Last Frost Day

Frost history / Callahan, CA

Callahan, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00041316, 1953 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,085 ft, 41.338, -122.825. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 29Sep 22
EarliestMay 1 (1992)Aug 24 (1960)
LatestJul 14 (1993)Oct 27 (1963)
Trend0.8 days later per decade0.5 days earlier per decade
Years with data6363

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 11 and the median first fall date is Oct 13.

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 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 291960197019801990200020101954: Jun 61955: Jun 291956: Jun 61957: May 151958: May 141959: May 281960: Jun 201961: May 271962: Jun 51963: Jun 291964: May 221965: May 261967: May 151968: May 221969: May 191970: May 141972: Jun 111973: May 261974: May 171975: Jun 251976: Jul 11977: Jun 21978: May 251979: May 291980: May 251981: May 161982: May 281983: May 171984: Jun 111985: May 151986: May 221987: Jun 11988: Jun 81989: May 261990: May 241991: Jun 201992: May 11993: Jul 141994: Jun 71995: Jun 81996: May 241997: May 21998: May 281999: Jul 72000: Jun 92001: Jun 132002: Jun 92003: May 192004: May 292005: Jun 52006: May 292007: Jun 62008: Jun 112009: May 132010: Jun 172011: Jun 32012: Jun 262013: Jun 192014: Jun 182015: May 262016: May 212017: May 182018: Jun 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 111960197019801990200020101953: Oct 21954: Sep 181955: Sep 151956: Oct 131957: Sep 191958: Sep 201959: Sep 161960: Aug 241961: Sep 221962: Oct 51963: Oct 271964: Sep 21965: Sep 171966: Sep 121967: Oct 141968: Sep 201969: Oct 21971: Oct 11972: Sep 121973: Oct 21974: Oct 41975: Oct 111976: Oct 171977: Sep 221978: Sep 191979: Oct 211980: Oct 171981: Sep 301982: Sep 151983: Sep 201984: Sep 221985: Oct 81986: Sep 131987: Sep 161988: Sep 181989: Oct 31990: Oct 61991: Oct 231992: Sep 141993: Sep 211994: Oct 31995: Oct 41996: Sep 231997: Oct 51998: Oct 41999: Sep 22000: Sep 232001: Oct 92002: Sep 302003: Sep 162004: Sep 212005: Sep 102006: Sep 162007: Sep 242008: Sep 222009: Sep 302010: Sep 232011: Oct 72013: Sep 192014: Sep 42015: Sep 42016: Oct 12017: Sep 22

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
2018Jun 10no dataApr 17no data
2017May 18Sep 22May 17Oct 4
2016May 21Oct 1Apr 26Nov 2
2015May 26Sep 4May 13Nov 4
2014Jun 18Sep 4May 28Oct 26
2013Jun 19Sep 19May 22Sep 27
2012Jun 26no dataMay 10no data
2011Jun 3Oct 7May 28Oct 25
2010Jun 17Sep 23May 23Oct 27
2009May 13Sep 30May 12Oct 1
2008Jun 11Sep 22May 12Oct 10
2007Jun 6Sep 24May 5Sep 24
2006May 29Sep 16Apr 19Oct 10
2005Jun 5Sep 10Apr 20Sep 25
2004May 29Sep 21May 12Oct 10
2003May 19Sep 16May 19Oct 13
2002Jun 9Sep 30May 22Oct 2
2001Jun 13Oct 9May 3Oct 9
2000Jun 9Sep 23May 12Oct 22
1999Jul 7Sep 2Jun 8Oct 15
1998May 28Oct 4May 17Oct 16
1997May 2Oct 5May 1Oct 24
1996May 24Sep 23May 3Oct 14
1995Jun 8Oct 4May 12Oct 4
1994Jun 7Oct 3Apr 12Oct 16
1993Jul 14Sep 21May 8Nov 1
1992May 1Sep 14Apr 23Nov 9
1991Jun 20Oct 23Jun 13Oct 23
1990May 24Oct 6May 8Oct 6
1989May 26Oct 3May 19Oct 4
1988Jun 8Sep 18May 3Nov 9
1987Jun 1Sep 16Apr 19Nov 14
1986May 22Sep 13May 22Nov 2
1985May 15Oct 8May 4Oct 9
1984Jun 11Sep 22May 16Sep 24
1983May 17Sep 20May 11Nov 7
1982May 28Sep 15Apr 29Oct 18
1981May 16Sep 30May 6Oct 12
1980May 25Oct 17May 23Oct 22
1979May 29Oct 21May 8Oct 29
1978May 25Sep 19May 6Oct 29
1977Jun 2Sep 22Jun 2Oct 9
1976Jul 1Oct 17Apr 26Oct 27
1975Jun 25Oct 11May 21Oct 23
1974May 17Oct 4May 17Oct 21
1973May 26Oct 2Apr 30Oct 3
1972Jun 11Sep 12Apr 30Oct 25
1971no dataOct 1no dataOct 1
1970May 14no dataMay 12no data
1969May 19Oct 2May 3Oct 4
1968May 22Sep 20May 7Sep 21
1967May 15Oct 14May 2Oct 15
1966no dataSep 12no dataOct 13
1965May 26Sep 17May 24Sep 17
1964May 22Sep 2May 7Oct 17
1963Jun 29Oct 27May 9Oct 27
1962Jun 5Oct 5Apr 30Oct 5
1961May 27Sep 22May 14Oct 7
1960Jun 20Aug 24May 22Sep 21
1959May 28Sep 16May 20Oct 28
1958May 14Sep 20May 13Sep 24
1957May 15Sep 19Apr 25Oct 7
1956Jun 6Oct 13May 11Oct 19
1955Jun 29Sep 15May 16Sep 26
1954Jun 6Sep 18Jun 6Sep 29
1953no dataOct 2no dataOct 2

"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.