Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date …
1972: The First National Bank of Muleshoe had compiled the region’s first freeze dates from 1950 to 1971.
The earliest freeze in those 22 years occurred Oct. 7, in 1951 and 1952.
The latest first freeze occurred Nov. 20, 1964.
Temperatures across eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle were the coolest this fall over the weekend. But temperatures did not drop below 40 degrees and they’re not expected to fall below 40 for at least another week.
The Farmer’s Almanac reports the average first frost of fall occurs Oct. 23 in the Clovis area; the last average spring frost falls on April 19.
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