Frost history / Lake Arrowhead, CA
Lake Arrowhead, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00044671, 1951 to 2006, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5,205 ft, 34.247, -117.188. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 15 | Oct 28 |
| Earliest | Mar 24 (1992) | Oct 1 (1971) |
| Latest | Jun 17 (1995) | Nov 22 (1967) |
| Trend | 1.5 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 47 | 52 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 19 and the median first fall date is Nov 14.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Apr 24 | Oct 7 | Apr 7 | Nov 26 |
| 2005 | no data | Nov 17 | no data | Nov 27 |
| 2002 | no data | Oct 4 | no data | Dec 4 |
| 2001 | no data | Nov 13 | no data | Nov 26 |
| 2000 | Apr 19 | Oct 31 | Apr 18 | Nov 12 |
| 1999 | Jun 5 | Nov 9 | Apr 29 | Nov 24 |
| 1998 | May 27 | Oct 16 | Apr 19 | Nov 6 |
| 1997 | no data | Oct 8 | no data | Nov 17 |
| 1996 | Apr 20 | Oct 20 | Mar 29 | Oct 22 |
| 1995 | Jun 17 | Oct 23 | Apr 23 | Dec 18 |
| 1994 | May 20 | no data | Mar 26 | no data |
| 1993 | Apr 6 | Nov 13 | Mar 2 | Nov 15 |
| 1992 | Mar 24 | Nov 12 | Feb 14 | Nov 24 |
| 1991 | May 28 | Oct 27 | May 19 | Nov 15 |
| 1990 | May 19 | Nov 2 | Mar 15 | Nov 3 |
| 1989 | May 12 | Oct 26 | Apr 25 | Oct 26 |
| 1988 | Jun 8 | Nov 15 | May 6 | Nov 15 |
| 1987 | May 20 | Nov 3 | Mar 30 | Nov 19 |
| 1986 | May 8 | Oct 13 | May 7 | Nov 7 |
| 1985 | no data | Nov 10 | no data | Nov 12 |
| 1984 | no data | Oct 16 | no data | Nov 9 |
| 1983 | May 12 | Nov 9 | Apr 15 | Nov 21 |
| 1982 | May 12 | Oct 1 | Apr 7 | Nov 11 |
| 1981 | May 21 | Oct 13 | Apr 4 | Oct 14 |
| 1980 | May 26 | no data | Apr 3 | no data |
| 1979 | May 10 | Oct 31 | May 10 | Nov 5 |
| 1978 | May 25 | Nov 2 | Apr 17 | Nov 3 |
| 1977 | May 26 | Oct 30 | Apr 3 | Nov 7 |
| 1976 | May 6 | Nov 13 | May 6 | Nov 28 |
| 1975 | May 22 | Oct 8 | May 21 | Nov 11 |
| 1974 | May 20 | Oct 29 | Apr 19 | Nov 29 |
| 1973 | May 6 | Oct 11 | Apr 2 | Nov 4 |
| 1972 | May 25 | Oct 30 | May 21 | Nov 6 |
| 1971 | Jun 1 | Oct 1 | Apr 26 | Oct 17 |
| 1970 | May 7 | Oct 25 | Apr 30 | Oct 26 |
| 1969 | May 4 | Oct 5 | Apr 7 | Oct 19 |
| 1968 | May 15 | Nov 1 | Apr 22 | Nov 14 |
| 1967 | May 12 | Nov 22 | May 1 | Nov 29 |
| 1966 | Apr 22 | Oct 15 | Mar 5 | Nov 10 |
| 1965 | May 25 | Oct 17 | Apr 14 | Nov 26 |
| 1964 | May 9 | Nov 11 | May 8 | Nov 14 |
| 1963 | May 12 | Nov 7 | Apr 28 | Nov 17 |
| 1962 | no data | Nov 16 | no data | Nov 29 |
| 1961 | Apr 26 | Oct 9 | Apr 25 | Oct 29 |
| 1960 | May 24 | Oct 14 | Apr 25 | Nov 15 |
| 1959 | May 7 | Oct 30 | Feb 26 | Dec 10 |
| 1958 | May 14 | Nov 13 | Apr 9 | Nov 15 |
| 1957 | May 15 | Oct 21 | Apr 20 | Nov 4 |
| 1956 | May 13 | Oct 24 | Apr 15 | Oct 29 |
| 1955 | Jun 2 | Nov 14 | Apr 27 | Nov 15 |
| 1954 | Jun 10 | Oct 25 | Apr 1 | Nov 30 |
| 1953 | Jun 2 | Oct 23 | May 26 | Oct 23 |
| 1952 | Apr 27 | Nov 2 | Apr 26 | Nov 17 |
| 1951 | May 15 | Oct 26 | May 1 | Nov 24 |
"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.