Last Frost Day

Frost history / Glenwood, NM

Glenwood, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00293577, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,725 ft, 33.322, -108.879. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 3Oct 26
EarliestMar 24 (1992)Oct 4 (2002)
LatestMay 29 (1953)Nov 16 (1978)
Trend0.7 days earlier per decade1.1 days earlier per decade
Years with data5555

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 13 and the median first fall date is Nov 2.

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 1419601970198019902000201020201951: May 21952: Apr 221953: May 291954: May 31955: May 171956: May 121957: Apr 201958: Apr 141959: May 51960: Apr 301961: May 41963: Apr 241964: May 81965: May 101967: May 281969: Apr 281970: May 11971: May 51972: May 221974: May 211977: May 41979: May 101980: May 251981: Apr 101982: May 131983: Apr 181984: Apr 301985: Apr 41986: Apr 91987: Apr 61988: May 71989: Apr 281990: Apr 21991: May 31992: Mar 241993: Apr 151994: May 81995: May 81997: Apr 141998: May 161999: May 32003: May 112004: Apr 302005: May 132006: Apr 262007: Apr 242008: Apr 302009: Apr 282010: May 252011: May 112012: Apr 162014: Apr 282018: May 52019: May 232020: Apr 22

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 51952: Nov 11954: Oct 261955: Oct 241956: Oct 211957: Oct 231958: Nov 11959: Nov 41960: Nov 91962: Nov 91963: Nov 71964: Nov 21965: Oct 171969: Oct 131970: Oct 91971: Oct 271972: Oct 311973: Oct 121978: Nov 161979: Oct 291980: Oct 161981: Oct 241982: Oct 291983: Nov 101984: Oct 191985: Nov 21986: Oct 311987: Nov 91988: Nov 101989: Oct 281990: Oct 101991: Oct 271992: Nov 41993: Oct 211994: Oct 91995: Nov 91996: Oct 221997: Oct 131999: Oct 182002: Oct 42003: Oct 262004: Oct 192005: Oct 252006: Oct 282007: Oct 162008: Oct 132009: Oct 92010: Oct 242011: Oct 82012: Oct 272013: Oct 162017: Oct 292019: Oct 202020: Oct 272024: Oct 30

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
2024no dataOct 30no dataOct 31
2020Apr 22Oct 27Apr 16Oct 28
2019May 23Oct 20Apr 14Oct 20
2018May 5no dataMay 5no data
2017no dataOct 29no dataNov 20
2014Apr 28no dataApr 15no data
2013no dataOct 16no dataNov 5
2012Apr 16Oct 27Apr 16Oct 27
2011May 11Oct 8Apr 12Nov 3
2010May 25Oct 24Apr 30Nov 7
2009Apr 28Oct 9Apr 18Oct 27
2008Apr 30Oct 13Apr 28Oct 23
2007Apr 24Oct 16Apr 23Oct 23
2006Apr 26Oct 28Apr 8Nov 1
2005May 13Oct 25Apr 20Nov 3
2004Apr 30Oct 19Mar 6Oct 23
2003May 11Oct 26Apr 17Oct 27
2002no dataOct 4no dataOct 29
1999May 3Oct 18May 2Oct 18
1998May 16no dataApr 14no data
1997Apr 14Oct 13Apr 11Oct 14
1996no dataOct 22no dataOct 22
1995May 8Nov 9Apr 20Nov 26
1994May 8Oct 9Apr 26Nov 5
1993Apr 15Oct 21Mar 13Oct 31
1992Mar 24Nov 4Mar 21Nov 4
1991May 3Oct 27May 3Oct 29
1990Apr 2Oct 10Mar 16Nov 5
1989Apr 28Oct 28Mar 23Oct 28
1988May 7Nov 10Apr 2Nov 13
1987Apr 6Nov 9Mar 31Nov 10
1986Apr 9Oct 31Apr 3Nov 8
1985Apr 4Nov 2Mar 31Nov 15
1984Apr 30Oct 19Apr 28Nov 7
1983Apr 18Nov 10Apr 14Nov 20
1982May 13Oct 29Apr 8Nov 4
1981Apr 10Oct 24Mar 22Nov 2
1980May 25Oct 16Apr 14Oct 16
1979May 10Oct 29Apr 11Oct 31
1978no dataNov 16no dataNov 18
1977May 4no dataApr 4no data
1974May 21no dataApr 11no data
1973no dataOct 12no dataNov 1
1972May 22Oct 31Apr 22Nov 1
1971May 5Oct 27Apr 21Oct 30
1970May 1Oct 9May 1Oct 28
1969Apr 28Oct 13Mar 25Oct 13
1967May 28no dataMay 26no data
1965May 10Oct 17Apr 11Oct 18
1964May 8Nov 2May 6Nov 5
1963Apr 24Nov 7Apr 19Nov 20
1962no dataNov 9no dataNov 21
1961May 4no dataApr 10no data
1960Apr 30Nov 9Apr 3Nov 10
1959May 5Nov 4Mar 29Nov 6
1958Apr 14Nov 1Apr 10Nov 5
1957Apr 20Oct 23Apr 3Nov 7
1956May 12Oct 21Apr 14Oct 26
1955May 17Oct 24Apr 20Nov 1
1954May 3Oct 26Mar 19Nov 6
1953May 29no dataApr 13no data
1952Apr 22Nov 1Mar 28Nov 4
1951May 2Oct 5Apr 8Nov 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.