Frost history / Salinas #2, CA
Salinas #2, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00047668, 1958 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 45 ft, 36.659, -121.666. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 21 | Dec 4 |
| Earliest | Jan 1 (2016) | Nov 4 (1973) |
| Latest | Apr 21 (1961) | Dec 31 (2014) |
| Trend | 7.8 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 52, 11 with no freeze | 55, 9 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 12 and the median first fall date is Dec 21.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Jan 6 | Dec 4 | none | none |
| 2016 | Jan 1 | no data | Jan 1 | no data |
| 2015 | Jan 3 | Nov 26 | none | none |
| 2014 | none | Dec 31 | none | none |
| 2013 | Feb 10 | Dec 4 | Jan 14 | Dec 4 |
| 2012 | Mar 7 | no data | Jan 18 | no data |
| 2011 | Feb 27 | Dec 3 | Jan 10 | Dec 22 |
| 2010 | none | Nov 24 | none | none |
| 2009 | Mar 10 | Dec 6 | Jan 4 | Dec 9 |
| 2008 | Feb 5 | Dec 10 | none | none |
| 2007 | Jan 22 | Dec 9 | Jan 16 | none |
| 2006 | Feb 21 | Nov 24 | none | none |
| 2005 | none | Nov 27 | none | none |
| 2004 | Jan 23 | Nov 29 | none | Nov 29 |
| 2003 | none | none | none | none |
| 2002 | Feb 5 | none | none | none |
| 2001 | Feb 8 | none | none | none |
| 2000 | Jan 6 | Nov 13 | none | none |
| 1999 | Feb 2 | Dec 14 | none | none |
| 1998 | Apr 1 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1997 | Mar 4 | Dec 22 | Jan 14 | none |
| 1996 | none | Dec 2 | none | none |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | none | Dec 8 | none | none |
| 1993 | Jan 3 | Nov 24 | none | none |
| 1992 | none | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 1991 | none | Dec 20 | none | none |
| 1990 | no data | Nov 27 | no data | Dec 21 |
| 1989 | Feb 7 | no data | none | no data |
| 1988 | none | none | none | none |
| 1987 | no data | Dec 25 | no data | none |
| 1986 | Feb 9 | none | none | none |
| 1985 | Mar 3 | Nov 15 | none | none |
| 1984 | none | none | none | none |
| 1983 | Jan 20 | none | none | none |
| 1982 | no data | Dec 1 | no data | none |
| 1981 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1980 | Jan 19 | Nov 14 | none | none |
| 1979 | no data | Dec 12 | no data | Dec 12 |
| 1977 | Mar 14 | Nov 19 | Mar 1 | none |
| 1976 | Apr 1 | Dec 26 | Jan 2 | none |
| 1975 | Jan 31 | Nov 19 | Jan 30 | none |
| 1974 | Feb 23 | Dec 23 | Jan 2 | Dec 24 |
| 1973 | Jan 8 | Nov 4 | Jan 7 | none |
| 1972 | Feb 2 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 9 |
| 1971 | Mar 5 | Dec 8 | Mar 2 | none |
| 1969 | Mar 13 | Dec 28 | Jan 10 | Dec 28 |
| 1968 | Apr 12 | Dec 4 | Jan 7 | Dec 21 |
| 1967 | Mar 5 | Dec 11 | Jan 8 | Dec 14 |
| 1966 | Mar 17 | Dec 25 | Mar 3 | Dec 27 |
| 1965 | Apr 7 | Dec 6 | Jan 1 | Dec 16 |
| 1964 | Apr 1 | Nov 14 | Jan 15 | none |
| 1963 | Mar 4 | Dec 10 | Jan 22 | Dec 11 |
| 1962 | Feb 28 | Nov 29 | Feb 27 | none |
| 1961 | Apr 21 | Nov 17 | Jan 5 | none |
| 1960 | Mar 2 | Dec 6 | Jan 13 | Dec 27 |
| 1959 | Feb 9 | Dec 13 | Jan 3 | Dec 31 |
| 1958 | no data | Nov 16 | no data | none |
"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.