Frost history / Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA
Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00049785, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 790 ft, 34.182, -118.574. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 3 | Dec 2 |
| Earliest | Jan 3 (2015) | Oct 23 (1953) |
| Latest | Apr 24 (1963) | Dec 28 (2014) |
| Trend | 4.4 days earlier per decade | 2.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 75, 3 with no freeze | 74, 8 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 31 and the median first fall date is Dec 18.
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 | none | none | none | none |
| 2024 | Jan 12 | none | none | none |
| 2023 | Feb 19 | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Jan 3 | Dec 14 | none | none |
| 2021 | Jan 26 | Dec 15 | none | none |
| 2020 | Feb 5 | none | none | none |
| 2019 | Feb 23 | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 2018 | Feb 28 | none | none | none |
| 2017 | Jan 25 | Dec 22 | none | none |
| 2016 | none | none | none | none |
| 2015 | Jan 3 | Nov 30 | Jan 2 | Dec 28 |
| 2014 | none | Dec 28 | none | none |
| 2013 | Feb 21 | Dec 5 | Jan 13 | Dec 8 |
| 2012 | Feb 28 | Dec 20 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 28 | Dec 7 | none | none |
| 2010 | Jan 24 | Nov 27 | none | none |
| 2009 | Feb 15 | Dec 4 | none | Dec 8 |
| 2008 | Apr 19 | Dec 14 | none | Dec 26 |
| 2007 | Feb 24 | Dec 2 | Jan 14 | Dec 26 |
| 2006 | Mar 14 | Dec 1 | Mar 12 | none |
| 2005 | Jan 5 | Dec 16 | none | none |
| 2004 | Feb 19 | Nov 23 | none | Nov 30 |
| 2003 | Feb 9 | Nov 24 | Feb 6 | Dec 28 |
| 2002 | Mar 17 | Dec 18 | Feb 3 | none |
| 2001 | Apr 9 | Nov 28 | none | none |
| 2000 | Mar 7 | no data | Jan 8 | no data |
| 1999 | Apr 10 | Nov 23 | none | none |
| 1998 | Apr 16 | Dec 8 | Jan 6 | Dec 22 |
| 1997 | Mar 3 | Dec 9 | none | Dec 13 |
| 1996 | Mar 25 | Nov 18 | Feb 27 | none |
| 1995 | Mar 26 | Dec 18 | none | Dec 18 |
| 1994 | Feb 19 | Nov 3 | none | Nov 20 |
| 1993 | Jan 12 | Dec 13 | Jan 5 | none |
| 1992 | Jan 13 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1991 | Mar 17 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 1990 | Mar 13 | Nov 30 | Feb 16 | Dec 22 |
| 1989 | Feb 17 | Dec 12 | Feb 14 | none |
| 1988 | Feb 18 | Nov 19 | Jan 21 | Dec 27 |
| 1987 | Mar 22 | Nov 28 | Jan 22 | Dec 25 |
| 1986 | Feb 10 | Dec 11 | none | none |
| 1985 | Mar 5 | Nov 13 | Mar 4 | Dec 10 |
| 1984 | Apr 1 | Nov 26 | none | Dec 15 |
| 1983 | Apr 13 | Nov 22 | Jan 1 | none |
| 1982 | Apr 2 | Nov 14 | none | none |
| 1981 | Feb 27 | Dec 24 | none | none |
| 1980 | Feb 11 | Nov 17 | none | none |
| 1979 | Mar 2 | Nov 21 | Jan 29 | Nov 21 |
| 1978 | Jan 25 | Nov 12 | none | Dec 8 |
| 1977 | Mar 19 | none | Jan 10 | none |
| 1976 | Mar 13 | Dec 7 | Mar 4 | Dec 24 |
| 1975 | Apr 7 | Nov 18 | Feb 18 | Nov 29 |
| 1974 | Mar 5 | Nov 26 | Jan 3 | Dec 23 |
| 1973 | Jan 27 | Nov 24 | Jan 7 | none |
| 1972 | Mar 28 | Dec 2 | Jan 31 | Dec 9 |
| 1971 | Mar 3 | Oct 30 | none | Oct 30 |
| 1970 | Jan 30 | Dec 23 | Jan 5 | none |
| 1969 | Mar 11 | Dec 10 | Jan 30 | Dec 30 |
| 1968 | Jan 30 | Dec 5 | Jan 30 | Dec 21 |
| 1967 | Mar 6 | Dec 3 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1966 | Mar 4 | Dec 24 | Mar 4 | none |
| 1965 | Mar 3 | Dec 15 | Feb 13 | Dec 19 |
| 1964 | Mar 25 | Nov 16 | Feb 14 | Nov 16 |
| 1963 | Apr 24 | Dec 10 | Jan 22 | none |
| 1962 | Mar 15 | Dec 28 | Feb 28 | Dec 28 |
| 1961 | Jan 12 | Dec 12 | none | none |
| 1960 | Feb 25 | Nov 28 | Jan 17 | none |
| 1959 | Feb 14 | none | none | none |
| 1958 | Mar 13 | Nov 17 | none | Nov 17 |
| 1957 | Feb 5 | Nov 18 | Feb 4 | none |
| 1956 | Mar 16 | Dec 21 | Feb 20 | none |
| 1955 | Mar 23 | Nov 15 | Feb 22 | Dec 30 |
| 1954 | Mar 26 | Oct 25 | Mar 15 | Nov 30 |
| 1953 | Apr 10 | Oct 23 | Mar 4 | Dec 6 |
| 1952 | Mar 17 | Nov 25 | Jan 11 | Nov 28 |
| 1951 | Apr 1 | Nov 9 | Mar 4 | Dec 21 |
"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.