Frost history / Newman, CA
Newman, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00046168, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 90 ft, 37.281, -121.018. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 28 | Nov 24 |
| Earliest | Jan 6 (1998) | Oct 27 (1970) |
| Latest | May 1 (2001) | Dec 29 (2025) |
| Trend | 2.8 days earlier per decade | 1.9 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 55, 1 with no freeze | 62, 2 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 30 and the median first fall date is Dec 4.
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 29 | Dec 29 | none | none |
| 2024 | none | Nov 29 | none | none |
| 2023 | Feb 19 | none | Jan 31 | none |
| 2022 | Feb 25 | Nov 14 | none | none |
| 2021 | Jan 26 | Dec 11 | Jan 26 | none |
| 2020 | Mar 27 | Nov 10 | Jan 4 | none |
| 2019 | Feb 23 | Dec 17 | Jan 3 | Dec 28 |
| 2018 | Feb 28 | Nov 11 | none | none |
| 2017 | Feb 4 | Dec 6 | Jan 7 | none |
| 2016 | Feb 2 | Dec 3 | none | Dec 18 |
| 2015 | Jan 23 | Nov 11 | Jan 3 | Nov 29 |
| 2014 | Feb 4 | Dec 27 | none | none |
| 2013 | Mar 6 | Dec 5 | Feb 10 | Dec 5 |
| 2012 | Jan 28 | no data | Jan 18 | no data |
| 2011 | Feb 28 | Dec 4 | Jan 10 | Dec 4 |
| 2010 | Apr 29 | Nov 26 | none | none |
| 2009 | Mar 10 | Nov 19 | Jan 11 | Dec 8 |
| 2008 | Feb 5 | Dec 9 | Jan 2 | Dec 14 |
| 2007 | Mar 1 | Nov 24 | Jan 25 | Dec 12 |
| 2006 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | Nov 30 |
| 2005 | no data | Nov 28 | no data | none |
| 2004 | Apr 26 | Nov 22 | Apr 22 | Dec 1 |
| 2003 | no data | Nov 23 | no data | Nov 23 |
| 2002 | Apr 21 | Nov 27 | Apr 20 | none |
| 2001 | May 1 | Nov 5 | Apr 10 | Nov 27 |
| 2000 | Apr 1 | no data | Feb 20 | no data |
| 1999 | Apr 29 | Dec 4 | Apr 29 | none |
| 1998 | Jan 6 | Dec 4 | none | Dec 7 |
| 1997 | Apr 1 | Dec 10 | Jan 14 | Dec 23 |
| 1996 | Feb 26 | Dec 3 | none | none |
| 1995 | Feb 15 | none | none | none |
| 1994 | Mar 23 | Nov 14 | Feb 12 | Nov 23 |
| 1993 | Feb 15 | Nov 15 | Jan 4 | Nov 25 |
| 1992 | Jan 14 | Nov 11 | Jan 13 | Nov 11 |
| 1991 | Jan 31 | no data | Jan 31 | no data |
| 1990 | no data | Nov 23 | no data | Nov 28 |
| 1989 | Feb 15 | Nov 28 | Feb 8 | Dec 12 |
| 1988 | Mar 12 | no data | Feb 5 | no data |
| 1987 | Feb 27 | Nov 26 | Feb 26 | Dec 15 |
| 1986 | no data | Nov 28 | no data | none |
| 1984 | Feb 25 | no data | none | no data |
| 1983 | no data | Nov 22 | no data | none |
| 1982 | no data | Dec 9 | no data | Dec 9 |
| 1981 | no data | Dec 2 | no data | none |
| 1980 | no data | Nov 25 | no data | Dec 8 |
| 1979 | Mar 2 | Nov 20 | Feb 4 | Nov 21 |
| 1978 | no data | Nov 12 | no data | Nov 15 |
| 1977 | no data | Nov 18 | no data | Nov 20 |
| 1976 | no data | Nov 28 | no data | Nov 29 |
| 1975 | Feb 23 | Nov 12 | Jan 31 | Nov 19 |
| 1974 | no data | Nov 23 | no data | Nov 29 |
| 1973 | Jan 28 | Nov 4 | Jan 7 | none |
| 1972 | Mar 29 | Dec 5 | Feb 3 | Dec 7 |
| 1971 | Apr 21 | Oct 30 | Mar 6 | Oct 30 |
| 1970 | Apr 28 | Oct 27 | Jan 6 | none |
| 1969 | Mar 14 | Nov 18 | Feb 3 | Nov 27 |
| 1968 | Jan 31 | Nov 27 | Jan 28 | Dec 3 |
| 1967 | Apr 28 | Dec 1 | Jan 9 | Dec 11 |
| 1966 | Mar 4 | Nov 24 | Mar 4 | Dec 27 |
| 1965 | Feb 24 | Dec 14 | Jan 1 | Dec 16 |
| 1964 | Mar 25 | Nov 14 | Feb 17 | Nov 16 |
| 1963 | Mar 18 | Nov 22 | Jan 25 | Dec 11 |
| 1962 | Feb 28 | Nov 18 | Feb 28 | Nov 30 |
| 1961 | Feb 19 | Nov 13 | Jan 22 | Nov 17 |
| 1960 | Mar 2 | Nov 27 | Jan 17 | Dec 7 |
| 1959 | Feb 25 | Nov 29 | Feb 13 | Dec 6 |
| 1952 | Mar 19 | no data | Jan 9 | no data |
| 1951 | Mar 12 | Nov 19 | Feb 1 | 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.