Last Frost Day

Frost history / Grants Ap, NM

Grants Ap, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00293682, 1953 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,520 ft, 35.166, -107.899. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 21Oct 2
EarliestApr 8 (1992)Sep 4 (1961)
LatestJun 23 (1964)Oct 19 (1989)
Trend2.2 days earlier per decade0.8 days later per decade
Years with data4441

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 9 and the median first fall date is Oct 11.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101954: Jun 71955: Jun 31956: May 171957: May 251958: May 151959: May 291960: May 211961: Jun 31962: May 231963: May 131964: Jun 231965: May 281966: May 141967: May 161968: Jun 101969: May 81970: May 161971: Jun 51972: May 241975: Jun 121976: Jun 161977: May 221979: Jun 91980: Jun 31981: May 181982: May 211983: May 181984: May 91985: May 141986: May 121987: May 271988: Jun 11989: May 51990: May 31991: May 61992: Apr 81993: May 111994: May 211999: Jun 42000: May 172003: May 112014: May 222015: May 202016: May 30

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101953: Sep 251954: Oct 121955: Sep 211956: Oct 101957: Sep 151958: Oct 31959: Sep 251960: Oct 41961: Sep 41962: Oct 91963: Oct 141964: Oct 31965: Sep 211966: Oct 91967: Oct 71968: Sep 171969: Oct 51970: Sep 161971: Sep 201972: Sep 301974: Sep 281976: Sep 281977: Oct 111978: Sep 211979: Oct 61980: Oct 41981: Oct 171982: Oct 21983: Sep 211984: Oct 161985: Sep 241986: Sep 301988: Sep 291989: Oct 191990: Oct 91991: Oct 71992: Oct 81998: Oct 51999: Sep 282013: Sep 282016: Sep 24

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
2016May 30Sep 24Apr 20Sep 24
2015May 20no dataMay 17no data
2014May 22no dataMay 15no data
2013no dataSep 28no dataSep 28
2003May 11no dataMay 11no data
2000May 17no dataMay 12no data
1999Jun 4Sep 28Apr 18Oct 9
1998no dataOct 5no dataOct 5
1994May 21no dataMay 8no data
1993May 11no dataMay 10no data
1992Apr 8Oct 8Mar 26Oct 8
1991May 6Oct 7May 3Oct 19
1990May 3Oct 9Apr 4Oct 11
1989May 5Oct 19May 5Oct 27
1988Jun 1Sep 29May 9Nov 1
1987May 27no dataApr 23no data
1986May 12Sep 30May 10Oct 4
1985May 14Sep 24Apr 24Sep 30
1984May 9Oct 16May 9Oct 16
1983May 18Sep 21May 18Sep 21
1982May 21Oct 2May 7Oct 2
1981May 18Oct 17Apr 11Oct 17
1980Jun 3Oct 4May 25Oct 17
1979Jun 9Oct 6May 13Oct 15
1978no dataSep 21no dataOct 14
1977May 22Oct 11May 19Oct 12
1976Jun 16Sep 28May 2Oct 6
1975Jun 12no dataMay 24no data
1974no dataSep 28no dataSep 28
1972May 24Sep 30May 23Oct 22
1971Jun 5Sep 20Jun 1Sep 20
1970May 16Sep 16May 4Sep 23
1969May 8Oct 5May 1Oct 5
1968Jun 10Sep 17May 18Oct 17
1967May 16Oct 7May 15Oct 16
1966May 14Oct 9Apr 21Oct 14
1965May 28Sep 21May 9Sep 21
1964Jun 23Oct 3May 9Oct 8
1963May 13Oct 14Apr 25Nov 6
1962May 23Oct 9May 17Oct 28
1961Jun 3Sep 4May 9Oct 3
1960May 21Oct 4May 20Oct 14
1959May 29Sep 25May 6Sep 25
1958May 15Oct 3Apr 18Oct 21
1957May 25Sep 15Apr 28Oct 23
1956May 17Oct 10May 16Oct 11
1955Jun 3Sep 21May 16Oct 7
1954Jun 7Oct 12May 3Oct 15
1953no dataSep 25no dataSep 29

"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.