Last Frost Day

Frost history / Burney, CA

Burney, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00041214, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,198 ft, 40.880, -121.655. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 21Aug 27
EarliestMay 13 (2009)Aug 1 (1987)
LatestJul 31 (1987)Oct 17 (2012)
Trend3.6 days earlier per decade4.8 days later per decade
Years with data5249

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 25 and the median first fall date is Sep 20.

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)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131960197019801990200020101951: Jul 281952: Jun 301953: Jun 241954: Jun 181955: Jul 171956: Jun 51957: Jun 161958: Jun 41959: Jun 151960: Jun 211961: Jul 61962: Jun 71963: Jul 21964: May 221965: Jun 271966: Jul 31967: May 301968: Jun 301969: May 281970: Jun 291971: May 221972: Jun 241973: Jun 191974: Jun 261975: Jul 311977: Jun 21978: Jun 251980: Jul 101981: Jul 151982: Jul 31983: Jul 191984: Jun 221985: Jul 11986: Jul 191987: Jul 311988: Jul 71989: Jul 291990: Jul 31991: Jun 212002: Jun 92003: May 192004: Jun 82005: Jun 72006: May 302007: Jun 72009: May 132010: Jun 172011: Jun 32012: Jun 72013: May 242014: May 312015: May 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 14Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271960197019801990200020101951: Sep 11952: Aug 271953: Sep 181954: Sep 61955: Aug 161956: Aug 31957: Aug 121958: Sep 131959: Aug 211960: Aug 231961: Aug 181962: Aug 301963: Aug 251964: Aug 291965: Sep 71966: Aug 241967: Sep 131968: Aug 171969: Aug 261970: Aug 271971: Sep 31972: Sep 111973: Aug 141974: Aug 191975: Sep 21976: Aug 261977: Aug 271978: Aug 141979: Aug 61980: Sep 11981: Aug 201982: Aug 301983: Sep 21984: Aug 231985: Aug 21986: Aug 181987: Aug 11988: Sep 71989: Aug 11990: Aug 311991: Aug 112005: Sep 102006: Sep 162009: Sep 302010: Oct 122011: Oct 32012: Oct 172013: Sep 182014: Oct 2

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
2015May 14no dataApr 17no data
2014May 31Oct 2May 10Oct 27
2013May 24Sep 18May 22Sep 26
2012Jun 7Oct 17May 18Oct 18
2011Jun 3Oct 3Jun 3Oct 25
2010Jun 17Oct 12May 29Oct 12
2009May 13Sep 30Apr 27Sep 30
2007Jun 7no dataMay 5no data
2006May 30Sep 16Apr 19Sep 16
2005Jun 7Sep 10Apr 20Sep 24
2004Jun 8no dataMay 12no data
2003May 19no dataMay 19no data
2002Jun 9no dataMay 11no data
1991Jun 21Aug 11Jun 17Sep 22
1990Jul 3Aug 31Jun 14Sep 13
1989Jul 29Aug 1May 26Sep 7
1988Jul 7Sep 7May 30Sep 11
1987Jul 31Aug 1Jul 30Sep 16
1986Jul 19Aug 18Jul 5Sep 10
1985Jul 1Aug 2Jul 1Aug 9
1984Jun 22Aug 23Jun 1Sep 22
1983Jul 19Sep 2May 17Sep 9
1982Jul 3Aug 30Jul 3Sep 11
1981Jul 15Aug 20Jun 14Aug 31
1980Jul 10Sep 1May 25Sep 21
1979no dataAug 6no dataSep 22
1978Jun 25Aug 14May 31Aug 18
1977Jun 2Aug 27May 28Sep 22
1976no dataAug 26no dataOct 3
1975Jul 31Sep 2May 25Oct 14
1974Jun 26Aug 19Jun 8Sep 12
1973Jun 19Aug 14Jun 18Sep 1
1972Jun 24Sep 11Jun 24Sep 13
1971May 22Sep 3May 22Sep 19
1970Jun 29Aug 27May 12Sep 5
1969May 28Aug 26Apr 27Oct 3
1968Jun 30Aug 17May 15Sep 20
1967May 30Sep 13May 13Oct 6
1966Jul 3Aug 24Jun 5Oct 3
1965Jun 27Sep 7May 11Sep 18
1964May 22Aug 29May 22Sep 2
1963Jul 2Aug 25May 10Oct 24
1962Jun 7Aug 30Jun 4Sep 19
1961Jul 6Aug 18May 24Sep 22
1960Jun 21Aug 23May 22Sep 22
1959Jun 15Aug 21May 20Sep 16
1958Jun 4Sep 13May 13Sep 24
1957Jun 16Aug 12May 15Aug 29
1956Jun 5Aug 3May 27Sep 16
1955Jul 17Aug 16Jun 1Sep 18
1954Jun 18Sep 6Jun 6Sep 18
1953Jun 24Sep 18May 27Oct 2
1952Jun 30Aug 27Jun 15Oct 14
1951Jul 28Sep 1Jun 2Oct 4

"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.