Last Frost Day

Frost history / San Jon, NM

San Jon, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00297867, 1951 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,230 ft, 35.109, -103.328. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 17Oct 20
EarliestMar 20 (2012)Sep 21 (1983)
LatestMay 19 (1971)Nov 9 (2016)
Trend1.2 days earlier per decade0.9 days later per decade
Years with data6765

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 8 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 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 161952: Apr 101953: May 141954: May 31955: Apr 131956: Apr 201957: Apr 141958: Apr 241959: Apr 221960: May 11962: May 11963: Apr 61964: May 91965: May 91966: Apr 201967: May 21968: Apr 231969: Mar 301970: Apr 131971: May 191972: Apr 281974: Apr 161975: Apr 301976: Mar 311977: Apr 51978: May 31979: May 41980: Apr 141981: Apr 51982: Apr 221983: Apr 151984: May 81985: Apr 51986: Apr 151987: Apr 101988: Apr 121989: Apr 101990: May 41991: May 11992: Apr 31993: Apr 221994: Apr 291995: Apr 231996: Apr 291997: Apr 271998: Apr 191999: Apr 172000: Apr 162001: Apr 122002: Apr 42003: Apr 112004: Apr 242005: May 22006: Apr 82007: Apr 142008: Apr 122009: Apr 102010: Apr 82011: May 32012: Mar 202013: May 32014: Apr 152015: Apr 202017: Apr 302018: Apr 152019: Apr 142020: Apr 17

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 221952: Oct 141953: Oct 51954: Oct 151955: Oct 71956: Oct 211957: Oct 261958: Oct 221959: Oct 271960: Oct 201961: Oct 111962: Nov 61963: Nov 91964: Oct 201965: Oct 11966: Oct 151967: Oct 161968: Nov 91969: Oct 131970: Sep 261971: Oct 291972: Oct 191973: Oct 251974: Nov 41975: Oct 251976: Oct 81977: Oct 111979: Oct 221980: Oct 191981: Oct 261982: Oct 101983: Sep 211984: Oct 201985: Oct 51986: Oct 121987: Oct 201988: Nov 51989: Oct 191990: Oct 91991: Oct 191992: Oct 81994: Nov 51995: Nov 21996: Oct 181997: Oct 251998: Oct 181999: Oct 182000: Nov 72001: Oct 132002: Oct 302004: Oct 12005: Nov 62006: Oct 312007: Oct 232008: Oct 232009: Oct 102010: Oct 282011: Oct 272012: Oct 262013: Oct 192014: Nov 62016: Nov 92017: Oct 102018: Oct 142020: Oct 23

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
2020Apr 17Oct 23Apr 17Oct 26
2019Apr 14no dataApr 1no data
2018Apr 15Oct 14Apr 8Oct 15
2017Apr 30Oct 10Mar 7Oct 28
2016no dataNov 9no dataNov 18
2015Apr 20no dataMar 6no data
2014Apr 15Nov 6Apr 15Nov 11
2013May 3Oct 19May 3Nov 6
2012Mar 20Oct 26Mar 20Oct 27
2011May 3Oct 27Mar 14Nov 3
2010Apr 8Oct 28Apr 8Oct 28
2009Apr 10Oct 10Apr 6Oct 11
2008Apr 12Oct 23Mar 19Oct 24
2007Apr 14Oct 23Apr 14Nov 6
2006Apr 8Oct 31Mar 24Oct 31
2005May 2Nov 6Apr 1Nov 16
2004Apr 24Oct 1Apr 13Nov 3
2003Apr 11no dataApr 8no data
2002Apr 4Oct 30Apr 3Nov 6
2001Apr 12Oct 13Mar 16Nov 27
2000Apr 16Nov 7Mar 19Nov 8
1999Apr 17Oct 18Apr 16Nov 2
1998Apr 19Oct 18Mar 31Nov 10
1997Apr 27Oct 25Apr 14Oct 25
1996Apr 29Oct 18Apr 6Oct 22
1995Apr 23Nov 2Apr 23Nov 2
1994Apr 29Nov 5Apr 6Nov 14
1993Apr 22no dataApr 22no data
1992Apr 3Oct 8Mar 30Nov 4
1991May 1Oct 19Mar 31Oct 29
1990May 4Oct 9Mar 26Oct 21
1989Apr 10Oct 19Apr 10Oct 19
1988Apr 12Nov 5Apr 3Nov 16
1987Apr 10Oct 20Mar 31Nov 9
1986Apr 15Oct 12Mar 21Oct 13
1985Apr 5Oct 5Apr 1Nov 2
1984May 8Oct 20Apr 4Nov 10
1983Apr 15Sep 21Apr 14Nov 10
1982Apr 22Oct 10Apr 6Nov 3
1981Apr 5Oct 26Mar 19Nov 9
1980Apr 14Oct 19Apr 14Oct 24
1979May 4Oct 22Apr 13Oct 31
1978May 3no dataMar 16no data
1977Apr 5Oct 11Apr 4Nov 2
1976Mar 31Oct 8Mar 31Oct 19
1975Apr 30Oct 25Apr 10Oct 25
1974Apr 16Nov 4Apr 16Nov 12
1973no dataOct 25no dataOct 31
1972Apr 28Oct 19Apr 15Oct 31
1971May 19Oct 29Apr 6Nov 7
1970Apr 13Sep 26Apr 4Oct 8
1969Mar 30Oct 13Mar 27Oct 13
1968Apr 23Nov 9Apr 23Nov 11
1967May 2Oct 16May 2Oct 31
1966Apr 20Oct 15Apr 20Oct 15
1965May 9Oct 1Apr 16Nov 14
1964May 9Oct 20Apr 13Nov 19
1963Apr 6Nov 9Mar 20Nov 12
1962May 1Nov 6Apr 24Nov 7
1961no dataOct 11no dataNov 3
1960May 1Oct 20Apr 30Oct 31
1959Apr 22Oct 27Apr 22Oct 27
1958Apr 24Oct 22Mar 19Nov 1
1957Apr 14Oct 26Apr 14Oct 27
1956Apr 20Oct 21Apr 18Nov 3
1955Apr 13Oct 7Apr 12Oct 24
1954May 3Oct 15May 3Oct 27
1953May 14Oct 5Apr 19Nov 8
1952Apr 10Oct 14Apr 10Oct 15
1951Apr 16Oct 22Apr 16Nov 1

"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.