Frost history / Springfield Comanche, CO
Springfield Comanche, CO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003028, 1998 to 2023, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,383 ft, 37.283, -102.614. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 4 | Oct 13 |
| Earliest | Apr 9 (2003) | Sep 9 (2020) |
| Latest | May 22 (2019) | Nov 5 (2015) |
| Trend | 0.6 days earlier per decade | 1.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 25 | 26 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 17 and the median first fall date is Oct 19.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Apr 22 | Oct 13 | Apr 21 | Oct 15 |
| 2022 | Apr 24 | Oct 17 | Apr 16 | Oct 25 |
| 2021 | Apr 22 | Oct 14 | Apr 21 | Oct 16 |
| 2020 | May 10 | Sep 9 | Apr 17 | Oct 23 |
| 2019 | May 22 | Oct 7 | Apr 19 | Oct 10 |
| 2018 | May 3 | Oct 16 | Apr 27 | Oct 16 |
| 2017 | May 4 | Oct 10 | Apr 23 | Oct 15 |
| 2016 | May 2 | Oct 6 | Apr 2 | Oct 7 |
| 2015 | May 10 | Nov 5 | Apr 10 | Nov 7 |
| 2014 | May 14 | Oct 28 | May 2 | Oct 31 |
| 2013 | May 6 | Oct 5 | May 3 | Oct 6 |
| 2012 | Apr 16 | Oct 8 | Mar 9 | Oct 26 |
| 2011 | May 16 | Oct 19 | May 2 | Oct 27 |
| 2010 | May 14 | Oct 26 | Apr 8 | Oct 26 |
| 2009 | Apr 18 | Oct 1 | Apr 8 | Oct 10 |
| 2008 | May 11 | Oct 23 | May 11 | Oct 23 |
| 2007 | Apr 26 | Oct 18 | Apr 14 | Nov 3 |
| 2006 | Apr 26 | Oct 18 | Apr 26 | Oct 21 |
| 2005 | Apr 29 | Oct 6 | Apr 9 | Oct 24 |
| 2004 | May 14 | Oct 14 | May 14 | Oct 30 |
| 2003 | Apr 9 | Oct 14 | Apr 9 | Oct 26 |
| 2002 | May 12 | Oct 12 | Apr 22 | Oct 15 |
| 2001 | Apr 23 | Oct 5 | Apr 14 | Oct 13 |
| 2000 | May 19 | Sep 24 | Apr 16 | Sep 25 |
| 1999 | May 7 | Sep 29 | Apr 17 | Sep 29 |
| 1998 | no data | Oct 17 | no data | Oct 18 |
"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.