Lemon Cove, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00044890, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 513 ft, 36.382, -119.026. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 21	Dec 2
Earliest	Jan 2 (1974)	Oct 29 (1971)
Latest	Apr 21 (2008)	Dec 29 (2018)
Trend	1.3 days earlier per decade	2.6 days later per decade
Years with data	74, 4 with no freeze	75, 5 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 17 and the median first fall date is Dec 16.

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	Jan 24	none	none	none
2024	Jan 10	none	none	none
2023	Apr 4	none	none	none
2022	Apr 13	Dec 24	none	none
2021	none	Dec 19	none	none
2020	Feb 6	Dec 21	Feb 3	none
2019	Feb 19	none	none	none
2018	Feb 25	Dec 29	none	none
2017	Mar 6	Dec 6	none	none
2016	Jan 2	Dec 17	none	none
2015	Jan 25	Nov 27	Jan 2	none
2014	Jan 16	Dec 27	none	none
2013	Feb 10	Dec 4	Jan 15	Dec 5
2012	Apr 6	Dec 19	Jan 17	none
2011	Feb 28	Dec 4	none	Dec 25
2010	none	Nov 26	none	none
2009	Mar 24	Dec 6	none	none
2008	Apr 21	Dec 10	none	none
2007	Mar 2	Dec 1	Jan 18	Dec 27
2006	Mar 12	Nov 29	none	none
2005	Jan 13	Dec 5	none	none
2004	Jan 22	Nov 30	none	Dec 3
2003	Feb 7	Nov 20	none	none
2002	Feb 4	Dec 24	Jan 22	none
2001	Mar 12	Dec 24	Mar 12	none
2000	Jan 10	Nov 14	none	Nov 27
1999	Apr 4	Dec 6	Jan 13	none
1998	Mar 29	Dec 7	none	Dec 17
1997	Mar 4	Dec 11	none	Dec 25
1996	Jan 26	Dec 16	none	none
1995	none	none	none	none
1994	Feb 22	Nov 3	none	Dec 9
1993	Jan 30	Nov 24	Jan 5	none
1992	Jan 27	Dec 2	none	Dec 27
1991	Jan 31	Nov 29	Jan 1	none
1990	Feb 22	Dec 3	Feb 15	Dec 21
1989	Feb 7	Nov 29	Feb 7	Dec 14
1988	Feb 6	Dec 8	none	Dec 27
1987	Mar 20	Nov 27	Jan 21	Dec 25
1986	Feb 9	Nov 8	none	Nov 8
1985	Mar 26	Nov 12	Jan 17	Dec 11
1984	Feb 17	Dec 13	none	none
1983	Jan 20	Nov 27	Jan 3	none
1982	Apr 7	Nov 11	none	Dec 25
1981	Feb 6	Nov 20	Jan 7	none
1980	Jan 22	Nov 18	none	Dec 11
1979	Mar 2	Nov 21	Jan 1	none
1978	none	Dec 6	none	Dec 7
1977	no data	Nov 20	no data	Nov 20
1976	Apr 16	Nov 28	Jan 4	Dec 9
1975	Apr 1	Nov 11	Jan 31	Dec 16
1974	Jan 2	Dec 23	none	Dec 23
1973	Mar 18	Nov 4	Jan 7	none
1972	Mar 29	Dec 5	Feb 3	Dec 9
1971	Mar 5	Oct 29	Mar 5	Dec 3
1970	Feb 18	Dec 13	Jan 6	Dec 24
1969	Feb 3	Nov 25	none	Dec 30
1968	Jan 28	Nov 29	Jan 7	Dec 12
1967	Feb 15	Dec 2	none	Dec 13
1966	Mar 4	Dec 16	Mar 3	Dec 28
1965	Feb 10	Nov 29	Jan 1	Dec 16
1964	Mar 6	Nov 15	Jan 13	Nov 15
1963	Mar 17	Dec 10	Jan 27	Dec 23
1962	Mar 12	Nov 29	Feb 28	Dec 25
1961	Jan 21	Nov 18	Jan 8	Dec 12
1960	Jan 17	Dec 7	Jan 4	Dec 29
1959	Feb 9	Dec 6	Feb 9	none
1958	Jan 23	Nov 17	none	none
1957	Feb 5	Dec 3	Feb 3	none
1956	Mar 8	Nov 1	Feb 17	Dec 10
1955	Apr 3	Nov 12	Jan 9	none
1954	Mar 13	Dec 14	Jan 2	Dec 27
1953	Apr 9	Dec 12	Mar 2	Dec 25
1952	Mar 21	Nov 26	Feb 18	none
1951	Feb 24	Dec 4	none	Dec 10

"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.