Frost history / Lee Vining, CA
Lee Vining, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00044881, 1989 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 6,797 ft, 37.957, -119.119. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 23 | Oct 7 |
| Earliest | Apr 29 (2009) | Sep 13 (2024) |
| Latest | Jun 17 (1995) | Oct 31 (2003) |
| Trend | 1.4 days earlier per decade | 1.2 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 31 | 30 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 9 and the median first fall date is Oct 21.
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 | May 14 | Oct 12 | May 14 | Oct 12 |
| 2024 | May 10 | Sep 13 | May 9 | Sep 13 |
| 2023 | May 10 | Oct 12 | May 3 | Oct 27 |
| 2022 | May 21 | Oct 23 | May 12 | Oct 23 |
| 2021 | May 22 | Sep 29 | May 21 | Oct 12 |
| 2020 | Jun 8 | Oct 23 | Jun 8 | Oct 25 |
| 2019 | May 27 | Sep 29 | May 20 | Oct 1 |
| 2018 | May 12 | Oct 8 | Apr 30 | Oct 15 |
| 2017 | Jun 13 | Sep 22 | Apr 29 | Sep 23 |
| 2016 | May 23 | Oct 2 | May 22 | Nov 2 |
| 2015 | May 16 | Oct 22 | Apr 26 | Oct 30 |
| 2014 | May 12 | Oct 27 | May 11 | Nov 2 |
| 2013 | May 24 | Sep 21 | Apr 18 | Sep 27 |
| 2012 | Jun 6 | Oct 24 | Apr 14 | Oct 24 |
| 2011 | Jun 3 | Oct 5 | May 30 | Oct 26 |
| 2010 | May 29 | Oct 26 | May 29 | Oct 27 |
| 2009 | Apr 29 | Sep 30 | Apr 29 | Sep 30 |
| 2008 | May 25 | Oct 10 | May 1 | Oct 10 |
| 2007 | Jun 7 | no data | May 6 | no data |
| 2006 | May 28 | Sep 16 | May 28 | Oct 18 |
| 2005 | Jun 7 | Oct 4 | May 10 | Oct 4 |
| 2004 | no data | Sep 20 | no data | Oct 21 |
| 2003 | May 11 | Oct 31 | May 9 | Oct 31 |
| 2002 | May 22 | Oct 2 | May 22 | Oct 3 |
| 2001 | May 4 | Oct 31 | May 3 | Nov 9 |
| 2000 | May 12 | Oct 11 | May 12 | Oct 22 |
| 1999 | no data | Oct 7 | no data | Nov 18 |
| 1997 | May 2 | no data | Apr 13 | no data |
| 1996 | May 24 | Oct 17 | Apr 21 | Oct 20 |
| 1995 | Jun 17 | Oct 5 | Jun 7 | Oct 22 |
| 1994 | May 19 | Oct 14 | Apr 30 | Oct 16 |
| 1990 | Jun 2 | no data | Apr 30 | no data |
| 1989 | May 30 | Oct 5 | Apr 28 | Oct 26 |
"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.