Frost history / Fence Lake, NM
Fence Lake, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00293180, 1964 to 2007, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 7,065 ft, 34.653, -108.676. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 7 | Sep 26 |
| Earliest | May 8 (1996) | Sep 9 (2001) |
| Latest | Jun 25 (1976) | Oct 14 (1981) |
| Trend | 2.7 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 38 | 40 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 22 and the median first fall date is Oct 7.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jun 8 | no data | Jun 7 | no data |
| 2006 | May 23 | Sep 17 | Apr 28 | Sep 17 |
| 2005 | May 13 | Oct 10 | Apr 22 | Oct 12 |
| 2004 | Jun 11 | Sep 22 | May 23 | Sep 22 |
| 2003 | May 19 | Sep 21 | May 12 | Oct 24 |
| 2002 | May 25 | Oct 3 | May 23 | Oct 3 |
| 2001 | Jun 15 | Sep 9 | Jun 14 | Sep 9 |
| 2000 | Jun 23 | Sep 25 | May 19 | Sep 25 |
| 1999 | Jun 7 | Sep 29 | Jun 5 | Oct 17 |
| 1998 | Jun 8 | Sep 26 | May 16 | Oct 5 |
| 1997 | May 27 | Oct 8 | Apr 26 | Oct 8 |
| 1996 | May 8 | Sep 28 | Apr 30 | Oct 21 |
| 1995 | Jun 18 | Sep 30 | Jun 18 | Oct 5 |
| 1994 | May 21 | Oct 6 | May 20 | Oct 8 |
| 1993 | Jun 7 | Sep 19 | May 10 | Sep 25 |
| 1992 | Jun 17 | Sep 26 | Apr 21 | Oct 7 |
| 1991 | Jun 22 | Oct 2 | May 30 | Oct 25 |
| 1990 | Jun 2 | Oct 4 | May 13 | Oct 9 |
| 1989 | Jun 1 | Sep 14 | May 12 | Sep 21 |
| 1988 | Jun 1 | Sep 23 | May 31 | Sep 29 |
| 1987 | Jun 3 | Oct 1 | May 26 | Oct 19 |
| 1986 | May 31 | Sep 11 | May 12 | Sep 30 |
| 1985 | Jun 3 | Sep 12 | May 14 | Oct 11 |
| 1984 | Jun 17 | Oct 7 | May 8 | Oct 16 |
| 1983 | Jun 14 | Sep 21 | May 17 | Oct 22 |
| 1982 | Jun 9 | Sep 29 | Jun 9 | Sep 29 |
| 1981 | Jun 16 | Oct 14 | May 9 | Oct 16 |
| 1980 | Jun 7 | Sep 25 | Jun 4 | Oct 16 |
| 1979 | Jun 20 | Oct 9 | May 13 | Oct 16 |
| 1978 | Jun 3 | Sep 16 | May 9 | Oct 13 |
| 1977 | May 28 | Oct 11 | May 27 | Oct 12 |
| 1976 | Jun 25 | Sep 28 | Jun 15 | Oct 5 |
| 1975 | Jun 11 | Sep 23 | Jun 11 | Oct 14 |
| 1974 | Jun 9 | Sep 28 | Jun 9 | Sep 28 |
| 1973 | no data | Sep 26 | no data | Sep 28 |
| 1972 | May 27 | Sep 22 | May 23 | Oct 22 |
| 1971 | Jun 8 | Sep 19 | Jun 4 | Sep 19 |
| 1970 | Jun 16 | Sep 15 | Jun 1 | Sep 15 |
| 1969 | no data | Sep 24 | no data | Oct 5 |
| 1967 | no data | Sep 14 | no data | Oct 6 |
| 1965 | Jun 2 | no data | May 26 | no data |
| 1964 | no data | Oct 12 | no data | Oct 12 |
"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.