Last Frost Day

Frost history / De Sabla, CA

De Sabla, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00042402, 1953 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,710 ft, 39.872, -121.611. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 28Nov 5
EarliestMar 13 (1990)Sep 20 (1982)
LatestJun 18 (1979)Dec 20 (2002)
Trend3.0 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data6258

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 31 and the median first fall date is Nov 22.

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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 291960197019801990200020101953: May 271954: May 11955: May 151956: Apr 131957: Apr 11958: Apr 241959: May 21960: May 221961: May 71962: May 201963: Apr 221964: May 61965: May 51966: Apr 201967: May 121968: May 151969: Apr 251970: May 121971: May 171972: Apr 291973: Apr 181974: May 191975: May 61976: Apr 161977: May 171978: May 161979: Jun 181981: Apr 121982: Jun 51983: May 91984: May 151985: Mar 301986: May 71988: Jun 101989: Apr 271990: Mar 131991: May 91992: Apr 71993: Apr 121994: Apr 251995: Apr 211996: Apr 211997: Apr 101998: May 121999: Apr 282000: May 112001: Apr 222002: Apr 172003: May 92004: Mar 262005: Apr 152006: Apr 192007: Apr 182008: Apr 302009: Apr 162012: Apr 142014: Apr 262015: Apr 82016: May 232017: Apr 152018: Apr 192019: Apr 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 261960197019801990200020101953: Nov 171954: Oct 241955: Nov 11956: Oct 241957: Nov 41958: Nov 151959: Nov 161960: Nov 81961: Oct 221962: Nov 291963: Nov 161964: Nov 101965: Oct 161966: Oct 131967: Nov 221968: Oct 151969: Nov 181970: Oct 241971: Sep 301972: Oct 291974: Nov 91975: Oct 231976: Nov 271977: Nov 61978: Nov 11980: Nov 121981: Oct 121982: Sep 201983: Nov 71984: Sep 241985: Nov 91986: Sep 211987: Nov 151988: Nov 91989: Nov 271991: Oct 231992: Nov 91993: Oct 171994: Oct 171995: Nov 261998: Nov 121999: Nov 182000: Nov 92001: Nov 232002: Dec 202003: Oct 302004: Oct 212005: Oct 272006: Nov 12007: Nov 202008: Dec 82009: Oct 282010: Nov 82011: Nov 42014: Nov 162015: Nov 32016: Oct 192017: 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
2019Apr 10no dataMar 13no data
2018Apr 19no dataMar 18no data
2017Apr 15Sep 22Mar 1Sep 22
2016May 23Oct 19May 22Dec 2
2015Apr 8Nov 3Jan 3Nov 7
2014Apr 26Nov 16Feb 6Dec 25
2012Apr 14no dataApr 6no data
2011no dataNov 4no dataDec 6
2010no dataNov 8no dataNov 24
2009Apr 16Oct 28Apr 15Nov 9
2008Apr 30Dec 8Apr 21Dec 13
2007Apr 18Nov 20Apr 18Dec 1
2006Apr 19Nov 1Mar 21Nov 24
2005Apr 15Oct 27Apr 14Nov 27
2004Mar 26Oct 21Feb 28Nov 21
2003May 9Oct 30Feb 28Nov 22
2002Apr 17Dec 20Mar 18Dec 22
2001Apr 22Nov 23Apr 10Dec 4
2000May 11Nov 9May 11Nov 11
1999Apr 28Nov 18Apr 10Nov 22
1998May 12Nov 12Mar 7Dec 5
1997Apr 10no dataMar 5no data
1996Apr 21no dataApr 20no data
1995Apr 21Nov 26Apr 21Dec 16
1994Apr 25Oct 17Mar 23Nov 2
1993Apr 12Oct 17Mar 10Nov 23
1992Apr 7Nov 9Mar 21Nov 9
1991May 9Oct 23Apr 11Oct 27
1990Mar 13no dataMar 13no data
1989Apr 27Nov 27Mar 3Nov 28
1988Jun 10Nov 9May 1Nov 19
1987no dataNov 15no dataNov 29
1986May 7Sep 21Mar 15Dec 1
1985Mar 30Nov 9Mar 29Nov 9
1984May 15Sep 24Apr 27Oct 15
1983May 9Nov 7Apr 13Nov 21
1982Jun 5Sep 20Apr 16Oct 7
1981Apr 12Oct 12Mar 31Oct 12
1980no dataNov 12no dataDec 6
1979Jun 18no dataMay 8no data
1978May 16Nov 1Apr 21Nov 12
1977May 17Nov 6Mar 31Nov 19
1976Apr 16Nov 27Apr 1Nov 28
1975May 6Oct 23Apr 26Nov 9
1974May 19Nov 9Mar 9Dec 22
1973Apr 18no dataApr 18no data
1972Apr 29Oct 29Apr 13Oct 29
1971May 17Sep 30Apr 24Oct 28
1970May 12Oct 24Apr 29Dec 14
1969Apr 25Nov 18Mar 14Dec 26
1968May 15Oct 15Apr 21Nov 1
1967May 12Nov 22Apr 30Nov 30
1966Apr 20Oct 13Mar 20Nov 23
1965May 5Oct 16Mar 18Nov 28
1964May 6Nov 10May 4Nov 13
1963Apr 22Nov 16Apr 21Nov 21
1962May 20Nov 29Mar 13Nov 29
1961May 7Oct 22Mar 3Oct 22
1960May 22Nov 8Feb 24Nov 15
1959May 2Nov 16Feb 13Dec 13
1958Apr 24Nov 15Mar 30Nov 15
1957Apr 1Nov 4Mar 22Nov 16
1956Apr 13Oct 24Apr 2Oct 24
1955May 15Nov 1Apr 27Nov 12
1954May 1Oct 24Mar 12Nov 30
1953May 27Nov 17Apr 12Nov 18

"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.