Last Frost Day

Frost history / Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl, CA

Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00042574, 1978 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,169 ft, 41.183, -122.282. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 20Oct 24
EarliestMar 25 (2013)Sep 10 (1998)
LatestMay 28 (2011)Nov 22 (2025)
Trend2.3 days later per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4647

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 and the median first fall date is Nov 9.

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 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14198019902000201020201979: Apr 201980: May 231981: Apr 121982: Apr 171983: May 81984: Apr 201985: Apr 191986: May 71987: Apr 41988: Apr 51989: Mar 301990: Mar 311991: Apr 171992: Apr 81993: Apr 201994: Apr 111995: May 121996: Apr 201997: Apr 81998: Apr 181999: May 162000: May 132001: Apr 142002: Apr 192003: May 12004: Apr 152005: Apr 152006: Apr 192007: May 42008: Apr 302009: Apr 252010: May 222011: May 282012: Apr 292013: Mar 252014: May 192016: Mar 312017: May 172018: Apr 192019: May 22020: May 42021: Apr 272022: May 122023: Apr 202024: May 62025: Apr 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11198019902000201020201978: Nov 21979: Oct 211980: Oct 171981: Oct 121982: Oct 71983: Nov 71984: Oct 171985: Oct 91986: Sep 291987: Nov 111988: Nov 181989: Oct 41990: Oct 201991: Oct 231992: Nov 91993: Nov 31994: Nov 31995: Oct 241996: Oct 171997: Oct 251998: Sep 101999: Oct 102000: Oct 242001: Oct 122002: Oct 262003: Nov 12004: Oct 252005: Oct 302006: Oct 292007: Sep 302008: Oct 232009: Oct 62010: Oct 272011: Oct 282012: Oct 252013: Oct 152014: Nov 22015: Nov 52016: Sep 302017: Oct 42018: Nov 92019: Oct 12020: Oct 262021: Oct 82022: Oct 242023: Oct 262025: Nov 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
2025Apr 5Nov 22Mar 20Nov 28
2024May 6no dataApr 6no data
2023Apr 20Oct 26Apr 20Oct 26
2022May 12Oct 24May 10Nov 2
2021Apr 27Oct 8Mar 21Nov 7
2020May 4Oct 26Apr 2Nov 9
2019May 2Oct 1Mar 30Oct 28
2018Apr 19Nov 9Mar 27Nov 9
2017May 17Oct 4Apr 14Nov 7
2016Mar 31Sep 30Mar 8Nov 17
2015no dataNov 5no dataNov 5
2014May 19Nov 2Mar 20Nov 17
2013Mar 25Oct 15Mar 10Nov 17
2012Apr 29Oct 25Apr 8Nov 11
2011May 28Oct 28Apr 26Nov 3
2010May 22Oct 27May 22Oct 27
2009Apr 25Oct 6Apr 16Nov 8
2008Apr 30Oct 23Apr 25Dec 6
2007May 4Sep 30Apr 21Nov 23
2006Apr 19Oct 29Mar 20Oct 31
2005Apr 15Oct 30Apr 15Nov 26
2004Apr 15Oct 25Feb 13Nov 21
2003May 1Nov 1Mar 6Nov 1
2002Apr 19Oct 26Mar 26Oct 31
2001Apr 14Oct 12Apr 12Nov 27
2000May 13Oct 24Mar 24Nov 9
1999May 16Oct 10Apr 9Oct 10
1998Apr 18Sep 10Apr 16Nov 9
1997Apr 8Oct 25Apr 6Dec 2
1996Apr 20Oct 17Mar 29Oct 21
1995May 12Oct 24Mar 29Dec 3
1994Apr 11Nov 3Apr 7Nov 3
1993Apr 20Nov 3Mar 1Nov 8
1992Apr 8Nov 9Feb 8Nov 9
1991Apr 17Oct 23Apr 7Nov 16
1990Mar 31Oct 20Mar 14Nov 20
1989Mar 30Oct 4Mar 15Nov 27
1988Apr 5Nov 18Mar 24Nov 18
1987Apr 4Nov 11Mar 21Nov 15
1986May 7Sep 29Mar 14Dec 2
1985Apr 19Oct 9Mar 28Nov 9
1984Apr 20Oct 17Apr 11Oct 18
1983May 8Nov 7Apr 14Nov 8
1982Apr 17Oct 7Apr 9Nov 13
1981Apr 12Oct 12Apr 12Nov 25
1980May 23Oct 17Apr 7Nov 12
1979Apr 20Oct 21Apr 19Nov 20
1978no dataNov 2no dataNov 11

"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.