Last Frost Day

Frost history / East Park Rsvr, CA

East Park Rsvr, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00042640, 1951 to 2003, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,205 ft, 39.359, -122.518. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 20Nov 7
EarliestMar 1 (1993)Oct 1 (1971)
LatestJun 8 (1995)Nov 28 (1976)
Trend0.5 days earlier per decade0.7 days earlier per decade
Years with data4848

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 14 and the median first fall date is Nov 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14196019701980199020001951: Apr 301952: Apr 141953: May 91954: Mar 141955: Apr 271956: Apr 11957: Mar 231958: Mar 171959: Mar 271960: May 221961: Apr 241962: Apr 291963: Apr 211964: May 41965: May 51966: Mar 231967: Apr 301968: Apr 221969: Apr 251970: Apr 291971: May 161972: Apr 251973: Apr 191974: May 191975: May 51976: Apr 111977: May 61978: Apr 211979: Apr 191980: Apr 101981: Apr 111982: Apr 171988: May 11989: Mar 181990: Mar 131991: Mar 281992: Apr 71993: Mar 11994: Apr 261995: Jun 81996: Apr 181997: Apr 101998: Apr 161999: Apr 272000: May 112001: Apr 152002: Apr 182003: Apr 5

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11196019701980199020001951: Nov 171952: Nov 21953: Nov 71954: Nov 251955: Oct 311956: Oct 241957: Nov 41958: Nov 121959: Nov 41960: Nov 191961: Oct 211962: Nov 181963: Oct 311964: Nov 141965: Nov 221966: Nov 221967: Nov 231968: Nov 131969: Nov 171970: Oct 261971: Oct 11972: Oct 291973: Nov 21974: Nov 81975: Oct 281976: Nov 281977: Nov 41978: Nov 11979: Oct 211980: Nov 121981: Nov 141986: Nov 251987: Nov 151988: Nov 181989: Oct 301990: Nov 151991: Oct 281992: Nov 211993: Nov 161994: Oct 301995: Nov 31996: Oct 211997: Oct 261998: Nov 91999: Nov 112000: Oct 312001: Nov 72002: Oct 31

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
2003Apr 5no dataApr 3no data
2002Apr 18Oct 31Apr 18Oct 31
2001Apr 15Nov 7Apr 10Dec 11
2000May 11Oct 31Feb 24Nov 10
1999Apr 27Nov 11Apr 9Nov 22
1998Apr 16Nov 9Apr 15Nov 9
1997Apr 10Oct 26Apr 9Dec 2
1996Apr 18Oct 21Apr 17Nov 30
1995Jun 8Nov 3Mar 24Dec 17
1994Apr 26Oct 30Feb 16Nov 3
1993Mar 1Nov 16Feb 22Nov 17
1992Apr 7Nov 21Feb 16Nov 21
1991Mar 28Oct 28Feb 2Nov 17
1990Mar 13Nov 15Mar 12Nov 27
1989Mar 18Oct 30Feb 16Nov 28
1988May 1Nov 18Feb 6Nov 18
1987no dataNov 15no dataNov 28
1986no dataNov 25no dataNov 25
1982Apr 17no dataMar 6no data
1981Apr 11Nov 14Feb 25Nov 14
1980Apr 10Nov 12Mar 16Nov 12
1979Apr 19Oct 21Feb 23Nov 20
1978Apr 21Nov 1noneNov 12
1977May 6Nov 4Mar 29Nov 19
1976Apr 11Nov 28Apr 2Nov 29
1975May 5Oct 28Apr 17Nov 9
1974May 19Nov 8Mar 10Nov 23
1973Apr 19Nov 2Jan 29Nov 3
1972Apr 25Oct 29Apr 13Oct 29
1971May 16Oct 1Apr 24Oct 29
1970Apr 29Oct 26Apr 28Dec 12
1969Apr 25Nov 17Mar 14Nov 17
1968Apr 22Nov 13Jan 29Dec 2
1967Apr 30Nov 23Feb 21Dec 1
1966Mar 23Nov 22Mar 20Nov 23
1965May 5Nov 22Feb 24Nov 28
1964May 4Nov 14Apr 24Nov 14
1963Apr 21Oct 31Mar 18Nov 18
1962Apr 29Nov 18Mar 13Dec 25
1961Apr 24Oct 21Mar 7Nov 11
1960May 22Nov 19Mar 10Nov 27
1959Mar 27Nov 4Mar 27Nov 17
1958Mar 17Nov 12Mar 13Nov 15
1957Mar 23Nov 4Mar 22Nov 30
1956Apr 1Oct 24Mar 6Nov 15
1955Apr 27Oct 31Apr 27Oct 31
1954Mar 14Nov 25Mar 13Nov 30
1953May 9Nov 7Apr 9Dec 21
1952Apr 14Nov 2Mar 2Nov 17
1951Apr 30Nov 17Mar 30Nov 23

"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.