun 16 | Oct 7 | Jun 12 | Oct 8 |
| 1975 | Jun 11 | Sep 22 | May 18 | Oct 14 |
| 1974 | May 3 | Sep 28 | Apr 15 | Nov 1 |
| 1973 | Jun 5 | Sep 27 | May 2 | Sep 27 |
| 1972 | May 23 | Oct 22 | Apr 27 | Oct 26 |
| 1971 | Jun 12 | Sep 19 | May 19 | Oct 19 |
| 1970 | Jun 22 | Sep 7 | May 2 | Sep 26 |
| 1969 | May 19 | Oct 5 | Apr 27 | Oct 5 |
| 1968 | Jun 10 | Sep 16 | May 7 | Oct 17 |
| 1967 | May 15 | no data | May 14 | no data |
| 1966 | Apr 24 | Oct 1 | Apr 24 | Oct 14 |
| 1965 | May 28 | Sep 21 | May 9 | Sep 22 |
| 1964 | May 10 | Oct 13 | May 6 | Oct 26 |
| 1963 | May 12 | Nov 1 | Apr 28 | Nov 1 |
| 1962 | no data | Oct 12 | no data | Nov 8 |
"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.