Frost history / Death Valley Np, CA
Death Valley Np, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00042319, 1961 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation -194 ft, 36.462, -116.867. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jan 24 | Dec 11 |
| Earliest | Jan 4 (2019) | Nov 7 (2000) |
| Latest | Mar 4 (1989) | Dec 31 (1969) |
| Trend | 3.3 days earlier per decade | 0.8 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 64, 16 with no freeze | 65, 11 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 11 and the median first fall date is Dec 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | none | none | none | none |
| 2024 | Jan 13 | none | none | none |
| 2023 | none | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Jan 4 | none | none | none |
| 2021 | none | none | none | none |
| 2020 | none | Dec 5 | none | none |
| 2019 | Jan 4 | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 2018 | none | none | none | none |
| 2017 | none | none | none | none |
| 2016 | Jan 15 | Dec 20 | none | none |
| 2015 | Jan 5 | Nov 30 | none | Dec 19 |
| 2014 | Jan 22 | Dec 29 | none | none |
| 2013 | Jan 16 | Dec 6 | none | none |
| 2012 | Jan 14 | Dec 21 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 3 | Dec 7 | none | none |
| 2010 | Jan 6 | Nov 26 | Jan 6 | none |
| 2009 | Jan 7 | Dec 9 | none | Dec 9 |
| 2008 | none | Dec 20 | none | none |
| 2007 | Jan 18 | Dec 16 | Jan 17 | none |
| 2006 | none | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 2005 | none | Dec 6 | none | none |
| 2004 | none | Nov 30 | none | none |
| 2003 | none | Dec 14 | none | Dec 28 |
| 2002 | Feb 3 | Dec 28 | Feb 1 | none |
| 2001 | Feb 12 | Dec 17 | none | none |
| 2000 | Jan 11 | Nov 7 | Jan 9 | Dec 20 |
| 1999 | Jan 7 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 8 |
| 1998 | Jan 28 | Dec 11 | Jan 8 | Dec 22 |
| 1997 | Feb 9 | Dec 13 | Jan 18 | Dec 13 |
| 1996 | Jan 27 | Dec 3 | none | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | Jan 20 | Dec 26 | none | Dec 28 |
| 1994 | Feb 14 | Nov 25 | none | Dec 10 |
| 1993 | Jan 13 | Nov 15 | Jan 6 | Nov 15 |
| 1992 | Jan 27 | Dec 17 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1991 | Feb 2 | Dec 6 | Jan 2 | none |
| 1990 | Feb 19 | Dec 8 | Feb 19 | Dec 22 |
| 1989 | Mar 4 | Dec 1 | Mar 4 | none |
| 1988 | Jan 21 | Dec 27 | none | Dec 30 |
| 1987 | Jan 11 | Dec 15 | none | Dec 27 |
| 1986 | none | none | none | none |
| 1985 | Feb 8 | Nov 20 | Feb 7 | Dec 13 |
| 1984 | none | Dec 15 | none | Dec 23 |
| 1983 | Jan 21 | Dec 7 | Jan 4 | none |
| 1982 | Feb 11 | Dec 17 | none | none |
| 1981 | none | none | none | none |
| 1980 | none | Dec 11 | none | none |
| 1979 | Feb 4 | Dec 13 | none | none |
| 1978 | none | Dec 9 | none | Dec 9 |
| 1977 | Jan 13 | none | Jan 11 | none |
| 1976 | Jan 9 | Nov 29 | none | Dec 25 |
| 1975 | Jan 30 | Nov 30 | Jan 4 | none |
| 1974 | Jan 5 | none | Jan 3 | none |
| 1973 | Jan 24 | Dec 4 | Jan 8 | none |
| 1972 | Feb 3 | Dec 6 | Jan 6 | Dec 10 |
| 1971 | Jan 11 | Dec 9 | none | none |
| 1970 | Jan 31 | Dec 26 | Jan 4 | none |
| 1969 | Feb 1 | Dec 31 | none | none |
| 1968 | Jan 30 | Dec 4 | Jan 14 | Dec 22 |
| 1967 | Jan 19 | Dec 11 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1966 | Feb 14 | Dec 24 | Jan 24 | Dec 25 |
| 1965 | Feb 12 | Dec 19 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1964 | Jan 25 | Dec 14 | Jan 13 | Dec 16 |
| 1963 | Jan 25 | Dec 13 | Jan 21 | none |
| 1962 | Feb 28 | Dec 27 | Jan 16 | Dec 27 |
| 1961 | no data | Dec 12 | no data | none |
"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.