Last Frost Day

Frost history / La Sal 1SW, UT

La Sal 1SW, UT: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00424947, 1978 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,787 ft, 38.301, -109.266. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 24Sep 27
EarliestApr 20 (2018)Sep 8 (1985)
LatestJun 25 (1993)Oct 30 (2024)
Trend4.2 days earlier per decade3.6 days later per decade
Years with data3838

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 8 and the median first fall date is Oct 9.

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)

Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14198019902000201020201979: Jun 191980: May 261981: Jun 151982: Jun 61983: Jun 141984: Jun 91985: May 141986: May 231987: May 31988: May 311989: May 311990: Jun 21991: May 131992: May 101993: Jun 251995: Jun 101996: May 261997: May 271998: May 222001: Jun 142002: May 242003: May 112004: May 302010: May 272011: May 252012: May 272013: May 32014: May 142015: May 112017: May 222018: Apr 202019: May 242020: Jun 92021: May 232022: May 242023: Apr 262024: May 232025: May 20

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11198019902000201020201978: Sep 121979: Oct 201980: Sep 231981: Oct 91982: Sep 141983: Sep 201984: Sep 251985: Sep 81986: Sep 251987: Sep 151988: Sep 191989: Sep 131990: Oct 81991: Oct 41992: Sep 261993: Sep 141994: Oct 71995: Sep 221996: Sep 141997: Oct 92002: Oct 42003: Sep 182004: Sep 222009: Sep 222010: Oct 102011: Oct 72012: Oct 72013: Sep 282014: Oct 22016: Oct 42017: Sep 252018: Oct 142019: Oct 62020: Sep 92021: Oct 92022: Oct 232023: Oct 32024: Oct 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
2025May 20no dataApr 28no data
2024May 23Oct 30May 23Oct 31
2023Apr 26Oct 3Apr 26Oct 13
2022May 24Oct 23May 21Oct 23
2021May 23Oct 9May 22Oct 10
2020Jun 9Sep 9Apr 18Sep 9
2019May 24Oct 6Apr 12Oct 7
2018Apr 20Oct 14Apr 18Oct 15
2017May 22Sep 25May 22Oct 3
2016no dataOct 4no dataOct 4
2015May 11no dataApr 18no data
2014May 14Oct 2May 14Oct 13
2013May 3Sep 28May 3Oct 4
2012May 27Oct 7Apr 16Oct 7
2011May 25Oct 7May 3Oct 7
2010May 27Oct 10May 12Oct 24
2009no dataSep 22no dataSep 22
2004May 30Sep 22Apr 20Oct 23
2003May 11Sep 18May 10Oct 26
2002May 24Oct 4May 22Oct 13
2001Jun 14no dataApr 23no data
1998May 22no dataMay 15no data
1997May 27Oct 9May 2Oct 13
1996May 26Sep 14May 26Sep 27
1995Jun 10Sep 22Apr 26Sep 22
1994no dataOct 7no dataOct 16
1993Jun 25Sep 14May 9Oct 19
1992May 10Sep 26Apr 21Oct 6
1991May 13Oct 4May 5Oct 27
1990Jun 2Oct 8Jun 2Oct 9
1989May 31Sep 13May 31Oct 19
1988May 31Sep 19May 8Sep 19
1987May 3Sep 15Apr 22Oct 20
1986May 23Sep 25May 11Oct 4
1985May 14Sep 8May 14Sep 8
1984Jun 9Sep 25May 8Sep 25
1983Jun 14Sep 20May 18Sep 20
1982Jun 6Sep 14May 6Oct 2
1981Jun 15Oct 9Jun 15Oct 16
1980May 26Sep 23May 26Oct 18
1979Jun 19Oct 20May 12Oct 21
1978no dataSep 12no dataSep 19

"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.