Frost history / Farmington Rgnl Ap, NM
Farmington Rgnl Ap, NM: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00023090, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5,495 ft, 36.744, -108.229. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 7 | Oct 15 |
| Earliest | Apr 16 (1952) | Sep 18 (2006) |
| Latest | May 27 (2012) | Nov 7 (1962) |
| Trend | 1.1 days later per decade | 1.2 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 46 | 46 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 18 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | May 7 | Oct 30 | Apr 8 | Oct 31 |
| 2023 | Apr 29 | Oct 13 | Apr 16 | Oct 30 |
| 2022 | May 13 | Oct 24 | Apr 25 | Oct 25 |
| 2021 | Apr 28 | Oct 15 | Apr 19 | Nov 13 |
| 2020 | May 8 | Oct 12 | Apr 15 | Oct 26 |
| 2019 | May 20 | Oct 7 | Apr 14 | Oct 11 |
| 2018 | Apr 18 | Oct 15 | Apr 18 | Oct 15 |
| 2017 | May 20 | Sep 24 | Apr 11 | Sep 25 |
| 2016 | Apr 30 | Oct 7 | Apr 19 | Nov 17 |
| 2015 | May 10 | Oct 28 | Apr 17 | Oct 28 |
| 2014 | May 15 | Oct 29 | Apr 30 | Nov 4 |
| 2013 | May 4 | Sep 28 | Apr 24 | Oct 19 |
| 2012 | May 27 | Oct 7 | Apr 16 | Oct 26 |
| 2011 | May 10 | Oct 9 | May 2 | Nov 2 |
| 2010 | May 12 | Oct 25 | May 12 | Oct 26 |
| 2009 | Apr 27 | Oct 2 | Apr 16 | Oct 6 |
| 2008 | May 11 | Oct 12 | May 3 | Oct 12 |
| 2007 | May 7 | Sep 30 | Apr 19 | Oct 7 |
| 2006 | Apr 29 | Sep 18 | Apr 20 | Oct 19 |
| 2005 | May 12 | Nov 1 | Apr 21 | Nov 1 |
| 2004 | May 14 | Oct 14 | Mar 29 | Oct 23 |
| 2003 | May 11 | Oct 26 | May 10 | Oct 26 |
| 2002 | May 22 | Oct 16 | Apr 21 | Nov 6 |
| 2001 | Apr 24 | Oct 15 | Apr 13 | Oct 25 |
| 2000 | Apr 20 | Sep 25 | Mar 19 | Nov 2 |
| 1999 | May 7 | Sep 29 | Apr 16 | Oct 17 |
| 1998 | May 15 | Oct 6 | Apr 21 | Oct 6 |
| 1969 | Apr 27 | Oct 5 | Apr 8 | Oct 30 |
| 1968 | May 7 | Oct 17 | Apr 9 | Oct 17 |
| 1967 | May 4 | Oct 16 | May 2 | Oct 30 |
| 1966 | Apr 21 | Oct 14 | Apr 21 | Nov 2 |
| 1965 | May 9 | Oct 18 | Apr 15 | Nov 22 |
| 1964 | Apr 26 | Oct 24 | Apr 26 | Nov 4 |
| 1963 | Apr 24 | Nov 1 | Apr 24 | Nov 17 |
| 1962 | May 1 | Nov 7 | Mar 31 | Nov 8 |
| 1961 | Apr 27 | Oct 23 | Apr 25 | Nov 3 |
| 1960 | May 20 | Oct 29 | Apr 25 | Oct 31 |
| 1959 | Apr 22 | Nov 4 | Apr 17 | Nov 5 |
| 1958 | Apr 26 | Oct 21 | Apr 14 | Oct 22 |
| 1957 | Apr 28 | Oct 23 | Apr 26 | Nov 8 |
| 1956 | May 15 | Oct 15 | Apr 8 | Oct 25 |
| 1955 | May 16 | Oct 7 | Apr 20 | Oct 7 |
| 1954 | Apr 16 | Oct 15 | Apr 2 | Oct 27 |
| 1953 | May 11 | Oct 24 | May 11 | Oct 25 |
| 1952 | Apr 16 | Oct 14 | Apr 2 | Oct 16 |
| 1951 | May 16 | Oct 6 | Apr 13 | Oct 14 |
"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.