Frost history / Aspen Pitkin Co Ap, CO
Aspen Pitkin Co Ap, CO: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00093073, 1998 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 7,720 ft, 39.223, -106.868. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 7 | Sep 21 |
| Earliest | May 8 (2023) | Aug 28 (2004) |
| Latest | Jun 22 (2004) | Oct 23 (2015) |
| Trend | 6.2 days earlier per decade | 4.6 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 26 | 27 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 21 and the median first fall date is Oct 5.
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 24 | Sep 18 | May 24 | Oct 22 |
| 2023 | May 8 | Sep 23 | Apr 29 | Oct 14 |
| 2022 | Jun 21 | Oct 4 | May 25 | Oct 14 |
| 2021 | May 25 | Sep 21 | May 24 | Oct 11 |
| 2020 | May 25 | Sep 8 | May 25 | Sep 28 |
| 2019 | Jun 9 | Sep 21 | May 28 | Oct 3 |
| 2018 | May 15 | Sep 21 | Apr 27 | Oct 13 |
| 2017 | Jun 13 | Sep 24 | May 18 | Sep 25 |
| 2016 | May 29 | Sep 16 | May 11 | Oct 4 |
| 2015 | May 29 | Oct 23 | May 16 | Oct 24 |
| 2014 | Jun 15 | Oct 2 | May 14 | Oct 14 |
| 2013 | Jun 1 | Sep 20 | May 4 | Sep 28 |
| 2012 | Jun 11 | Sep 26 | May 28 | Oct 6 |
| 2011 | May 31 | Oct 6 | May 20 | Oct 6 |
| 2010 | Jun 12 | Sep 7 | May 30 | Oct 11 |
| 2009 | May 11 | Sep 21 | Apr 27 | Oct 1 |
| 2008 | Jun 13 | Sep 13 | Jun 13 | Oct 7 |
| 2007 | Jun 8 | Sep 25 | Jun 8 | Sep 25 |
| 2006 | May 31 | Sep 16 | May 29 | Sep 17 |
| 2005 | Jun 11 | Sep 15 | May 12 | Oct 5 |
| 2004 | Jun 22 | Aug 28 | May 14 | Sep 15 |
| 2003 | Jun 8 | Sep 10 | May 12 | Sep 14 |
| 2002 | May 26 | Sep 18 | May 23 | Oct 12 |
| 2001 | Jun 15 | Sep 8 | May 22 | Sep 9 |
| 2000 | Jun 17 | Sep 23 | May 13 | Sep 24 |
| 1999 | Jun 6 | Sep 5 | Jun 5 | Sep 27 |
| 1998 | no data | Sep 27 | no data | Oct 5 |
"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.