Frost history / Jess Valley, CA
Jess Valley, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00044374, 1951 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5,400 ft, 41.268, -120.295. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jun 22 | Sep 11 |
| Earliest | May 15 (2015) | Aug 2 (1985) |
| Latest | Jul 25 (1994) | Oct 21 (2012) |
| Trend | 0.8 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 52 | 48 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 26 and the median first fall date is Oct 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Jun 15 | no data | May 19 | no data |
| 2016 | May 27 | Sep 5 | Apr 27 | Sep 23 |
| 2015 | May 15 | Sep 4 | May 14 | Oct 21 |
| 2014 | Jun 19 | no data | May 30 | no data |
| 2013 | Jun 22 | Sep 18 | May 24 | Sep 27 |
| 2012 | Jun 25 | Oct 21 | Jun 7 | Oct 21 |
| 2011 | Jun 9 | Oct 6 | Jun 4 | Oct 25 |
| 2010 | Jul 4 | Sep 10 | Jun 17 | Oct 12 |
| 1996 | Jun 22 | no data | May 23 | no data |
| 1995 | no data | Aug 19 | no data | Oct 4 |
| 1994 | Jul 25 | no data | Jun 14 | no data |
| 1993 | Jun 23 | Aug 24 | Jun 13 | Sep 21 |
| 1992 | Jun 2 | no data | May 3 | no data |
| 1991 | Jun 25 | Sep 22 | Jun 4 | Oct 23 |
| 1990 | Jun 13 | Oct 3 | Jun 1 | Oct 5 |
| 1989 | May 31 | Oct 3 | May 19 | Oct 3 |
| 1988 | Jun 29 | Sep 17 | May 14 | Sep 18 |
| 1987 | Jul 17 | Sep 15 | May 24 | Oct 14 |
| 1986 | Jul 5 | Sep 10 | May 22 | Sep 10 |
| 1985 | Jun 25 | Aug 2 | May 30 | Sep 8 |
| 1984 | Jun 9 | Sep 1 | May 16 | Sep 22 |
| 1983 | Jul 20 | Sep 2 | Jun 12 | Sep 9 |
| 1982 | Jun 10 | Sep 11 | Jun 10 | Sep 11 |
| 1981 | Jun 17 | Sep 21 | Jun 14 | Sep 22 |
| 1980 | Jun 26 | Sep 14 | May 24 | Sep 21 |
| 1979 | Jun 17 | Aug 20 | Jun 8 | Oct 22 |
| 1978 | Jun 25 | Aug 14 | Jun 25 | Sep 8 |
| 1977 | May 29 | Sep 15 | May 29 | Sep 21 |
| 1976 | Jul 1 | Sep 7 | Jun 4 | Oct 3 |
| 1975 | Jul 2 | Sep 2 | May 25 | Oct 8 |
| 1974 | Jun 17 | Sep 27 | Jun 7 | Oct 4 |
| 1973 | Jun 18 | Sep 1 | Jun 18 | Sep 26 |
| 1972 | Jun 11 | no data | Jun 11 | no data |
| 1971 | Jun 2 | Sep 3 | May 18 | Oct 1 |
| 1970 | Jun 30 | Sep 5 | May 12 | Sep 13 |
| 1969 | Jun 29 | Sep 21 | May 4 | Oct 2 |
| 1968 | Jun 30 | Aug 22 | May 13 | Sep 21 |
| 1967 | Jun 2 | Oct 4 | May 13 | Oct 6 |
| 1966 | Jul 3 | Sep 14 | Jun 4 | Oct 3 |
| 1965 | Jun 27 | Sep 7 | May 24 | Sep 17 |
| 1964 | Jun 27 | Aug 29 | May 7 | Sep 2 |
| 1963 | Jun 29 | Oct 16 | Jun 29 | Oct 24 |
| 1962 | Jun 6 | Oct 4 | Jun 4 | Oct 5 |
| 1961 | Jul 6 | Sep 8 | May 27 | Sep 21 |
| 1960 | Jun 21 | Aug 23 | May 23 | Aug 23 |
| 1959 | Jun 10 | Aug 21 | May 20 | Aug 21 |
| 1958 | Jun 4 | Sep 20 | May 13 | Sep 24 |
| 1957 | Jun 16 | Sep 19 | May 3 | Oct 7 |
| 1956 | Jun 5 | Sep 21 | May 14 | Oct 13 |
| 1955 | Jul 7 | Sep 18 | Jun 1 | Oct 6 |
| 1954 | no data | Sep 12 | no data | Sep 29 |
| 1953 | Jun 24 | Sep 23 | Jun 10 | Oct 2 |
| 1952 | Jun 30 | Sep 10 | Jun 15 | Oct 19 |
| 1951 | Jun 8 | Oct 5 | May 14 | Oct 5 |
"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.