Lindsay, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00044957, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 435 ft, 36.203, -119.055. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 7	Nov 22
Earliest	Jan 6 (1998)	Oct 12 (1981)
Latest	Apr 27 (1984)	Dec 27 (2014)
Trend	2.8 days earlier per decade	0.8 days later per decade
Years with data	72, 2 with no freeze	68, 2 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 5 and the median first fall date is Dec 6.

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.

Chart

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

"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.