Last Frost Day

Frost history / San Gabriel Fire Dept, CA

San Gabriel Fire Dept, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00047785, 1951 to 2014, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 363 ft, 34.084, -118.100. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianJan 31Dec 20
EarliestJan 1 (1954)Nov 17 (1958)
LatestMar 17 (1952)Dec 30 (1982)
Trend4.4 days earlier per decade0.6 days later per decade
Years with data53, 19 with no freeze56, 27 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 14 and the median first fall date is Dec 22.

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)

Dec 16Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 311960197019801990200020101951: Mar 41952: Mar 171953: Mar 31954: Jan 11955: Feb 221956: Feb 171957: Jan 311960: Jan 171962: Feb 281963: Jan 201965: Feb 121966: Feb 141968: Jan 301969: Jan 301970: Jan 41971: Mar 21972: Jan 311974: Jan 21975: Jan 291976: Mar 41977: Jan 101978: Jan 241979: Feb 41982: Jan 81983: Jan 21984: Feb 191985: Feb 51987: Jan 211988: Jan 211989: Feb 141990: Feb 191996: Feb 271998: Jan 62013: Jan 15

First fall frost (32°F)

Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 101960197019801990200020101951: Dec 81953: Dec 241954: Dec 281955: Dec 301956: Dec 91958: Nov 171960: Dec 91962: Dec 271964: Nov 191965: Dec 231966: Dec 271967: Dec 201968: Dec 211969: Dec 301971: Dec 91972: Dec 91974: Dec 241975: Dec 151976: Nov 281978: Dec 71982: Dec 301985: Dec 121987: Dec 151988: Dec 261990: Dec 221992: Dec 191994: Nov 191997: Dec 262000: Dec 28

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
2014nonenonenonenone
2013Jan 15nonenonenone
2012no datanoneno datanone
2009noneno datanoneno data
2008nonenonenonenone
2006no datanoneno datanone
2005no datanoneno datanone
2003no datanoneno datanone
2001no datanoneno datanone
2000noneDec 28nonenone
1999noneno datanoneno data
1998Jan 6no datanoneno data
1997noneDec 26nonenone
1996Feb 27nonenonenone
1995nonenonenonenone
1994noneNov 19nonenone
1993nonenonenonenone
1992noneDec 19nonenone
1991nonenonenonenone
1990Feb 19Dec 22Feb 15Dec 22
1989Feb 14noneFeb 6none
1988Jan 21Dec 26nonenone
1987Jan 21Dec 15Jan 17Dec 26
1986nonenonenonenone
1985Feb 5Dec 12nonenone
1984Feb 19nonenonenone
1983Jan 2nonenonenone
1982Jan 8Dec 30nonenone
1981nonenonenonenone
1980nonenonenonenone
1979Feb 4noneJan 29none
1978Jan 24Dec 7noneDec 7
1977Jan 10nonenonenone
1976Mar 4Nov 28Jan 2none
1975Jan 29Dec 15nonenone
1974Jan 2Dec 24nonenone
1973no datanoneno datanone
1972Jan 31Dec 9nonenone
1971Mar 2Dec 9Jan 7none
1970Jan 4nonenonenone
1969Jan 30Dec 30nonenone
1968Jan 30Dec 21noneDec 21
1967noneDec 20nonenone
1966Feb 14Dec 27nonenone
1965Feb 12Dec 23nonenone
1964noneNov 19nonenone
1963Jan 20noneJan 14none
1962Feb 28Dec 27nonenone
1961nonenonenonenone
1960Jan 17Dec 9Jan 2none
1959nonenonenonenone
1958noneNov 17nonenone
1957Jan 31nonenonenone
1956Feb 17Dec 9nonenone
1955Feb 22Dec 30nonenone
1954Jan 1Dec 28noneDec 28
1953Mar 3Dec 24nonenone
1952Mar 17noneJan 4none
1951Mar 4Dec 8noneDec 8

"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.