Frost history / Otis, NM
Otis, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00296465, 1957 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 6,880 ft, 36.334, -107.841. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 12 | Oct 12 |
| Earliest | Apr 16 (2020) | Sep 4 (1961) |
| Latest | Jun 9 (1974) | Nov 9 (1983) |
| Trend | 1.1 days earlier per decade | 1.3 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 44 | 43 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 28 and the median first fall date is Oct 21.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Apr 16 | no data | Apr 16 | no data |
| 2019 | May 27 | Oct 11 | Apr 13 | Oct 11 |
| 2018 | May 3 | no data | Apr 18 | no data |
| 2017 | no data | Oct 10 | no data | Oct 10 |
| 2016 | no data | Sep 6 | no data | Nov 18 |
| 2015 | May 10 | no data | Apr 18 | no data |
| 2014 | May 15 | Oct 13 | May 13 | Nov 4 |
| 2012 | Apr 17 | no data | Apr 16 | no data |
| 2008 | May 23 | Oct 12 | May 2 | Oct 12 |
| 2007 | May 24 | Oct 7 | Apr 21 | Oct 21 |
| 2006 | May 17 | Sep 21 | May 5 | Oct 19 |
| 2003 | May 10 | no data | Apr 23 | no data |
| 2002 | no data | Oct 4 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 1996 | Apr 29 | no data | Apr 29 | no data |
| 1992 | Apr 20 | Oct 8 | Mar 20 | Nov 1 |
| 1991 | May 5 | Oct 28 | Apr 30 | Oct 28 |
| 1990 | May 9 | Oct 9 | Apr 2 | Oct 9 |
| 1989 | Apr 30 | Oct 18 | Apr 25 | Oct 19 |
| 1988 | May 31 | Sep 29 | May 8 | Nov 12 |
| 1987 | May 27 | Oct 20 | Apr 21 | Nov 8 |
| 1986 | May 10 | Oct 12 | May 8 | Oct 12 |
| 1985 | May 14 | Oct 15 | Apr 23 | Nov 1 |
| 1984 | May 8 | Oct 13 | Apr 27 | Oct 15 |
| 1983 | May 18 | Nov 9 | May 17 | Nov 9 |
| 1982 | May 12 | Oct 8 | Apr 22 | Oct 9 |
| 1981 | May 9 | Oct 16 | May 9 | Oct 25 |
| 1980 | May 25 | Oct 15 | May 25 | Oct 16 |
| 1979 | May 13 | Oct 21 | May 10 | Oct 21 |
| 1978 | May 9 | no data | May 7 | no data |
| 1977 | no data | Oct 12 | no data | Oct 25 |
| 1976 | May 9 | Oct 7 | Apr 17 | Oct 8 |
| 1975 | May 22 | Oct 15 | May 8 | Oct 24 |
| 1974 | Jun 9 | Sep 28 | Jun 9 | Oct 30 |
| 1973 | no data | Sep 26 | no data | Oct 10 |
| 1972 | May 11 | Oct 29 | Apr 27 | Oct 30 |
| 1971 | May 30 | Sep 18 | Apr 27 | Sep 18 |
| 1970 | May 15 | Sep 26 | May 2 | Oct 8 |
| 1969 | May 7 | Oct 5 | Apr 27 | Oct 5 |
| 1968 | May 25 | Oct 16 | May 25 | Oct 16 |
| 1967 | May 15 | Oct 15 | May 14 | Oct 16 |
| 1966 | Apr 23 | Oct 14 | Apr 21 | Oct 14 |
| 1965 | May 28 | Sep 21 | May 8 | Sep 21 |
| 1964 | May 8 | Oct 19 | May 8 | Nov 3 |
| 1963 | Apr 28 | Nov 1 | Apr 27 | Nov 1 |
| 1962 | May 22 | Nov 8 | Apr 30 | Nov 8 |
| 1961 | May 13 | Sep 4 | Apr 25 | Oct 28 |
| 1960 | May 20 | Oct 15 | May 19 | Oct 30 |
| 1959 | May 9 | Sep 30 | May 9 | Nov 4 |
| 1958 | May 1 | Oct 21 | Apr 25 | Oct 21 |
| 1957 | no data | Oct 23 | no data | Nov 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.