Last Frost Day

Frost history / Whiskeytown Rsvr, CA

Whiskeytown Rsvr, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00049621, 1964 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 1,295 ft, 40.612, -122.528. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 11Nov 27
EarliestJan 3 (2015)Oct 28 (1971)
LatestApr 28 (1967)Dec 24 (1995)
Trend3.6 days earlier per decade1.5 days later per decade
Years with data4547, 2 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 4 and the median first fall date is Dec 6.

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 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151970198019902000201020201965: Apr 81966: Mar 171967: Apr 281968: Feb 41969: Mar 121970: Jan 281971: Mar 61972: Mar 261973: Jan 291974: Mar 111975: Apr 211976: Mar 251977: Mar 281978: Feb 131980: Jan 311981: Jan 311982: Apr 71983: Feb 261984: Feb 251985: Mar 281986: Feb 111987: Mar 291989: Apr 31990: Mar 151991: Mar 261992: Feb 161993: Feb 271994: Mar 231995: Mar 251996: Feb 281997: Apr 171998: Feb 221999: Apr 112000: Feb 122001: Apr 42003: Apr 132004: Feb 102005: Feb 142006: Mar 122013: Mar 222014: Feb 62015: Jan 32016: Feb 12017: Feb 282022: Feb 24

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 101970198019902000201020201964: Nov 151965: Dec 151966: Nov 241967: Dec 11968: Nov 151970: Dec 191971: Oct 281972: Dec 31974: Dec 221975: Nov 181976: Nov 271977: Nov 191978: Nov 111979: Dec 221980: Dec 51981: Nov 271982: Nov 161983: Dec 201984: Nov 261985: Nov 111986: Dec 121987: Nov 271988: Nov 181989: Oct 291990: Nov 241991: Nov 301992: Nov 91993: Nov 161994: Nov 31995: Dec 241996: Dec 221997: Dec 121998: Dec 41999: Dec 182001: Nov 292002: Nov 52003: Nov 242005: Nov 292010: Nov 242012: Dec 152013: Dec 42015: Nov 272016: Dec 62017: Dec 212019: Nov 30

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
2024no datanoneno datanone
2022Feb 24no datanoneno data
2019no dataNov 30no datanone
2017Feb 28Dec 21Feb 27none
2016Feb 1Dec 6noneDec 17
2015Jan 3Nov 27Jan 2Nov 27
2014Feb 6no datanoneno data
2013Mar 22Dec 4Feb 10Dec 4
2012no dataDec 15no dataDec 19
2010no dataNov 24no dataNov 24
2006Mar 12no dataFeb 20no data
2005Feb 14Nov 29nonenone
2004Feb 10no dataJan 5no data
2003Apr 13Nov 24noneDec 31
2002no dataNov 5no datanone
2001Apr 4Nov 29nonenone
2000Feb 12no datanoneno data
1999Apr 11Dec 18Feb 15none
1998Feb 22Dec 4noneDec 6
1997Apr 17Dec 12Apr 11none
1996Feb 28Dec 22noneDec 22
1995Mar 25Dec 24nonenone
1994Mar 23Nov 3noneNov 18
1993Feb 27Nov 16Feb 16Nov 23
1992Feb 16Nov 9noneDec 5
1991Mar 26Nov 30Jan 30none
1990Mar 15Nov 24Feb 18Dec 2
1989Apr 3Oct 29Mar 3none
1988no dataNov 18no dataDec 26
1987Mar 29Nov 27Jan 18Dec 13
1986Feb 11Dec 12nonenone
1985Mar 28Nov 11Feb 5Nov 13
1984Feb 25Nov 26Jan 14Dec 25
1983Feb 26Dec 20noneDec 21
1982Apr 7Nov 16Jan 23none
1981Jan 31Nov 27nonenone
1980Jan 31Dec 5Jan 28none
1979no dataDec 22no datanone
1978Feb 13Nov 11noneNov 15
1977Mar 28Nov 19Jan 8Nov 21
1976Mar 25Nov 27Feb 5Dec 28
1975Apr 21Nov 18Feb 21Nov 29
1974Mar 11Dec 22Jan 10none
1973Jan 29no dataJan 8no data
1972Mar 26Dec 3Feb 1Dec 5
1971Mar 6Oct 28Mar 1Oct 29
1970Jan 28Dec 19nonenone
1969Mar 12noneJan 24none
1968Feb 4Nov 15Feb 4Dec 20
1967Apr 28Dec 1noneDec 13
1966Mar 17Nov 24Mar 4none
1965Apr 8Dec 15Jan 1Dec 18
1964no dataNov 15no datanone

"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.