Last Frost Day

Frost history / Lodgepole, CA

Lodgepole, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00045026, 1969 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,735 ft, 36.604, -118.733. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJun 16Sep 10
EarliestMay 5 (2001)Aug 1 (1975)
LatestJul 31 (1975)Oct 22 (2020)
Trend3.9 days earlier per decade4.3 days later per decade
Years with data4943

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is May 30 and the median first fall date is Sep 26.

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)

Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 29Jul 14Jul 29Aug 131970198019902000201020201970: Jun 301971: Jun 51973: Jun 161974: Jun 201975: Jul 311976: Jul 21977: May 291978: Jul 41980: Jul 51981: Jun 131982: Jul 11983: Jul 201984: Jun 101985: Jun 31986: Jun 201987: Jul 221988: Jun 101989: Jul 11990: Jun 161991: Jun 261992: Jul 11993: Jul 161994: Jun 161995: Jun 211996: Jun 281997: Jul 21998: Jun 91999: Jun 102000: Jun 102001: May 52002: May 232003: Jun 242004: Jun 102005: Jun 252006: Jun 162007: Jun 82008: Jun 112009: Jun 82010: Jun 202011: Jun 92012: Jun 72013: Jun 212014: Jun 192016: Jun 162017: Jun 152018: Jun 12019: Jun 92020: Jun 132021: Jun 10

First fall frost (32°F)

Jul 14Jul 29Aug 13Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 271970198019902000201020201969: Oct 21970: Sep 11971: Sep 71973: Aug 241974: Oct 41975: Aug 11976: Aug 51977: Sep 151978: Aug 231979: Aug 141980: Aug 151981: Sep 251982: Sep 151983: Aug 121984: Sep 241985: Sep 101986: Sep 101988: Sep 171989: Aug 241990: Aug 201991: Aug 281993: Aug 121994: Sep 111995: Sep 261996: Sep 141997: Oct 31998: Sep 271999: Oct 72000: Sep 22001: Oct 92002: Sep 72003: Oct 102004: Sep 42005: Sep 102006: Sep 162007: Sep 152009: Sep 302010: Aug 302013: Sep 222014: Aug 32017: Sep 222019: Sep 102020: Oct 22

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2021Jun 10no dataJun 10no data
2020Jun 13Oct 22Jun 8Oct 25
2019Jun 9Sep 10May 28Sep 11
2018Jun 1no dataMay 17no data
2017Jun 15Sep 22Jun 15Sep 22
2016Jun 16no dataMay 22no data
2014Jun 19Aug 3May 11Oct 21
2013Jun 21Sep 22May 23Sep 26
2012Jun 7no dataMay 29no data
2011Jun 9no dataJun 3no data
2010Jun 20Aug 30May 30Oct 26
2009Jun 8Sep 30Apr 30Sep 30
2008Jun 11no dataMay 14no data
2007Jun 8Sep 15May 7Sep 30
2006Jun 16Sep 16May 29Sep 16
2005Jun 25Sep 10Jun 7Sep 11
2004Jun 10Sep 4May 19Sep 20
2003Jun 24Oct 10May 11Oct 30
2002May 23Sep 7May 23Sep 8
2001May 5Oct 9May 3Nov 2
2000Jun 10Sep 2May 17Sep 6
1999Jun 10Oct 7Jun 4Oct 25
1998Jun 9Sep 27May 31Oct 4
1997Jul 2Oct 3Apr 25Oct 7
1996Jun 28Sep 14May 25Oct 13
1995Jun 21Sep 26Jun 16Sep 29
1994Jun 16Sep 11May 20Sep 15
1993Jul 16Aug 12Jun 6Sep 22
1992Jul 1no dataJun 16no data
1991Jun 26Aug 28May 31Oct 24
1990Jun 16Aug 20Jun 1Oct 9
1989Jul 1Aug 24May 30Aug 26
1988Jun 10Sep 17Jun 8Oct 28
1987Jul 22no dataJul 22no data
1986Jun 20Sep 10May 22Sep 10
1985Jun 3Sep 10May 30Sep 12
1984Jun 10Sep 24Jun 9Oct 12
1983Jul 20Aug 12May 18Oct 10
1982Jul 1Sep 15Jun 6Sep 20
1981Jun 13Sep 25May 20Oct 4
1980Jul 5Aug 15Jun 14Sep 14
1979no dataAug 14no dataSep 26
1978Jul 4Aug 23Jun 15Sep 18
1977May 29Sep 15May 28Sep 17
1976Jul 2Aug 5Apr 29Aug 16
1975Jul 31Aug 1Jun 24Oct 7
1974Jun 20Oct 4May 20Oct 5
1973Jun 16Aug 24Jun 15Aug 24
1971Jun 5Sep 7Jun 2Sep 23
1970Jun 30Sep 1Jun 29Sep 5
1969no dataOct 2no dataOct 3

"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.