Frost history / Palomar Mtn Obsy, CA
Palomar Mtn Obsy, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00046657, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 5,550 ft, 33.378, -116.840. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | May 11 | Nov 7 |
| Earliest | Mar 30 (1993) | Sep 28 (1982) |
| Latest | Jun 14 (1962) | Dec 18 (2014) |
| Trend | 1.6 days earlier per decade | 2.2 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 57 | 65 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 17 and the median first fall date is Nov 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.
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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 | Apr 27 | Nov 18 | Apr 3 | none |
| 2024 | Apr 15 | Nov 15 | Apr 14 | Nov 16 |
| 2023 | May 4 | Nov 25 | Apr 5 | none |
| 2022 | May 11 | Nov 3 | Mar 6 | Dec 11 |
| 2021 | no data | Oct 12 | no data | Dec 14 |
| 2020 | Apr 10 | no data | Mar 27 | no data |
| 2019 | May 27 | Oct 31 | Mar 11 | Nov 28 |
| 2018 | May 2 | Dec 2 | Apr 17 | Dec 28 |
| 2017 | May 15 | Dec 5 | May 7 | Dec 21 |
| 2016 | Apr 28 | Nov 27 | Mar 30 | Dec 17 |
| 2015 | May 8 | Nov 5 | Jan 4 | Nov 17 |
| 2014 | Apr 27 | Dec 18 | Feb 3 | Dec 26 |
| 2013 | Apr 18 | Nov 23 | Apr 16 | Dec 5 |
| 2012 | May 26 | Nov 10 | Apr 16 | Nov 11 |
| 2011 | May 17 | Nov 5 | Apr 10 | Nov 5 |
| 2010 | May 24 | no data | Apr 23 | no data |
| 2009 | no data | Oct 5 | no data | Dec 8 |
| 2008 | no data | Oct 11 | no data | Dec 14 |
| 2004 | no data | Oct 27 | no data | Nov 21 |
| 2003 | May 9 | no data | Apr 22 | no data |
| 2002 | May 21 | Nov 26 | Mar 19 | Dec 18 |
| 2001 | Apr 22 | Nov 25 | Apr 21 | Nov 27 |
| 2000 | Apr 19 | Nov 11 | Mar 21 | Nov 11 |
| 1999 | Jun 4 | Nov 22 | Apr 29 | none |
| 1998 | May 14 | Nov 9 | Apr 15 | Dec 4 |
| 1997 | Apr 10 | Nov 27 | Apr 3 | Dec 9 |
| 1996 | Apr 21 | Oct 26 | Feb 28 | Nov 29 |
| 1995 | Jun 8 | Dec 16 | May 6 | Dec 22 |
| 1994 | May 20 | Nov 3 | Mar 26 | Nov 4 |
| 1993 | Mar 30 | Nov 12 | Mar 1 | Nov 13 |
| 1992 | no data | Nov 21 | no data | Dec 8 |
| 1991 | May 19 | Oct 27 | May 3 | Nov 28 |
| 1990 | no data | Nov 2 | no data | Nov 26 |
| 1989 | May 12 | Dec 12 | Apr 25 | Dec 29 |
| 1988 | Jun 6 | Nov 15 | May 9 | Nov 18 |
| 1987 | Apr 24 | Nov 3 | Apr 4 | Dec 13 |
| 1986 | no data | Dec 7 | no data | none |
| 1985 | May 10 | Oct 22 | Mar 30 | Nov 12 |
| 1984 | Apr 30 | Nov 21 | Apr 30 | Nov 22 |
| 1983 | May 11 | Nov 21 | Apr 16 | Nov 21 |
| 1982 | May 14 | Sep 28 | Apr 7 | Oct 22 |
| 1981 | May 21 | Oct 14 | Apr 19 | Nov 27 |
| 1980 | May 30 | no data | May 25 | no data |
| 1979 | May 10 | Nov 4 | Apr 17 | Nov 19 |
| 1978 | no data | Nov 11 | no data | Nov 13 |
| 1977 | May 19 | Nov 6 | Apr 3 | none |
| 1976 | Apr 28 | Nov 27 | Apr 18 | Nov 27 |
| 1975 | May 22 | Oct 23 | May 5 | Nov 18 |
| 1974 | May 20 | Oct 29 | May 19 | Dec 23 |
| 1973 | May 6 | Nov 3 | Apr 2 | Nov 19 |
| 1972 | May 21 | no data | Apr 21 | no data |
| 1971 | no data | Oct 1 | no data | Oct 17 |
| 1970 | Apr 30 | Oct 22 | Apr 29 | Dec 18 |
| 1969 | May 5 | Oct 19 | May 4 | Dec 27 |
| 1968 | May 14 | Nov 1 | Apr 22 | Nov 26 |
| 1967 | Jun 11 | Nov 29 | Jun 1 | Nov 29 |
| 1966 | no data | Nov 7 | no data | Nov 24 |
| 1965 | no data | Oct 16 | no data | Nov 26 |
| 1964 | no data | Nov 11 | no data | Nov 11 |
| 1963 | Apr 27 | Nov 7 | Apr 27 | Dec 10 |
| 1962 | Jun 14 | Nov 15 | Mar 23 | Dec 25 |
| 1960 | no data | Oct 10 | no data | Nov 27 |
| 1959 | no data | Oct 30 | no data | Oct 30 |
| 1958 | Apr 8 | no data | Apr 5 | no data |
| 1957 | May 23 | Oct 21 | Apr 22 | Nov 17 |
| 1956 | May 5 | Oct 24 | Apr 14 | Oct 29 |
| 1955 | Jun 1 | Nov 14 | May 2 | Nov 14 |
| 1954 | May 1 | Nov 29 | May 1 | Nov 30 |
| 1953 | Jun 2 | Oct 22 | May 29 | Nov 18 |
| 1952 | Apr 20 | Nov 14 | Apr 20 | Nov 15 |
| 1951 | May 14 | Oct 25 | May 14 | Nov 23 |
"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.