Last Frost Day

Frost history / Elida, NM

Elida, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00292854, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,395 ft, 33.940, -103.657. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 25Oct 21
EarliestMar 25 (1963)Sep 22 (1972)
LatestJun 6 (2003)Nov 10 (1983)
Trend0.7 days later per decade1.3 days earlier per decade
Years with data5452

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 10 and the median first fall date is Oct 31.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 141960197019801990200020101951: Apr 161952: Apr 101953: May 41954: May 31955: Apr 101956: Apr 191957: Apr 141958: Apr 241959: Apr 141960: Apr 301961: Apr 171962: May 11963: Mar 251964: Apr 261965: Mar 301966: Apr 201967: May 151968: Apr 291969: Mar 301970: May 31972: Apr 281973: May 21975: Apr 301976: Mar 311977: Apr 51978: May 41979: May 41980: Apr 271981: Apr 51982: Apr 211983: May 31984: May 81987: Apr 221988: May 31989: Apr 111990: May 41991: May 51992: Apr 11993: May 21994: Apr 281995: Apr 271996: Apr 291997: Apr 271998: Apr 212000: Apr 162002: Apr 42003: Jun 62004: Apr 132006: Apr 82007: Apr 142009: Apr 122010: May 22011: May 22012: Apr 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Nov 11952: Oct 61953: Nov 81954: Oct 271955: Oct 241956: Oct 311957: Oct 261958: Oct 301959: Oct 271960: Oct 301961: Oct 231962: Oct 291963: Nov 11964: Nov 51965: Oct 11966: Oct 151967: Oct 161968: Oct 181969: Oct 131970: Oct 81971: Oct 201972: Sep 221976: Oct 81977: Oct 111978: Oct 231979: Oct 221980: Oct 191981: Oct 241982: Oct 91983: Nov 101984: Sep 261986: Oct 121987: Oct 201988: Nov 51989: Sep 241990: Oct 91991: Oct 191992: Oct 71993: Oct 211994: Nov 51995: Oct 201996: Oct 211997: Oct 131999: Sep 292002: Oct 222003: Oct 262005: Oct 92006: Oct 312007: Oct 212009: Oct 102010: Oct 272011: Oct 18

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
2012Apr 15no dataMar 19no data
2011May 2Oct 18Mar 13Nov 2
2010May 2Oct 27Apr 7Oct 27
2009Apr 12Oct 10Apr 5Oct 29
2007Apr 14Oct 21Apr 14Oct 22
2006Apr 8Oct 31Mar 24Oct 31
2005no dataOct 9no dataNov 16
2004Apr 13no dataApr 12no data
2003Jun 6Oct 26Apr 9Oct 26
2002Apr 4Oct 22Apr 4Oct 23
2000Apr 16no dataMar 19no data
1999no dataSep 29no dataNov 2
1998Apr 21no dataApr 19no data
1997Apr 27Oct 13Apr 12Oct 26
1996Apr 29Oct 21Apr 15Oct 22
1995Apr 27Oct 20Apr 23Nov 3
1994Apr 28Nov 5Apr 12Nov 10
1993May 2Oct 21Mar 17Oct 29
1992Apr 1Oct 7Mar 23Nov 4
1991May 5Oct 19Apr 13Oct 29
1990May 4Oct 9Mar 24Oct 21
1989Apr 11Sep 24Apr 10Oct 19
1988May 3Nov 5Apr 11Nov 16
1987Apr 22Oct 20Apr 8Nov 9
1986no dataOct 12no dataOct 13
1984May 8Sep 26Apr 22Nov 10
1983May 3Nov 10May 3Nov 10
1982Apr 21Oct 9Apr 21Oct 20
1981Apr 5Oct 24Apr 5Nov 9
1980Apr 27Oct 19Apr 14Oct 24
1979May 4Oct 22Apr 13Oct 22
1978May 4Oct 23Apr 11Nov 7
1977Apr 5Oct 11Apr 5Nov 2
1976Mar 31Oct 8Mar 31Oct 8
1975Apr 30no dataApr 19no data
1973May 2no dataApr 9no data
1972Apr 28Sep 22Apr 27Sep 22
1971no dataOct 20no dataOct 20
1970May 3Oct 8May 3Oct 8
1969Mar 30Oct 13Mar 27Oct 13
1968Apr 29Oct 18Apr 29Oct 18
1967May 15Oct 16Apr 13Oct 31
1966Apr 20Oct 15Apr 20Oct 15
1965Mar 30Oct 1Mar 30Nov 14
1964Apr 26Nov 5Apr 8Nov 20
1963Mar 25Nov 1Mar 20Nov 12
1962May 1Oct 29Apr 7Nov 8
1961Apr 17Oct 23Apr 15Nov 3
1960Apr 30Oct 30Apr 3Nov 1
1959Apr 14Oct 27Apr 13Nov 5
1958Apr 24Oct 30Apr 10Nov 18
1957Apr 14Oct 26Apr 14Oct 27
1956Apr 19Oct 31Apr 10Nov 3
1955Apr 10Oct 24Apr 4Oct 24
1954May 3Oct 27May 3Nov 20
1953May 4Nov 8Apr 19Nov 8
1952Apr 10Oct 6Apr 10Nov 10
1951Apr 16Nov 1Apr 16Nov 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.