Last Frost Day

Frost history / Santa Fe Co Muni Ap, NM

Santa Fe Co Muni Ap, NM: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00023049, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,344 ft, 35.617, -106.089. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 4Oct 14
EarliestApr 17 (2012)Sep 9 (2020)
LatestMay 22 (2002)Oct 30 (2024)
Trend0.8 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data3434

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 19 and the median first fall date is Oct 26.

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 3019601970198019902000201020201951: May 31952: Apr 221953: May 111954: May 31955: May 31956: Apr 211957: Apr 261998: May 151999: May 62000: May 132001: May 222002: May 222003: May 112004: May 22005: May 122006: Apr 302007: May 72008: May 42009: Apr 272010: May 92011: May 202012: Apr 172013: May 42014: May 152015: May 102016: Apr 262017: May 202018: May 32019: May 102020: Apr 232021: Apr 292022: May 52023: Apr 292024: May 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 141952: Oct 71953: Oct 251954: Oct 151955: Oct 71956: Oct 201957: Oct 241998: Oct 61999: Sep 292000: Sep 252001: Oct 62002: Oct 202003: Oct 252004: Oct 142005: Oct 122006: Sep 192007: Oct 152008: Oct 222009: Oct 32010: Oct 252011: Oct 272012: Oct 82013: Oct 52014: Oct 142015: Oct 282016: Oct 202017: Oct 102018: Oct 142019: Oct 102020: Sep 92021: Oct 122022: Oct 242023: Oct 152024: 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
2024May 7Oct 30Apr 7Nov 1
2023Apr 29Oct 15Apr 23Oct 29
2022May 5Oct 24Apr 14Oct 25
2021Apr 29Oct 12Apr 19Oct 13
2020Apr 23Sep 9Apr 15Oct 26
2019May 10Oct 10Apr 14Oct 11
2018May 3Oct 14Apr 21Oct 15
2017May 20Oct 10Apr 6Oct 10
2016Apr 26Oct 20Apr 26Nov 10
2015May 10Oct 28Apr 17Nov 6
2014May 15Oct 14May 15Nov 4
2013May 4Oct 5May 3Oct 18
2012Apr 17Oct 8Apr 16Oct 26
2011May 20Oct 27May 3Oct 28
2010May 9Oct 25May 3Oct 26
2009Apr 27Oct 3Apr 7Oct 28
2008May 4Oct 22May 2Oct 23
2007May 7Oct 15Apr 14Oct 22
2006Apr 30Sep 19Apr 19Oct 27
2005May 12Oct 12Apr 9Nov 14
2004May 2Oct 14May 1Nov 1
2003May 11Oct 25Apr 9Oct 26
2002May 22Oct 20Apr 21Nov 5
2001May 22Oct 6Apr 23Oct 11
2000May 13Sep 25Apr 4Nov 2
1999May 6Sep 29May 6Oct 17
1998May 15Oct 6Apr 27Oct 17
1957Apr 26Oct 24Apr 8Nov 6
1956Apr 21Oct 20Apr 19Oct 25
1955May 3Oct 7Apr 12Oct 24
1954May 3Oct 15Apr 2Oct 26
1953May 11Oct 25May 3Nov 7
1952Apr 22Oct 7Apr 10Oct 15
1951May 3Oct 14May 3Oct 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.