Last Frost Day

Frost history / Pecos Nm, NM

Pecos Nm, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00296676, 1957 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,878 ft, 35.549, -105.689. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 21Oct 1
EarliestApr 23 (1992)Aug 26 (2017)
LatestJun 15 (1976)Oct 21 (2024)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade1.7 days later per decade
Years with data5349

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 4 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919601970198019902000201020201957: Jun 121959: May 311960: May 251969: May 81970: Jun 21971: Jun 21972: May 131973: May 291975: May 301976: Jun 151977: May 221979: Jun 91980: May 131981: May 221982: May 211983: Jun 141984: May 21985: May 231986: May 181987: May 301988: May 231989: May 31990: Jun 11991: May 121992: Apr 231993: May 111994: May 101995: May 311996: Apr 291998: Jun 51999: May 122000: May 192001: May 212002: May 252003: Jun 72004: May 22005: May 132006: May 122007: Jun 82008: May 112009: Apr 302012: May 282013: May 92014: May 162015: May 202018: May 42019: May 272020: May 222021: May 192022: May 252023: May 12024: May 222025: May 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 2719601970198019902000201020201957: Sep 121958: Oct 121961: Sep 281971: Sep 181972: Oct 11973: Sep 261975: Oct 11977: Oct 111978: Sep 211979: Oct 41980: Sep 251981: Oct 171982: Sep 291983: Sep 211984: Oct 11985: Sep 231986: Sep 251987: Sep 151988: Sep 191989: Oct 161990: Oct 31991: Sep 221992: Oct 71993: Sep 241994: Sep 241998: Oct 61999: Sep 292000: Sep 252001: Sep 92002: Oct 42003: Oct 122004: Sep 222005: Oct 72006: Sep 172007: Oct 82008: Oct 132010: Oct 92011: Oct 92012: Sep 262013: Sep 282014: Oct 32017: Aug 262018: Oct 62019: Oct 112021: Oct 112022: Oct 132023: Oct 72024: Oct 212025: Oct 17

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
2025May 21Oct 17Apr 30Oct 29
2024May 22Oct 21Apr 21Oct 30
2023May 1Oct 7Apr 29Oct 13
2022May 25Oct 13May 3Oct 25
2021May 19Oct 11Apr 29Oct 11
2020May 22no dataApr 17no data
2019May 27Oct 11Apr 14Oct 11
2018May 4Oct 6Apr 27Oct 15
2017no dataAug 26no dataAug 26
2015May 20no dataApr 28no data
2014May 16Oct 3May 14Oct 12
2013May 9Sep 28May 6Sep 28
2012May 28Sep 26Apr 17Oct 8
2011no dataOct 9no dataOct 18
2010no dataOct 9no dataOct 26
2009Apr 30no dataApr 19no data
2008May 11Oct 13May 11Oct 23
2007Jun 8Oct 8May 24Oct 8
2006May 12Sep 17Apr 26Sep 18
2005May 13Oct 7May 13Oct 23
2004May 2Sep 22May 2Oct 16
2003Jun 7Oct 12May 11Oct 26
2002May 25Oct 4May 13Oct 4
2001May 21Sep 9Apr 24Oct 11
2000May 19Sep 25May 13Sep 25
1999May 12Sep 29May 7Sep 29
1998Jun 5Oct 6Apr 28Oct 6
1996Apr 29no dataApr 29no data
1995May 31no dataMay 4no data
1994May 10Sep 24Apr 27Oct 18
1993May 11Sep 24May 9Oct 10
1992Apr 23Oct 7Apr 23Oct 7
1991May 12Sep 22May 12Oct 7
1990Jun 1Oct 3May 3Oct 9
1989May 3Oct 16May 3Nov 1
1988May 23Sep 19May 4Sep 28
1987May 30Sep 15May 7Oct 16
1986May 18Sep 25May 10Oct 2
1985May 23Sep 23May 14Oct 5
1984May 2Oct 1Apr 30Oct 15
1983Jun 14Sep 21May 18Sep 21
1982May 21Sep 29May 7Oct 2
1981May 22Oct 17Apr 13Oct 17
1980May 13Sep 25May 2Oct 17
1979Jun 9Oct 4May 11Oct 22
1978no dataSep 21no dataOct 4
1977May 22Oct 11Apr 22Oct 11
1976Jun 15no dataMay 13no data
1975May 30Oct 1May 22Oct 14
1973May 29Sep 26May 3Sep 28
1972May 13Oct 1May 2Oct 24
1971Jun 2Sep 18May 24Oct 4
1970Jun 2no dataMay 8no data
1969May 8no dataMay 7no data
1961no dataSep 28no dataOct 1
1960May 25no dataMay 25no data
1959May 31no dataMay 22no data
1958no dataOct 12no dataOct 13
1957Jun 12Sep 12May 23Sep 24

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.