Last Frost Day

Frost history / Camp Pardee, CA

Camp Pardee, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00041428, 1951 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 658 ft, 38.249, -120.843. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianFeb 13Dec 12
EarliestJan 3 (1974)Nov 14 (1971)
LatestApr 17 (1963)Dec 29 (1964)
Trend3.3 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data58, 7 with no freeze60, 12 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 28 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 15Apr 301960197019801990200020101951: Mar 111952: Mar 211953: Mar 31954: Mar 131955: Feb 281956: Mar 71957: Feb 41959: Jan 211960: Jan 171961: Jan 211962: Mar 231963: Apr 171964: Mar 71965: Jan 81966: Mar 31967: Jan 241968: Jan 91969: Feb 131970: Jan 61971: Mar 61972: Mar 261973: Jan 201974: Jan 31975: Feb 221976: Jan 111977: Mar 101978: Feb 171979: Feb 41980: Jan 221981: Jan 301982: Feb 231983: Jan 201984: Feb 221985: Mar 31987: Feb 261988: Jan 191989: Feb 91990: Feb 191991: Mar 271992: Feb 41993: Jan 131994: Jan 71996: Feb 261997: Jan 152000: Jan 62001: Feb 132002: Mar 182004: Jan 52007: Jan 172011: Feb 272012: Mar 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 101960197019801990200020101951: Dec 71954: Dec 181956: Dec 71959: Dec 261960: Dec 61961: Dec 81962: Nov 291963: Nov 211964: Dec 291965: Dec 161966: Dec 271967: Dec 81968: Dec 21969: Dec 271970: Dec 251971: Nov 141972: Dec 51974: Dec 221975: Nov 181976: Dec 241977: Nov 191978: Dec 51979: Dec 251980: Dec 61982: Dec 251984: Dec 231985: Dec 91987: Dec 121988: Dec 271989: Dec 111990: Dec 201991: Dec 141992: Dec 181993: Nov 241994: Nov 181996: Dec 201997: Dec 211998: Dec 51999: Dec 82001: Dec 152002: Dec 222003: Nov 232004: Dec 252006: Nov 292007: Dec 212008: Dec 172009: Dec 72010: Nov 24

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
2012Mar 7no datanoneno data
2011Feb 27nonenonenone
2010noneNov 24nonenone
2009no dataDec 7no datanone
2008no dataDec 17no datanone
2007Jan 17Dec 21Jan 13none
2006noneNov 29nonenone
2005nonenonenonenone
2004Jan 5Dec 25nonenone
2003noneNov 23nonenone
2002Mar 18Dec 22Jan 31none
2001Feb 13Dec 15nonenone
2000Jan 6nonenonenone
1999no dataDec 8no datanone
1998noneDec 5noneDec 21
1997Jan 15Dec 21Jan 14none
1996Feb 26Dec 20nonenone
1995nonenonenonenone
1994Jan 7Nov 18nonenone
1993Jan 13Nov 24Jan 5Dec 24
1992Feb 4Dec 18noneDec 26
1991Mar 27Dec 14noneDec 16
1990Feb 19Dec 20Feb 15Dec 20
1989Feb 9Dec 11Feb 7none
1988Jan 19Dec 27nonenone
1987Feb 26Dec 12Jan 16Dec 17
1986nonenonenonenone
1985Mar 3Dec 9noneDec 11
1984Feb 22Dec 23nonenone
1983Jan 20noneJan 2none
1982Feb 23Dec 25Jan 7none
1981Jan 30nonenonenone
1980Jan 22Dec 6Jan 22none
1979Feb 4Dec 25Feb 4none
1978Feb 17Dec 5noneDec 5
1977Mar 10Nov 19noneNov 19
1976Jan 11Dec 24nonenone
1975Feb 22Nov 18Jan 28none
1974Jan 3Dec 22nonenone
1973Jan 20nonenonenone
1972Mar 26Dec 5Feb 2Dec 5
1971Mar 6Nov 14Mar 1none
1970Jan 6Dec 25noneDec 25
1969Feb 13Dec 27nonenone
1968Jan 9Dec 2noneDec 21
1967Jan 24Dec 8noneDec 15
1966Mar 3Dec 27nonenone
1965Jan 8Dec 16noneDec 23
1964Mar 7Dec 29Jan 5none
1963Apr 17Nov 21Jan 19Dec 24
1962Mar 23Nov 29Feb 28none
1961Jan 21Dec 8Jan 21Dec 11
1960Jan 17Dec 6Jan 5none
1959Jan 21Dec 26noneDec 31
1957Feb 4noneJan 30none
1956Mar 7Dec 7Feb 17Dec 21
1955Feb 28nonenonenone
1954Mar 13Dec 18noneDec 27
1953Mar 3noneMar 3none
1952Mar 21nonenonenone
1951Mar 11Dec 7Mar 2none

"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.