Last Frost Day

Frost history / Adin Rs, CA

Adin Rs, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00040029, 1955 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,195 ft, 41.194, -120.945. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 8Sep 11
EarliestMay 1 (1973)Aug 5 (1969)
LatestJul 3 (1966)Oct 16 (1963)
Trend3.8 days earlier per decade2.3 days later per decade
Years with data3232

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 10 and the median first fall date is Oct 1.

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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14196019701980199020001956: Jul 21957: Jun 161960: Jun 211962: Jun 61963: Jun 291964: May 211965: Jun 271966: Jul 31967: Jun 231968: May 241969: Jun 291970: Jun 301971: Jun 11972: Jun 121973: May 11974: May 301975: Jun 241977: Jun 21995: Jun 51996: May 231997: May 251998: May 261999: Jun 92000: May 312001: Jun 132002: Jun 92003: May 192004: Jun 82005: Jun 82006: May 92007: Jun 72008: Jun 11

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27196019701980199020001955: Sep 211956: Sep 211957: Sep 191960: Aug 231961: Sep 91962: Oct 51963: Oct 161964: Aug 191965: Sep 71966: Aug 311967: Sep 121968: Aug 171969: Aug 51970: Sep 51971: Sep 31972: Sep 111973: Sep 11974: Aug 201976: Sep 71995: Sep 291996: Sep 171997: Oct 111998: Oct 41999: Aug 312000: Sep 232001: Sep 62002: Sep 82003: Sep 172004: Sep 212005: Sep 242006: Sep 162007: Sep 15

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
2008Jun 11no dataMay 1no data
2007Jun 7Sep 15May 13Sep 30
2006May 9Sep 16Apr 18Sep 16
2005Jun 8Sep 24Apr 18Sep 24
2004Jun 8Sep 21Apr 15Oct 10
2003May 19Sep 17Apr 26Oct 10
2002Jun 9Sep 8May 23Oct 2
2001Jun 13Sep 6Jun 4Oct 9
2000May 31Sep 23May 31Sep 23
1999Jun 9Aug 31May 17Oct 15
1998May 26Oct 4May 18Oct 16
1997May 25Oct 11May 1Oct 24
1996May 23Sep 17May 4Oct 16
1995Jun 5Sep 29Apr 21Oct 4
1977Jun 2no dataMay 28no data
1976no dataSep 7no dataOct 17
1975Jun 24no dataMay 22no data
1974May 30Aug 20May 20Oct 4
1973May 1Sep 1May 1Oct 2
1972Jun 12Sep 11May 9Sep 11
1971Jun 1Sep 3May 19Oct 1
1970Jun 30Sep 5May 13Sep 5
1969Jun 29Aug 5Apr 30Sep 21
1968May 24Aug 17May 6Sep 21
1967Jun 23Sep 12May 31Oct 3
1966Jul 3Aug 31Jul 2Sep 12
1965Jun 27Sep 7May 10Sep 17
1964May 21Aug 19May 7Sep 18
1963Jun 29Oct 16Apr 23Oct 16
1962Jun 6Oct 5Jun 6Oct 5
1961no dataSep 9no dataSep 23
1960Jun 21Aug 23Jun 21Sep 22
1957Jun 16Sep 19Apr 25Sep 24
1956Jul 2Sep 21Apr 29Oct 13
1955no dataSep 21no dataSep 25

"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.