Frost history / Palm Springs, CA
Palm Springs, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00046635, 1951 to 2014, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 425 ft, 33.828, -116.510. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jan 30 | Dec 6 |
| Earliest | Jan 1 (1961) | Oct 24 (1951) |
| Latest | Mar 13 (1956) | Dec 31 (1969) |
| Trend | 6.0 days earlier per decade | 3.1 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 54, 20 with no freeze | 56, 31 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 13 and the median first fall date is Dec 15.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 2013 | Jan 13 | none | none | none |
| 2012 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2009 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 2008 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 2007 | Jan 17 | none | Jan 14 | none |
| 2006 | no data | Dec 1 | no data | none |
| 2005 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2004 | none | none | none | none |
| 2003 | none | Dec 28 | none | none |
| 2002 | none | none | none | none |
| 2001 | none | none | none | none |
| 2000 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1999 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1998 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 1997 | none | none | none | none |
| 1996 | none | none | none | none |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | none | none | none | none |
| 1993 | Jan 4 | none | none | none |
| 1992 | no data | Dec 4 | no data | Dec 6 |
| 1991 | none | none | none | none |
| 1990 | Feb 16 | Nov 29 | Feb 15 | Dec 23 |
| 1989 | Feb 7 | none | Jan 2 | none |
| 1988 | Jan 21 | Dec 16 | none | none |
| 1987 | Jan 22 | Dec 15 | none | Dec 15 |
| 1986 | none | none | none | none |
| 1985 | Feb 6 | Nov 20 | none | none |
| 1984 | Jan 20 | no data | none | no data |
| 1983 | none | Dec 6 | none | none |
| 1982 | none | none | none | none |
| 1981 | none | none | none | none |
| 1980 | none | none | none | none |
| 1979 | Jan 30 | none | none | none |
| 1978 | none | Dec 7 | none | Dec 9 |
| 1977 | Jan 12 | none | Jan 12 | none |
| 1976 | Jan 3 | none | none | none |
| 1975 | none | none | none | none |
| 1974 | Jan 5 | none | Jan 3 | none |
| 1973 | Jan 8 | none | Jan 6 | none |
| 1972 | Feb 3 | Dec 12 | none | Dec 12 |
| 1971 | Mar 3 | Dec 9 | Jan 9 | Dec 15 |
| 1970 | Jan 30 | none | Jan 4 | none |
| 1969 | Jan 30 | Dec 31 | none | none |
| 1968 | Jan 31 | Dec 18 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1967 | Feb 18 | Dec 3 | none | Dec 3 |
| 1966 | Mar 3 | Dec 31 | Jan 22 | none |
| 1965 | Mar 3 | Dec 20 | Jan 8 | none |
| 1964 | no data | Nov 14 | no data | Nov 17 |
| 1963 | Jan 21 | Dec 9 | Jan 20 | none |
| 1962 | Mar 1 | Dec 28 | Feb 28 | Dec 29 |
| 1961 | Jan 1 | none | none | none |
| 1960 | Jan 20 | none | Jan 3 | none |
| 1959 | Feb 1 | none | none | none |
| 1958 | Jan 23 | no data | none | no data |
| 1957 | Feb 1 | none | none | none |
| 1956 | Mar 13 | Nov 16 | Feb 17 | none |
| 1955 | Feb 22 | Dec 3 | Feb 22 | none |
| 1954 | Mar 13 | Dec 2 | Jan 11 | Dec 29 |
| 1953 | no data | Nov 20 | no data | Dec 24 |
| 1952 | Mar 6 | Nov 25 | Jan 31 | none |
| 1951 | Feb 1 | Oct 24 | Jan 31 | Nov 21 |
"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.