Frost history / Friant Government Camp, CA
Friant Government Camp, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00043261, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 410 ft, 36.997, -119.707. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 22 | Nov 26 |
| Earliest | Jan 3 (2022) | Oct 22 (1961) |
| Latest | May 31 (2011) | Dec 31 (2014) |
| Trend | 7.8 days earlier per decade | 2.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 66, 1 with no freeze | 70, 3 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 9 and the median first fall date is Dec 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.
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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 | Feb 12 | none | none | none |
| 2024 | no data | Nov 19 | no data | none |
| 2023 | Apr 5 | no data | none | no data |
| 2022 | Jan 3 | Dec 25 | none | none |
| 2021 | Jan 27 | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 2020 | Mar 2 | Dec 20 | Feb 4 | none |
| 2019 | Feb 23 | Nov 26 | none | none |
| 2018 | Feb 26 | Dec 29 | Feb 24 | none |
| 2017 | Feb 28 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 21 |
| 2016 | Feb 4 | Nov 25 | none | Nov 25 |
| 2015 | Jan 24 | Nov 26 | Jan 1 | none |
| 2014 | none | Dec 31 | none | none |
| 2013 | Feb 25 | Dec 4 | Jan 14 | Dec 4 |
| 2012 | no data | Dec 19 | no data | none |
| 2011 | May 31 | Dec 6 | Feb 26 | Dec 24 |
| 2010 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | none |
| 2009 | Apr 15 | no data | Mar 10 | no data |
| 2006 | Mar 13 | Nov 24 | none | Nov 29 |
| 2005 | Jan 30 | Nov 27 | none | none |
| 2003 | Feb 11 | Nov 21 | none | Nov 21 |
| 2002 | no data | Dec 21 | no data | none |
| 2001 | Apr 4 | Dec 14 | Jan 18 | none |
| 2000 | Jan 8 | Nov 12 | none | none |
| 1999 | Apr 11 | Dec 7 | Jan 13 | none |
| 1998 | Jan 22 | Dec 7 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1997 | Apr 1 | Dec 12 | Jan 15 | none |
| 1996 | Feb 28 | Dec 16 | none | none |
| 1995 | Jan 18 | none | none | none |
| 1994 | Mar 23 | Nov 3 | Mar 23 | Dec 9 |
| 1993 | Jan 12 | Nov 24 | Jan 5 | Nov 24 |
| 1992 | Jan 26 | Dec 4 | Jan 15 | Dec 18 |
| 1991 | Apr 12 | Nov 28 | Jan 1 | Nov 30 |
| 1990 | Mar 13 | Nov 7 | Feb 19 | Dec 14 |
| 1989 | Feb 7 | Nov 27 | Feb 7 | Dec 18 |
| 1988 | Mar 11 | Nov 18 | Jan 2 | Dec 26 |
| 1987 | Mar 21 | Nov 15 | Jan 20 | Dec 14 |
| 1986 | Feb 10 | Nov 30 | none | none |
| 1985 | Mar 31 | Nov 12 | Mar 31 | Nov 13 |
| 1984 | Apr 27 | Nov 10 | Apr 26 | none |
| 1983 | Apr 12 | Dec 5 | none | none |
| 1982 | Apr 7 | Dec 8 | Jan 23 | Dec 25 |
| 1981 | Feb 1 | none | none | none |
| 1980 | Mar 17 | Nov 26 | none | Dec 8 |
| 1979 | no data | Nov 18 | no data | Dec 29 |
| 1978 | no data | Nov 16 | no data | Dec 6 |
| 1977 | Mar 30 | Nov 19 | Mar 14 | none |
| 1976 | Apr 17 | Nov 28 | Apr 16 | Dec 26 |
| 1975 | May 6 | Oct 24 | Feb 22 | Nov 23 |
| 1974 | Apr 26 | Nov 23 | Feb 18 | Dec 25 |
| 1973 | Apr 20 | Nov 4 | Jan 7 | Nov 4 |
| 1972 | Mar 30 | Oct 30 | Mar 27 | Dec 9 |
| 1971 | Apr 22 | Oct 29 | Mar 6 | Dec 8 |
| 1970 | Apr 29 | Dec 15 | Jan 6 | Dec 25 |
| 1969 | Mar 5 | Nov 17 | Feb 4 | Dec 28 |
| 1968 | Apr 22 | Dec 2 | Jan 29 | Dec 6 |
| 1967 | Mar 30 | Dec 6 | Jan 6 | Dec 13 |
| 1966 | Mar 21 | Nov 25 | Mar 5 | Dec 29 |
| 1965 | Feb 24 | Dec 16 | Jan 9 | Dec 16 |
| 1964 | Apr 24 | Nov 14 | Mar 4 | none |
| 1963 | Mar 18 | Dec 13 | Jan 26 | Dec 13 |
| 1962 | Apr 20 | Nov 18 | Mar 3 | Dec 26 |
| 1961 | Apr 24 | Oct 22 | Mar 10 | Nov 16 |
| 1960 | Apr 22 | Nov 28 | Jan 17 | Dec 7 |
| 1959 | Feb 14 | Dec 7 | Feb 9 | Dec 11 |
| 1958 | Apr 24 | Nov 15 | Mar 9 | Nov 16 |
| 1957 | Mar 22 | Dec 2 | Feb 4 | none |
| 1956 | Apr 2 | Oct 24 | Mar 27 | Dec 7 |
| 1955 | Apr 27 | Nov 12 | Apr 4 | none |
| 1954 | Mar 14 | Nov 29 | Jan 13 | Nov 29 |
| 1953 | Apr 11 | Dec 22 | Apr 9 | none |
| 1952 | Mar 22 | Nov 26 | Mar 21 | none |
| 1951 | Apr 30 | Nov 23 | Mar 31 | Nov 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.