Last Frost Day

Frost history / Covelo, CA

Covelo, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00042081, 1951 to 2010, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,413 ft, 39.816, -123.244. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 6Oct 17
EarliestApr 2 (1990)Sep 14 (1970)
LatestJun 13 (1981)Nov 18 (1988)
Trend3.9 days earlier per decade0.9 days later per decade
Years with data4850

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 and the median first fall date is Oct 30.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101951: Apr 301952: Jun 121953: May 221954: May 11955: Apr 271956: May 121959: May 181960: May 221961: May 121962: May 201963: May 121965: May 81966: Jun 31967: May 121968: May 61969: May 41971: May 171972: Apr 301974: May 161975: May 51978: May 61979: May 81980: May 251981: Jun 131983: May 101984: Apr 281985: May 81987: Apr 191989: Apr 271990: Apr 21991: May 101992: Apr 61993: Apr 121994: Apr 101995: Apr 211996: Apr 201997: Apr 111998: May 261999: Jun 82000: Apr 282001: May 22002: May 112004: Apr 222005: Apr 192007: Apr 162008: May 12009: Apr 252010: May 11

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 261960197019801990200020101951: Oct 261952: Nov 11953: Oct 21954: Oct 11955: Oct 271956: Sep 221959: Oct 281960: Oct 91961: Oct 91962: Oct 161963: Oct 271964: Oct 171966: Oct 121967: Oct 131968: Sep 201970: Sep 141971: Oct 161972: Oct 271973: Oct 31975: Oct 231976: Oct 201977: Nov 41978: Oct 281979: Oct 291981: Oct 41982: Oct 51983: Oct 151984: Oct 171986: Nov 11988: Nov 181989: Oct 281990: Oct 71991: Oct 231992: Nov 91993: Oct 281994: Oct 161995: Oct 121996: Oct 161997: Oct 251998: Oct 101999: Oct 172000: Oct 222001: Oct 242002: Oct 22003: Oct 132004: Oct 272007: Oct 62008: Oct 112009: Oct 52010: Oct 27

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
2010May 11Oct 27Mar 19Nov 18
2009Apr 25Oct 5Apr 16Oct 28
2008May 1Oct 11Apr 24Oct 11
2007Apr 16Oct 6Mar 29Nov 20
2005Apr 19no dataMar 30no data
2004Apr 22Oct 27Feb 12Nov 5
2003no dataOct 13no dataNov 1
2002May 11Oct 2Apr 19Oct 27
2001May 2Oct 24Apr 14Nov 8
2000Apr 28Oct 22Mar 20Nov 9
1999Jun 8Oct 17Apr 9Nov 22
1998May 26Oct 10Apr 12Oct 30
1997Apr 11Oct 25Apr 9Oct 25
1996Apr 20Oct 16Mar 26Oct 20
1995Apr 21Oct 12Apr 21Oct 22
1994Apr 10Oct 16Mar 22Oct 16
1993Apr 12Oct 28Feb 28Nov 2
1992Apr 6Nov 9Feb 7Nov 9
1991May 10Oct 23Apr 12Nov 15
1990Apr 2Oct 7Mar 13Oct 7
1989Apr 27Oct 28Mar 14Oct 29
1988no dataNov 18no dataNov 18
1987Apr 19no dataApr 19no data
1986no dataNov 1no dataNov 17
1985May 8no dataMar 29no data
1984Apr 28Oct 17Mar 5Oct 27
1983May 10Oct 15Apr 13Nov 8
1982no dataOct 5no dataNov 2
1981Jun 13Oct 4May 5Nov 27
1980May 25no dataApr 7no data
1979May 8Oct 29Apr 19Nov 13
1978May 6Oct 28Feb 28Oct 30
1977no dataNov 4no dataNov 9
1976no dataOct 20no dataOct 27
1975May 5Oct 23May 4Oct 23
1974May 16no dataMar 9no data
1973no dataOct 3no dataNov 3
1972Apr 30Oct 27Apr 18Oct 29
1971May 17Oct 16Apr 21Oct 17
1970no dataSep 14no dataOct 7
1969May 4no dataMar 19no data
1968May 6Sep 20May 6Oct 8
1967May 12Oct 13Apr 28Oct 14
1966Jun 3Oct 12Mar 22Oct 12
1965May 8no dataMay 7no data
1964no dataOct 17no dataOct 17
1963May 12Oct 27Mar 25Nov 1
1962May 20Oct 16Mar 18Nov 7
1961May 12Oct 9Apr 19Oct 22
1960May 22Oct 9Mar 10Nov 9
1959May 18Oct 28May 3Oct 29
1956May 12Sep 22Mar 27Oct 24
1955Apr 27Oct 27Apr 27Oct 27
1954May 1Oct 1Mar 14Oct 18
1953May 22Oct 2Apr 12Nov 18
1952Jun 12Nov 1Mar 22Nov 1
1951Apr 30Oct 26Apr 1Nov 16

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.