Last Frost Day

Frost history / Lamar Muni Ap, CO

Lamar Muni Ap, CO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003013, 1996 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,704 ft, 38.070, -102.688. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 5Oct 9
EarliestApr 8 (2009)Sep 24 (2000)
LatestMay 22 (2019)Oct 26 (2024)
Trend0.7 days earlier per decade1.2 days later per decade
Years with data2828

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 18 and the median first fall date is Oct 17.

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)

Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 302000201020201997: May 91998: Apr 301999: May 72000: May 192001: Apr 242002: May 132003: Apr 202004: Apr 232005: May 122006: May 112007: Apr 252008: May 112009: Apr 82010: May 142011: May 162012: Apr 162013: May 62014: May 142015: May 112016: May 22017: May 42018: Apr 272019: May 222020: Apr 252021: Apr 242022: May 12023: Apr 292024: May 8

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 112000201020201996: Oct 171997: Oct 91998: Oct 71999: Sep 282000: Sep 242001: Oct 52002: Oct 132003: Oct 142004: Oct 132005: Oct 62007: Oct 92008: Oct 232009: Oct 12010: Oct 122011: Oct 102012: Oct 72013: Oct 52014: Oct 42015: Oct 162016: Oct 52017: Oct 102018: Sep 272019: Oct 62020: Oct 122021: Oct 112022: Oct 92023: Oct 72024: Oct 26

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
2024May 8Oct 26Apr 9Oct 31
2023Apr 29Oct 7Apr 21Oct 14
2022May 1Oct 9Apr 16Oct 17
2021Apr 24Oct 11Apr 20Oct 15
2020Apr 25Oct 12Apr 17Oct 16
2019May 22Oct 6May 22Oct 10
2018Apr 27Sep 27Apr 19Oct 14
2017May 4Oct 10Apr 10Oct 15
2016May 2Oct 5May 2Oct 7
2015May 11Oct 16Apr 10Nov 7
2014May 14Oct 4May 2Nov 4
2013May 6Oct 5May 5Oct 19
2012Apr 16Oct 7Mar 16Oct 8
2011May 16Oct 10May 3Oct 19
2010May 14Oct 12Apr 9Oct 26
2009Apr 8Oct 1Apr 8Oct 2
2008May 11Oct 23May 11Oct 23
2007Apr 25Oct 9Apr 15Oct 19
2006May 11no dataApr 26no data
2005May 12Oct 6Apr 30Oct 7
2004Apr 23Oct 13Apr 13Oct 24
2003Apr 20Oct 14Apr 10Oct 17
2002May 13Oct 13Apr 22Oct 13
2001Apr 24Oct 5Apr 18Oct 5
2000May 19Sep 24Apr 16Oct 10
1999May 7Sep 28Apr 17Sep 29
1998Apr 30Oct 7Apr 22Oct 18
1997May 9Oct 9Apr 27Oct 26
1996no dataOct 17no dataOct 17

"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.