Last Frost Day

Frost history / Five Points 5 Ssw, CA

Five Points 5 Ssw, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00043083, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 285 ft, 36.364, -120.156. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 6Nov 23
EarliestJan 2 (1983)Oct 22 (1953)
LatestJul 10 (2015)Dec 29 (2018)
Trend2.6 days earlier per decade2.9 days later per decade
Years with data3944

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 28 and the median first fall date is Dec 1.

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)

Dec 16Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 2919601970198019902000201020201951: Apr 11952: Mar 231953: Apr 91954: Mar 181958: Mar 71960: Feb 251961: Jan 221963: Apr 21967: Apr 201971: Apr 11972: Mar 291975: Apr 171976: Apr 161977: Apr 41981: Feb 261982: Apr 21983: Jan 21984: Apr 251986: Feb 101989: Feb 71990: Feb 141997: Jan 131998: Mar 62003: Feb 92004: Feb 72007: Feb 232008: Feb 152009: Mar 112011: Feb 272012: Mar 82013: Feb 252014: Feb 62015: Jul 102017: Mar 62018: Jun 12020: Feb 102021: Feb 282024: Feb 112025: Feb 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 181952: Nov 221953: Oct 221955: Nov 131956: Oct 281958: Nov 151959: Oct 291961: Oct 301962: Nov 191966: Nov 241970: Nov 271975: Nov 121976: Nov 281977: Nov 201978: Nov 121979: Nov 201981: Nov 291982: Dec 91983: Nov 221984: Nov 251985: Nov 21988: Dec 71989: Dec 101990: Nov 261996: Nov 291997: Dec 92003: Nov 222004: Nov 212006: Nov 242007: Nov 242008: Dec 42009: Nov 192010: Nov 242011: Dec 22012: Nov 112013: Dec 42014: Nov 112015: Nov 52016: Dec 32017: Dec 62018: Dec 292021: Dec 92024: Nov 162025: Dec 3

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
2025Feb 10Dec 3Jan 28none
2024Feb 11Nov 16Jan 12none
2021Feb 28Dec 9Jan 28Dec 10
2020Feb 10no dataFeb 4no data
2018Jun 1Dec 29Feb 27Dec 29
2017Mar 6Dec 6noneDec 6
2016no dataDec 3no dataDec 18
2015Jul 10Nov 5May 13Nov 28
2014Feb 6Nov 11noneNov 16
2013Feb 25Dec 4Jan 17Dec 5
2012Mar 8Nov 11Jan 19Dec 20
2011Feb 27Dec 2noneDec 3
2010no dataNov 24no dataNov 25
2009Mar 11Nov 19Jan 9Dec 6
2008Feb 15Dec 4Jan 18Dec 9
2007Feb 23Nov 24Jan 23Nov 30
2006no dataNov 24no dataNov 29
2004Feb 7Nov 21noneNov 28
2003Feb 9Nov 22nonenone
1998Mar 6no datanoneno data
1997Jan 13Dec 9Jan 13Dec 25
1996no dataNov 29no datanone
1990Feb 14Nov 26Jan 4Dec 1
1989Feb 7Dec 10Feb 7Dec 11
1988no dataDec 7no datanone
1986Feb 10no dataFeb 10no data
1985no dataNov 2no dataDec 10
1984Apr 25Nov 25nonenone
1983Jan 2Nov 22nonenone
1982Apr 2Dec 9Jan 12Dec 16
1981Feb 26Nov 29nonenone
1979no dataNov 20no dataNov 21
1978no dataNov 12no dataNov 15
1977Apr 4Nov 20Mar 28Nov 20
1976Apr 16Nov 28Jan 14Nov 28
1975Apr 17Nov 12Feb 21Nov 24
1972Mar 29no dataFeb 3no data
1971Apr 1no dataMar 2no data
1970no dataNov 27no datanone
1967Apr 20no dataMar 5no data
1966no dataNov 24no dataDec 28
1963Apr 2no dataJan 25no data
1962no dataNov 19no dataNov 30
1961Jan 22Oct 30Jan 22Nov 14
1960Feb 25no dataJan 17no data
1959no dataOct 29no dataDec 6
1958Mar 7Nov 15Jan 29Nov 17
1956no dataOct 28no dataNov 20
1955no dataNov 13no dataNov 23
1954Mar 18no dataMar 13no data
1953Apr 9Oct 22Mar 3Dec 5
1952Mar 23Nov 22Mar 3Nov 24
1951Apr 1Nov 18Mar 11Dec 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.