Last Frost Day

Frost history / Luna Rs, NM

Luna Rs, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00295273, 1951 to 2014, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 7,050 ft, 33.822, -108.942. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 23Sep 14
EarliestMay 31 (1956)Aug 8 (1956)
LatestJul 26 (1993)Oct 6 (1997)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.6 days later per decade
Years with data5755

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jun 10 and the median first fall date is Sep 23.

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)

May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131960197019801990200020101951: Jun 281952: Jun 231953: Jun 281955: Jun 301956: May 311957: Jun 231958: Jun 131959: Jun 101960: Jun 271961: Jun 91962: Jul 141963: Jun 261965: Jun 291966: Jun 111967: Jun 161968: Jun 301969: Jun 281971: Jun 101972: Jun 281973: Jun 231974: Jun 121975: Jun 271979: Jun 211980: Jun 161981: Jun 181982: Jul 21983: Jul 21984: Jun 211985: Jun 281986: Jun 101987: Jul 71988: Jun 141989: Jun 261990: Jun 221991: Jun 261992: Jul 31993: Jul 261994: Jul 81995: Jul 31996: Jun 231997: Jul 11998: Jun 221999: Jun 122000: Jun 122001: Jun 152002: Jun 202003: Jun 292004: Jul 52005: Jun 192006: Jun 172007: Jun 262009: Jun 172010: Jun 232011: Jun 212012: Jun 92013: Jun 232014: Jun 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 121960197019801990200020101951: Sep 101952: Sep 81953: Sep 31955: Sep 201956: Aug 81957: Sep 141958: Sep 151959: Sep 131960: Aug 181961: Sep 51962: Aug 311963: Sep 301964: Aug 221965: Sep 211966: Oct 41967: Sep 291968: Aug 241969: Sep 221971: Sep 161972: Sep 201974: Aug 261979: Aug 221981: Sep 261982: Sep 151983: Oct 41984: Sep 61985: Sep 51986: Sep 111987: Aug 161988: Sep 41989: Aug 251990: Oct 31991: Sep 141992: Sep 51993: Sep 91994: Sep 151995: Sep 191996: Sep 211997: Oct 61998: Sep 241999: Sep 292000: Sep 12001: Sep 92002: Aug 242003: Sep 122004: Sep 62005: Sep 132006: Sep 162008: Sep 142009: Sep 222010: Sep 112011: Sep 232012: Sep 152013: Sep 232014: Sep 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
2014Jun 16Sep 30Jun 7Sep 30
2013Jun 23Sep 23May 28Sep 28
2012Jun 9Sep 15May 31Sep 30
2011Jun 21Sep 23Jun 12Oct 8
2010Jun 23Sep 11Jun 13Oct 9
2009Jun 17Sep 22May 26Sep 22
2008no dataSep 14no dataSep 30
2007Jun 26no dataJun 8no data
2006Jun 17Sep 16Jun 1Sep 17
2005Jun 19Sep 13Jun 19Sep 14
2004Jul 5Sep 6Jul 2Sep 21
2003Jun 29Sep 12Jun 19Sep 22
2002Jun 20Aug 24May 29Sep 20
2001Jun 15Sep 9Jun 15Sep 28
2000Jun 12Sep 1May 26Sep 7
1999Jun 12Sep 29Jun 11Sep 29
1998Jun 22Sep 24Jun 9Oct 2
1997Jul 1Oct 6May 27Oct 9
1996Jun 23Sep 21Jun 1Sep 28
1995Jul 3Sep 19Jun 23Sep 30
1994Jul 8Sep 15Jul 8Sep 23
1993Jul 26Sep 9Jun 10Sep 17
1992Jul 3Sep 5Jun 17Sep 30
1991Jun 26Sep 14Jun 23Sep 28
1990Jun 22Oct 3Jun 18Oct 4
1989Jun 26Aug 25Jun 10Sep 11
1988Jun 14Sep 4Jun 13Sep 19
1987Jul 7Aug 16Jul 6Sep 20
1986Jun 10Sep 11May 18Sep 17
1985Jun 28Sep 5Jun 27Sep 8
1984Jun 21Sep 6May 18Oct 7
1983Jul 2Oct 4Jun 14Oct 12
1982Jul 2Sep 15Jun 13Oct 1
1981Jun 18Sep 26Jun 16Oct 4
1980Jun 16no dataJun 7no data
1979Jun 21Aug 22Jun 20Oct 5
1975Jun 27no dataJun 7no data
1974Jun 12Aug 26Jun 10Sep 17
1973Jun 23no dataJun 20no data
1972Jun 28Sep 20Jun 27Sep 21
1971Jun 10Sep 16Jun 9Sep 20
1969Jun 28Sep 22May 20Oct 5
1968Jun 30Aug 24Jun 10Sep 17
1967Jun 16Sep 29Jun 11Oct 11
1966Jun 11Oct 4Jun 6Oct 8
1965Jun 29Sep 21Jun 28Sep 21
1964no dataAug 22no dataOct 2
1963Jun 26Sep 30Jun 15Oct 3
1962Jul 14Aug 31Jun 17Oct 6
1961Jun 9Sep 5Jun 5Sep 5
1960Jun 27Aug 18May 27Sep 23
1959Jun 10Sep 13Jun 4Sep 14
1958Jun 13Sep 15Jun 2Oct 3
1957Jun 23Sep 14Jun 9Sep 19
1956May 31Aug 8May 30Sep 12
1955Jun 30Sep 20Jun 19Sep 21
1953Jun 28Sep 3Jun 5Sep 9
1952Jun 23Sep 8May 24Sep 13
1951Jun 28Sep 10Jun 27Sep 23

"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.