Last Frost Day

Frost history / Burbank Valley Pump Plt, CA

Burbank Valley Pump Plt, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00041194, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 655 ft, 34.187, -118.348. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJan 30Dec 19
EarliestJan 1 (2015)Nov 16 (1978)
LatestApr 5 (1978)Dec 31 (2014)
Trend1.7 days earlier per decade1.9 days later per decade
Years with data64, 31 with no freeze63, 31 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 7 and the median first fall date is Dec 21.

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)

Dec 16Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 1519601970198019902000201020201951: Feb 281952: Jan 91955: Feb 201956: Feb 171957: Jan 281960: Jan 31963: Jan 141965: Feb 121967: Jan 101968: Jan 301969: Feb 11970: Jan 61971: Mar 21972: Feb 31973: Jan 211974: Mar 41975: Mar 171977: Mar 181978: Apr 51980: Mar 231982: Jan 231983: Jan 31984: Jan 151985: Mar 281987: Jan 211989: Jan 141990: Feb 161993: Jan 42001: Jan 62002: Feb 12012: Mar 72013: Jan 152015: Jan 1

First fall frost (32°F)

Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201954: Dec 291958: Nov 171962: Dec 281967: Dec 201968: Dec 211969: Dec 311971: Nov 201972: Dec 61973: Nov 271974: Dec 241975: Nov 301976: Nov 281977: Dec 121978: Nov 161979: Nov 211980: Nov 181982: Dec 261984: Dec 171985: Dec 121987: Dec 261988: Dec 271990: Dec 221992: Dec 201994: Nov 201997: Dec 271998: Dec 222002: Dec 262004: Nov 302013: Dec 92014: Dec 312015: Dec 272016: Dec 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
2025nonenonenonenone
2024nonenonenonenone
2023nonenonenonenone
2022nonenonenonenone
2021nonenonenonenone
2020nonenonenonenone
2019nonenonenonenone
2018nonenonenonenone
2017nonenonenonenone
2016noneDec 18nonenone
2015Jan 1Dec 27Jan 1none
2014noneDec 31nonenone
2013Jan 15Dec 9nonenone
2012Mar 7nonenonenone
2006noneno datanoneno data
2005nonenonenonenone
2004noneNov 30nonenone
2002Feb 1Dec 26nonenone
2001Jan 6nonenonenone
1998noneDec 22nonenone
1997noneDec 27nonenone
1996noneno datanoneno data
1995nonenonenonenone
1994noneNov 20nonenone
1993Jan 4no datanoneno data
1992noneDec 20nonenone
1991nonenonenonenone
1990Feb 16Dec 22noneDec 22
1989Jan 14nonenonenone
1988noneDec 27nonenone
1987Jan 21Dec 26noneDec 26
1986nonenonenonenone
1985Mar 28Dec 12Mar 6none
1984Jan 15Dec 17nonenone
1983Jan 3nonenonenone
1982Jan 23Dec 26Jan 23none
1981nonenonenonenone
1980Mar 23Nov 18nonenone
1979no dataNov 21no datanone
1978Apr 5Nov 16Feb 15Dec 8
1977Mar 18Dec 12nonenone
1976no dataNov 28no datanone
1975Mar 17Nov 30Jan 31Dec 15
1974Mar 4Dec 24Jan 2Dec 30
1973Jan 21Nov 27Jan 7none
1972Feb 3Dec 6Jan 5Dec 9
1971Mar 2Nov 20Jan 5none
1970Jan 6noneJan 4none
1969Feb 1Dec 31nonenone
1968Jan 30Dec 21noneDec 21
1967Jan 10Dec 20nonenone
1965Feb 12nonenonenone
1964nonenonenonenone
1963Jan 14nonenonenone
1962noneDec 28nonenone
1961nonenonenonenone
1960Jan 3nonenonenone
1959nonenonenonenone
1958noneNov 17nonenone
1957Jan 28noneJan 28none
1956Feb 17nonenonenone
1955Feb 20nonenonenone
1954noneDec 29nonenone
1953nonenonenonenone
1952Jan 9nonenonenone
1951Feb 28nonenonenone

"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.