Frost history / Elsinore, CA
Elsinore, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00042805, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 1,268 ft, 33.686, -117.346. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 11 | Nov 27 |
| Earliest | Jan 2 (2015) | Oct 9 (1961) |
| Latest | May 25 (1953) | Dec 31 (2014) |
| Trend | 10.1 days earlier per decade | 3.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 51, 3 with no freeze | 51, 6 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 7 and the median first fall date is Dec 8.
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 | Jan 16 | none | none | none |
| 2024 | Jan 12 | Dec 12 | none | none |
| 2023 | Mar 2 | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Feb 26 | Dec 17 | none | none |
| 2021 | Jan 26 | Dec 12 | none | none |
| 2020 | Feb 5 | Nov 28 | Feb 5 | none |
| 2019 | no data | Nov 1 | no data | Dec 18 |
| 2018 | Feb 20 | no data | none | no data |
| 2017 | none | none | none | none |
| 2016 | Feb 2 | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 2015 | Jan 2 | Dec 30 | Jan 2 | none |
| 2014 | none | Dec 31 | none | none |
| 2013 | Feb 12 | none | Jan 15 | none |
| 2012 | Jan 18 | Dec 20 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 27 | Dec 4 | none | none |
| 2010 | none | Nov 25 | none | Dec 31 |
| 2009 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2001 | Feb 8 | Dec 5 | none | none |
| 2000 | Jan 9 | Nov 13 | none | none |
| 1999 | Apr 2 | Nov 23 | none | none |
| 1998 | Apr 4 | Dec 7 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1997 | Mar 1 | Dec 13 | none | Dec 27 |
| 1996 | Apr 7 | Dec 19 | Feb 27 | none |
| 1995 | Mar 25 | Dec 18 | none | Dec 18 |
| 1994 | no data | Nov 15 | no data | Nov 20 |
| 1993 | Feb 26 | no data | Jan 4 | no data |
| 1992 | Jan 23 | Dec 1 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1991 | Mar 16 | Dec 2 | none | Dec 2 |
| 1990 | no data | Nov 27 | no data | Dec 16 |
| 1989 | Feb 18 | no data | Jan 14 | no data |
| 1986 | Feb 12 | Dec 10 | Feb 12 | none |
| 1984 | no data | Nov 21 | no data | Dec 15 |
| 1983 | Feb 6 | no data | Jan 1 | no data |
| 1982 | no data | Nov 5 | no data | none |
| 1977 | Apr 1 | none | Mar 2 | none |
| 1974 | Mar 5 | no data | Feb 7 | no data |
| 1973 | Mar 29 | Nov 5 | Jan 8 | Dec 4 |
| 1972 | Apr 20 | Dec 6 | Mar 28 | Dec 6 |
| 1970 | Apr 29 | no data | Jan 30 | no data |
| 1969 | Mar 15 | Nov 18 | Feb 1 | Dec 15 |
| 1968 | Apr 19 | Nov 28 | Jan 30 | Dec 12 |
| 1967 | Apr 16 | no data | Feb 22 | no data |
| 1966 | Mar 4 | Nov 23 | Mar 4 | Dec 27 |
| 1965 | Apr 12 | Dec 15 | Mar 3 | none |
| 1964 | Apr 24 | Nov 14 | Mar 9 | Nov 14 |
| 1963 | Apr 11 | Nov 17 | Mar 16 | Nov 19 |
| 1962 | Mar 15 | Nov 16 | Mar 15 | Nov 18 |
| 1961 | Apr 25 | Oct 9 | Jan 13 | Nov 17 |
| 1960 | Apr 28 | Nov 15 | Feb 25 | Dec 7 |
| 1959 | Feb 25 | Nov 28 | Feb 4 | Dec 14 |
| 1958 | Mar 10 | Nov 17 | Jan 23 | Nov 17 |
| 1957 | Mar 24 | Nov 17 | Feb 1 | none |
| 1956 | Apr 5 | Oct 25 | Mar 13 | Nov 4 |
| 1955 | Apr 19 | Nov 16 | Apr 5 | Nov 26 |
| 1954 | Mar 16 | Nov 30 | Mar 16 | Dec 29 |
| 1953 | May 25 | Nov 21 | Apr 9 | Dec 5 |
| 1952 | Mar 13 | Nov 25 | Jan 11 | Nov 29 |
| 1951 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | Dec 8 |
"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.