Last Frost Day

Frost history / Meeker Ap, CO

Meeker Ap, CO: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00094050, 1997 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,390 ft, 40.049, -107.885. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 31Sep 17
EarliestMay 13 (2023)Sep 7 (2010)
LatestJun 22 (2004)Oct 13 (2015)
Trend1.8 days earlier per decade0.5 days earlier per decade
Years with data2728

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 16 and the median first fall date is Oct 3.

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)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 292000201020201998: May 221999: Jun 52000: May 192001: Jun 152002: May 262003: May 212004: Jun 222005: Jun 82006: May 312007: Jun 82008: Jun 132009: May 142010: May 312011: Jun 102012: Jun 112013: Jun 12014: Jun 192015: May 162016: May 232017: Jun 132018: May 162019: Jun 102020: May 262021: May 252022: Jun 152023: May 132024: May 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 272000201020201997: Sep 291998: Sep 261999: Sep 132000: Sep 232001: Sep 82002: Sep 222003: Sep 142004: Sep 152005: Sep 152006: Sep 162007: Sep 112008: Sep 232009: Sep 212010: Sep 72011: Oct 62012: Sep 132013: Sep 262014: Sep 122015: Oct 132016: Sep 102017: Sep 242018: Sep 212019: Sep 132020: Sep 82021: Sep 212022: Sep 112023: Sep 232024: Sep 18

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

"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.