Frost history / Calaveras Big Trees, CA
Calaveras Big Trees, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00041277, 1951 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,695 ft, 38.277, -120.311. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 24 | Oct 15 |
| Earliest | Apr 6 (1992) | Aug 21 (1968) |
| Latest | Jul 18 (1987) | Nov 27 (1995) |
| Trend | 4.6 days earlier per decade | 4.1 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 61 | 58 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 29 and the median first fall date is Nov 8.
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Apr 11 | no data | Apr 2 | no data |
| 2017 | no data | Oct 21 | no data | Nov 18 |
| 2016 | May 22 | no data | Mar 30 | no data |
| 2015 | May 8 | Nov 3 | Apr 8 | Nov 5 |
| 2014 | no data | Nov 1 | no data | Dec 14 |
| 2010 | no data | Oct 26 | no data | Oct 27 |
| 2008 | May 1 | no data | Apr 25 | no data |
| 2007 | May 5 | Oct 5 | Apr 19 | Oct 6 |
| 2006 | May 29 | Nov 9 | Apr 18 | Nov 12 |
| 2005 | Jun 7 | Oct 4 | Apr 20 | Nov 27 |
| 2004 | Apr 19 | Sep 20 | Apr 18 | Oct 28 |
| 2003 | Apr 30 | Oct 30 | Apr 30 | Oct 31 |
| 2002 | May 23 | Oct 26 | May 2 | Dec 3 |
| 2001 | Apr 22 | Nov 13 | Apr 21 | Nov 25 |
| 2000 | May 11 | Oct 12 | May 11 | Nov 10 |
| 1999 | Jun 4 | Oct 29 | May 15 | Nov 18 |
| 1998 | May 30 | Oct 4 | Apr 17 | Nov 9 |
| 1997 | Apr 24 | Oct 7 | Apr 10 | Dec 2 |
| 1996 | Apr 24 | Oct 19 | Apr 21 | Oct 20 |
| 1995 | Jun 16 | Nov 27 | Apr 21 | Dec 16 |
| 1994 | May 20 | Oct 15 | Apr 26 | Nov 3 |
| 1993 | May 13 | Nov 12 | Apr 6 | Nov 13 |
| 1992 | Apr 6 | Nov 9 | Mar 18 | Nov 9 |
| 1991 | May 20 | Oct 27 | Apr 18 | Oct 28 |
| 1990 | Jun 1 | Oct 20 | Mar 15 | Nov 2 |
| 1989 | May 24 | Oct 25 | Apr 25 | Oct 26 |
| 1988 | Jun 10 | Nov 9 | May 30 | Nov 18 |
| 1987 | Jul 18 | Nov 3 | Mar 26 | Nov 15 |
| 1986 | May 22 | Sep 20 | May 7 | Nov 7 |
| 1985 | Jun 1 | Oct 9 | Apr 25 | Nov 9 |
| 1984 | May 16 | Oct 15 | Apr 27 | Oct 18 |
| 1983 | May 11 | Nov 8 | Apr 25 | Nov 8 |
| 1982 | May 18 | Sep 30 | May 10 | Oct 27 |
| 1981 | Jun 13 | Oct 12 | Apr 12 | Oct 12 |
| 1980 | May 27 | Oct 14 | May 25 | Oct 15 |
| 1979 | May 10 | Oct 21 | May 9 | Nov 10 |
| 1978 | May 26 | Sep 18 | May 25 | Nov 11 |
| 1977 | May 24 | Oct 31 | May 18 | Nov 19 |
| 1976 | May 28 | Oct 29 | Apr 17 | Nov 27 |
| 1975 | Jun 25 | Oct 7 | May 6 | Oct 24 |
| 1974 | May 21 | Oct 29 | May 20 | Nov 2 |
| 1973 | May 26 | no data | May 5 | no data |
| 1972 | Jun 11 | Sep 11 | Apr 29 | Oct 29 |
| 1971 | Jun 2 | Sep 27 | Jun 1 | Sep 27 |
| 1970 | May 20 | Sep 14 | May 12 | Oct 25 |
| 1969 | Jun 28 | Oct 5 | May 1 | Oct 18 |
| 1968 | Jun 6 | Aug 21 | May 24 | Oct 15 |
| 1967 | Jun 2 | Oct 6 | May 12 | Nov 22 |
| 1966 | Jun 3 | Sep 13 | Apr 21 | Oct 13 |
| 1965 | Jun 27 | Sep 19 | May 24 | Nov 10 |
| 1964 | Jun 10 | Sep 2 | May 4 | Nov 11 |
| 1963 | Jun 29 | no data | May 12 | no data |
| 1962 | Jun 4 | Oct 15 | Apr 29 | Nov 17 |
| 1961 | May 13 | Oct 9 | May 7 | Oct 22 |
| 1960 | May 23 | Oct 9 | May 22 | Nov 8 |
| 1959 | May 28 | Sep 15 | May 5 | Nov 16 |
| 1958 | May 13 | no data | Apr 25 | no data |
| 1957 | May 21 | Oct 4 | Apr 1 | Nov 3 |
| 1956 | May 14 | Oct 12 | Apr 13 | Oct 24 |
| 1955 | Jun 1 | Oct 27 | May 15 | Oct 27 |
| 1954 | Jun 10 | Oct 23 | May 1 | Oct 24 |
| 1953 | Jun 2 | Oct 15 | May 24 | Nov 17 |
| 1952 | Jun 15 | Nov 3 | Jun 12 | Nov 16 |
| 1951 | May 14 | Oct 5 | May 13 | Oct 22 |
"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.