Glide climate

Glide Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Idleyld Park 4 Ne, 13.4 km from Glide, elevation 1080 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Idleyld Park 4 Ne. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 27 and the first fall freeze around October 19, a growing season of about 176 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 21, first September 27
Median at 32°F
last April 27, first October 19
Median at 28°F
last March 21, first November 13

Last freeze in spring

The chance of a later freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one spring in ten still freezes after the date; planting after the 10 percent date for 32°F is the cautious choice.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FJun 12Jun 4May 30May 25May 21May 17May 13May 9May 1
32°FMay 15May 9May 5May 1Apr 27Apr 23Apr 18Apr 12Apr 2
28°FApr 27Apr 13Apr 2Mar 28Mar 21Mar 13Mar 4Feb 26Feb 15
24°FMar 8Feb 28Feb 20Feb 12Jan 31Jan 16Jan 5Dec 25Dec 13
20°FJan 31Jan 18Jan 8Jan 3Dec 31Dec 24Dec 18Dec 13Dec 6
16°FJan 8Jan 3Dec 31Dec 25Dec 22Dec 19Dec 17Dec 13Dec 9

First freeze in fall

The chance of an earlier freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one fall in ten freezes before the date.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FSep 5Sep 11Sep 16Sep 21Sep 27Oct 1Oct 5Oct 11Oct 19
32°FSep 26Oct 4Oct 10Oct 14Oct 19Oct 24Oct 30Nov 3Nov 14
28°FOct 19Oct 26Nov 1Nov 6Nov 13Nov 20Nov 28Dec 5Dec 13
24°FNov 3Nov 18Nov 28Dec 5Dec 10Dec 14Dec 20Dec 28Jan 14
20°FNov 25Dec 5Dec 10Dec 14Dec 19Dec 24Dec 30Jan 3Jan 15
16°FDec 8Dec 12Dec 15Dec 17Dec 21Dec 24Dec 28Jan 1Jan 7

Growing season length

Days between the last spring and first fall freeze at each threshold, with the chance of a season at least that long.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°F15714613913312612111510696
32°F208196189182176169163155144
28°F287271257247239230221211196
24°F359347336326315306296282265
20°F365365365365361354347339326
16°F365365365365365365365364352

How often it gets that cold

The share of years with at least one night at or below each temperature.

36°F or colder
100% of years
32°F or colder
100% of years
28°F or colder
100% of years
24°F or colder
91% of years
20°F or colder
52% of years
16°F or colder
19% of years

Degree days

A degree day is one degree of the daily mean temperature beyond a base, for one day. Heating degree days count cold (the fuel a house burns), cooling degree days heat, growing degree days the warmth a crop needs; each crop has its own base.

Heating degree days, base 65°F
4,850
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
256
Growing degree days, base 40°F
4,759
Growing degree days, base 45°F
3,345
Growing degree days, base 50°F
2,209
Growing degree days, base 55°F
1,333
Growing degree days, base 60°F
682

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January78002
February63305
March586020
April443071
May2658218
June13221340
July27103541
August3095530
September12629353
October3901112
November623015
December81702

What this means

NOAA computes these from the daily lows at the station over 1991-2020, fitting the dates of each year's last and first freeze to a distribution, so a date can be stated at any level of risk. 36°F is a frost risk for tender plants on a clear, calm night, since the ground cools below the air above it; 32°F is a freeze; 28°F is a hard freeze that kills most annuals.

The station is 13.4 km from Glide. Low ground, valleys and open fields freeze earlier and later than a town center or a hillside.

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Sources

NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, annual and seasonal normals for station USC00354126 (Idleyld Park 4 Ne). Public domain.