Last Frost Day

Frost history / Three Rivers Edison Ph 1, CA

Three Rivers Edison Ph 1, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00048917, 1971 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,140 ft, 36.465, -118.862. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 25Nov 23
EarliestFeb 2 (2005)Oct 27 (1996)
LatestApr 26 (1984)Dec 21 (1995)
Trend2.8 days earlier per decade3.1 days later per decade
Years with data3231

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 3 and the median first fall date is Nov 30.

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)

Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 1519801990200020101972: Mar 271973: Apr 21974: Feb 201975: Apr 81976: Apr 171977: Apr 31978: Feb 111980: Feb 231981: Feb 261982: Apr 71983: Feb 211984: Apr 261987: Mar 201988: Mar 121989: Feb 151990: Mar 141991: Apr 131992: Feb 151993: Feb 281994: Mar 231995: Apr 211996: Mar 291997: Apr 21998: Apr 161999: Apr 102001: Apr 82003: Feb 102004: Feb 112005: Feb 22007: Apr 42010: Apr 62015: Feb 11

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 2619801990200020101971: Oct 291972: Oct 301973: Nov 271974: Dec 81975: Nov 191976: Nov 271977: Nov 201978: Nov 141979: Nov 191980: Nov 161981: Nov 261982: Nov 111983: Nov 211984: Nov 251985: Nov 121986: Nov 301987: Nov 271988: Nov 181989: Nov 261990: Nov 231991: Nov 291992: Nov 301993: Nov 151994: Nov 41995: Dec 211996: Oct 271998: Dec 71999: Nov 242003: Nov 222005: Nov 272006: Nov 29

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
2015Feb 11no dataJan 3no data
2010Apr 6no datanoneno data
2007Apr 4no dataApr 2no data
2006no dataNov 29no dataNov 29
2005Feb 2Nov 27nonenone
2004Feb 11no dataJan 22no data
2003Feb 10Nov 22noneNov 22
2001Apr 8no dataFeb 8no data
1999Apr 10Nov 24Mar 31Dec 8
1998Apr 16Dec 7noneDec 7
1997Apr 2no datanoneno data
1996Mar 29Oct 27Feb 27none
1995Apr 21Dec 21nonenone
1994Mar 23Nov 4noneNov 19
1993Feb 28Nov 15Jan 12Nov 25
1992Feb 15Nov 30Jan 27Dec 15
1991Apr 13Nov 29Jan 2Nov 30
1990Mar 14Nov 23Feb 20Dec 9
1989Feb 15Nov 26Feb 7Dec 11
1988Mar 12Nov 18Feb 6Dec 23
1987Mar 20Nov 27Feb 26Dec 13
1986no dataNov 30no datanone
1985no dataNov 12no dataNov 12
1984Apr 26Nov 25noneNov 26
1983Feb 21Nov 21Jan 3none
1982Apr 7Nov 11Jan 22Dec 15
1981Feb 26Nov 26Jan 10none
1980Feb 23Nov 16Feb 23Dec 8
1979no dataNov 19no dataNov 21
1978Feb 11Nov 14noneNov 14
1977Apr 3Nov 20Mar 14Nov 20
1976Apr 17Nov 27Jan 6Nov 28
1975Apr 8Nov 19Feb 22Nov 19
1974Feb 20Dec 8Jan 3Dec 23
1973Apr 2Nov 27Jan 20none
1972Mar 27Oct 30Feb 3Dec 2
1971no dataOct 29no dataOct 29

"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.