Frost history / Alturas, CA
Alturas, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00040161, 1951 to 2004, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,378 ft, 41.490, -120.544. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 27 | Aug 31 |
| Earliest | May 13 (1958) | Aug 3 (1956) |
| Latest | Jul 31 (1975) | Sep 20 (1981) |
| Trend | 1.5 days later per decade | 1.4 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 53 | 48 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 27 and the median first fall date is Sep 16.
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.
Chart
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Jun 1 | no data | May 13 | no data |
| 2003 | May 20 | no data | May 20 | no data |
| 2002 | Jun 11 | Aug 5 | Jun 8 | Sep 8 |
| 2001 | Jun 29 | Sep 6 | Jun 4 | Sep 6 |
| 2000 | Jun 11 | Sep 3 | Jun 1 | Sep 4 |
| 1999 | Jul 5 | Aug 31 | Jun 9 | Aug 31 |
| 1998 | Jun 27 | Sep 19 | May 18 | Sep 23 |
| 1997 | Jul 11 | Aug 26 | May 25 | Sep 21 |
| 1996 | Jun 19 | Sep 5 | May 23 | Sep 5 |
| 1995 | Jun 12 | Aug 18 | Apr 30 | Oct 4 |
| 1994 | Jun 14 | Sep 10 | May 1 | Sep 10 |
| 1993 | Jul 18 | Sep 14 | Jul 18 | Sep 21 |
| 1992 | Jun 13 | Aug 22 | May 21 | Sep 13 |
| 1991 | Jun 22 | Sep 11 | Jun 14 | Sep 22 |
| 1990 | Jul 3 | Sep 13 | Jun 11 | Oct 7 |
| 1989 | Jul 3 | Sep 8 | May 30 | Oct 3 |
| 1988 | Jun 30 | Sep 13 | Jun 29 | Sep 13 |
| 1987 | Jul 18 | Aug 15 | Jun 1 | Sep 16 |
| 1986 | Jul 17 | Sep 10 | May 22 | Sep 10 |
| 1985 | May 30 | Aug 9 | May 18 | Sep 18 |
| 1984 | Jun 30 | Aug 25 | Jun 1 | Sep 12 |
| 1983 | Jul 19 | Sep 2 | May 16 | Sep 9 |
| 1982 | Jun 9 | Aug 31 | Jun 9 | Sep 20 |
| 1981 | Jul 12 | Sep 20 | May 16 | Sep 21 |
| 1980 | Jul 10 | Aug 30 | Jun 5 | Sep 21 |
| 1979 | Jun 19 | Aug 16 | May 31 | Sep 24 |
| 1978 | Jun 30 | Aug 18 | Jun 25 | Aug 18 |
| 1977 | Jul 5 | Aug 31 | May 28 | Sep 21 |
| 1976 | Jul 2 | Aug 26 | Jul 1 | Sep 7 |
| 1975 | Jul 31 | Aug 7 | May 25 | Sep 2 |
| 1974 | Jul 12 | no data | Jun 26 | no data |
| 1973 | Jul 1 | no data | Jun 18 | no data |
| 1972 | Jun 12 | Aug 17 | Jun 11 | Sep 11 |
| 1971 | Jun 29 | Sep 3 | May 18 | Sep 3 |
| 1970 | May 15 | Sep 12 | May 13 | Sep 14 |
| 1969 | May 28 | Aug 5 | May 3 | Oct 4 |
| 1968 | Jun 29 | Sep 16 | May 8 | Sep 21 |
| 1967 | Jun 3 | Sep 12 | May 14 | Sep 12 |
| 1966 | Jul 8 | no data | Jun 4 | no data |
| 1965 | Jul 28 | Sep 8 | May 11 | Sep 17 |
| 1964 | May 28 | Aug 29 | May 15 | Sep 2 |
| 1963 | Jul 2 | Aug 3 | Jun 29 | Aug 25 |
| 1962 | Jun 7 | Aug 24 | Jun 4 | Sep 9 |
| 1961 | Jul 6 | Sep 11 | May 27 | Sep 22 |
| 1960 | May 28 | Aug 23 | May 22 | Aug 23 |
| 1959 | Jun 10 | Aug 21 | May 19 | Sep 16 |
| 1958 | May 13 | Sep 13 | May 13 | Sep 24 |
| 1957 | Jun 16 | Aug 16 | May 3 | Sep 19 |
| 1956 | Jun 12 | Aug 3 | May 14 | Sep 22 |
| 1955 | Jul 7 | Aug 16 | Jun 1 | Sep 22 |
| 1954 | Jun 18 | Sep 6 | Jun 1 | Sep 14 |
| 1952 | Jun 16 | Sep 8 | Jun 13 | Oct 14 |
| 1951 | Jun 4 | Aug 30 | May 12 | 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.