Frost history / El Centro 2 Ssw, CA
El Centro 2 Ssw, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00042713, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation -30 ft, 32.767, -115.562. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 1 | Dec 8 |
| Earliest | Jan 3 (1993) | Nov 4 (1956) |
| Latest | Apr 21 (1983) | Dec 30 (1969) |
| Trend | 3.0 days earlier per decade | 2.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 66, 26 with no freeze | 69, 32 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 22 and the median first fall date is Dec 12.
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 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2024 | none | none | none | none |
| 2023 | none | none | none | none |
| 2022 | none | Dec 13 | none | Dec 13 |
| 2021 | none | none | none | none |
| 2020 | none | none | none | none |
| 2019 | Jan 4 | no data | none | no data |
| 2017 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2016 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 2014 | none | Dec 29 | none | none |
| 2013 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2012 | none | none | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 4 | none | Feb 3 | none |
| 2010 | none | none | none | none |
| 2009 | none | none | none | none |
| 2007 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2006 | none | none | none | none |
| 2005 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2004 | none | none | none | none |
| 2003 | none | Dec 28 | none | none |
| 2002 | Jan 30 | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 2001 | none | none | none | none |
| 2000 | none | none | none | none |
| 1999 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1998 | none | Dec 22 | none | none |
| 1997 | none | none | none | none |
| 1996 | none | none | none | none |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | none | none | none | none |
| 1993 | Jan 3 | none | none | none |
| 1992 | none | none | none | none |
| 1991 | Jan 29 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 1990 | Feb 15 | Dec 22 | Feb 14 | Dec 22 |
| 1989 | Feb 6 | none | none | none |
| 1988 | Jan 20 | Dec 26 | none | none |
| 1987 | Jan 20 | Dec 14 | Jan 16 | Dec 25 |
| 1986 | none | none | none | none |
| 1985 | Mar 28 | none | Mar 28 | none |
| 1984 | Jan 19 | Nov 25 | none | none |
| 1983 | Apr 21 | Nov 20 | none | none |
| 1982 | Jan 23 | Dec 29 | none | none |
| 1981 | none | none | none | none |
| 1980 | none | Nov 14 | none | none |
| 1979 | Jan 29 | Nov 20 | Jan 29 | none |
| 1978 | none | Dec 5 | none | Dec 5 |
| 1977 | Jan 15 | none | Jan 13 | none |
| 1976 | Jan 13 | Nov 28 | Jan 3 | Nov 28 |
| 1975 | Feb 23 | Nov 30 | Jan 8 | Dec 2 |
| 1974 | Feb 6 | no data | Jan 3 | no data |
| 1973 | Jan 29 | none | Jan 7 | none |
| 1972 | Feb 3 | Dec 12 | Feb 3 | Dec 12 |
| 1971 | Mar 6 | Dec 9 | Jan 14 | Dec 9 |
| 1970 | Jan 31 | none | Jan 30 | none |
| 1969 | Feb 1 | Dec 30 | none | none |
| 1968 | Jan 8 | Dec 3 | none | Dec 19 |
| 1967 | Mar 4 | Dec 10 | Jan 9 | none |
| 1966 | Mar 4 | Dec 28 | Jan 23 | none |
| 1965 | Mar 5 | Dec 25 | Feb 13 | none |
| 1964 | Feb 26 | Nov 16 | Jan 13 | Dec 15 |
| 1963 | Jan 22 | Dec 12 | Jan 21 | none |
| 1962 | Mar 1 | Dec 28 | Feb 28 | none |
| 1961 | Jan 4 | Nov 22 | none | Dec 8 |
| 1960 | Feb 25 | Nov 29 | Jan 20 | Dec 6 |
| 1959 | Jan 21 | Dec 6 | none | Dec 27 |
| 1958 | Jan 23 | Nov 17 | none | none |
| 1957 | Jan 30 | Nov 30 | none | none |
| 1956 | Feb 18 | Nov 4 | Feb 4 | Nov 21 |
| 1955 | Feb 24 | none | Feb 22 | none |
| 1954 | none | Dec 26 | none | Dec 29 |
| 1953 | Feb 21 | Dec 6 | none | Dec 24 |
| 1952 | Jan 11 | Nov 27 | Jan 5 | none |
| 1951 | Mar 4 | Dec 8 | Feb 2 | Dec 9 |
"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.