Frost history / Indio Fire Stn, CA
Indio Fire Stn, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00044259, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation -21 ft, 33.709, -116.215. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 1 | Dec 8 |
| Earliest | Jan 2 (2015) | Oct 30 (1971) |
| Latest | Mar 23 (1952) | Dec 30 (1969) |
| Trend | 7.9 days earlier per decade | 1.6 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 54, 18 with no freeze | 58, 18 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 22 and the median first fall date is Dec 17.
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 | none | none | none | none |
| 2024 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2023 | none | none | none | none |
| 2022 | none | none | none | none |
| 2021 | none | none | none | none |
| 2020 | none | none | none | none |
| 2019 | none | none | none | none |
| 2018 | none | none | none | none |
| 2017 | none | none | none | none |
| 2016 | none | none | none | none |
| 2015 | Jan 2 | none | none | none |
| 2014 | none | none | none | none |
| 2013 | none | none | none | none |
| 2012 | none | none | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 3 | Dec 7 | none | none |
| 2010 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1998 | no data | Dec 25 | no data | none |
| 1996 | none | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | Jan 8 | Dec 9 | none | none |
| 1993 | Jan 4 | Dec 7 | Jan 4 | none |
| 1992 | no data | Dec 15 | no data | Dec 20 |
| 1991 | Jan 31 | no data | none | no data |
| 1990 | Feb 20 | Nov 28 | Feb 16 | Dec 23 |
| 1989 | Feb 7 | Dec 12 | Jan 14 | none |
| 1988 | none | Dec 27 | none | Dec 27 |
| 1987 | Jan 22 | no data | Jan 21 | no data |
| 1986 | none | none | none | none |
| 1985 | no data | Dec 13 | no data | none |
| 1981 | none | Dec 27 | none | none |
| 1980 | none | Nov 19 | none | none |
| 1979 | Jan 30 | Nov 21 | Jan 29 | Nov 22 |
| 1978 | Jan 25 | Dec 7 | none | Dec 7 |
| 1977 | Jan 16 | none | none | none |
| 1976 | Jan 7 | Nov 28 | Jan 3 | Nov 28 |
| 1975 | Feb 2 | Nov 20 | none | Dec 16 |
| 1974 | Jan 3 | Dec 11 | Jan 3 | Dec 27 |
| 1973 | Jan 30 | Dec 26 | Jan 7 | none |
| 1972 | Feb 3 | Dec 6 | Feb 3 | Dec 12 |
| 1971 | Mar 6 | Oct 30 | Mar 3 | Dec 9 |
| 1970 | Feb 3 | Dec 11 | Jan 6 | none |
| 1969 | Feb 1 | Dec 30 | Feb 1 | Dec 30 |
| 1968 | Jan 20 | Dec 5 | Jan 5 | Dec 18 |
| 1967 | Jan 19 | Dec 11 | Jan 9 | none |
| 1966 | Mar 4 | Dec 25 | Feb 14 | Dec 28 |
| 1965 | no data | Dec 18 | no data | none |
| 1964 | Mar 9 | Nov 16 | Feb 27 | Nov 16 |
| 1963 | Jan 23 | Dec 8 | Jan 22 | Dec 14 |
| 1962 | Mar 15 | Dec 28 | Feb 28 | Dec 28 |
| 1961 | Jan 7 | Dec 8 | none | Dec 12 |
| 1960 | Feb 25 | Dec 7 | Jan 17 | none |
| 1959 | Feb 5 | Dec 27 | Jan 21 | none |
| 1958 | Jan 24 | Nov 17 | none | Nov 17 |
| 1957 | Jan 31 | Nov 30 | none | none |
| 1956 | Mar 13 | Nov 16 | Feb 17 | Nov 20 |
| 1955 | Feb 24 | Dec 17 | Feb 22 | none |
| 1954 | Mar 13 | Dec 25 | Jan 2 | Dec 29 |
| 1953 | Mar 4 | Nov 19 | Feb 23 | Dec 24 |
| 1952 | Mar 23 | Nov 25 | Jan 14 | none |
| 1951 | Mar 4 | Dec 8 | Mar 4 | Dec 21 |
"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.