Last Frost Day

Frost history / Bishop Ap, CA

Bishop Ap, CA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00023157, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 4,102 ft, 37.371, -118.358. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMay 2Oct 13
EarliestMar 26 (1992)Sep 11 (1952)
LatestJun 18 (2022)Nov 9 (1988)
Trend1.0 days earlier per decade0.7 days later per decade
Years with data7474

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 20 and the median first fall date is Oct 25.

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)

Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15May 30Jun 14Jun 2919601970198019902000201020201951: May 21952: Apr 151953: May 241954: Jun 101955: Jun 21956: May 101957: Apr 191958: Apr 241959: Apr 271960: May 241961: Apr 271962: Apr 301963: May 121964: May 71965: May 71966: Apr 211967: Jun 11968: Apr 251969: Apr 251970: May 121971: May 181972: Apr 211973: May 11974: May 201975: May 51976: Apr 281977: May 181978: May 241979: Apr 201980: May 251981: May 71982: Apr 231983: May 121984: Apr 291985: Apr 281986: May 111987: Apr 221988: Jun 71989: Apr 281990: Apr 11991: May 121992: Mar 261993: Apr 231994: May 171995: Apr 221996: Apr 221997: Apr 141998: May 271999: May 42000: May 132001: Apr 232002: May 12003: May 112004: Apr 182005: May 72006: Apr 192007: Apr 212008: May 22009: Apr 302010: May 272011: Jun 32012: Apr 162013: May 22014: Apr 142015: Apr 102016: Mar 312017: Apr 302018: Apr 182019: Apr 132020: May 202021: May 232022: Jun 182023: May 82024: May 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Aug 28Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Oct 61952: Sep 111953: Oct 41954: Sep 301955: Oct 71956: Oct 121957: Oct 51958: Oct 211959: Oct 21960: Oct 111961: Oct 101962: Nov 61963: Nov 11964: Oct 251965: Nov 31966: Oct 141967: Oct 151968: Oct 211969: Oct 41970: Oct 81971: Sep 261972: Oct 171973: Oct 101974: Oct 271975: Oct 81976: Oct 271977: Oct 281978: Sep 201979: Oct 221980: Oct 131981: Oct 81982: Oct 11983: Nov 81984: Oct 161985: Oct 101986: Sep 201987: Oct 151988: Nov 91989: Oct 261990: Oct 81991: Oct 241992: Nov 41993: Oct 201994: Oct 171995: Oct 51996: Oct 181997: Oct 81998: Oct 71999: Oct 172000: Oct 112001: Oct 132002: Oct 212003: Oct 302004: Oct 212005: Oct 52006: Sep 242007: Sep 302008: Oct 92009: Oct 22010: Oct 262011: Oct 272012: Oct 242013: Sep 282014: Oct 262015: Nov 42016: Oct 52017: Sep 222018: Oct 152019: Sep 302020: Oct 252021: Oct 92022: Oct 242023: Oct 272024: Oct 21

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
2024May 7Oct 21Apr 6Oct 30
2023May 8Oct 27Apr 6Oct 29
2022Jun 18Oct 24May 12Oct 25
2021May 23Oct 9Apr 1Oct 13
2020May 20Oct 25Mar 30Oct 26
2019Apr 13Sep 30Mar 24Sep 30
2018Apr 18Oct 15Mar 26Nov 9
2017Apr 30Sep 22Apr 9Oct 10
2016Mar 31Oct 5Mar 24Nov 15
2015Apr 10Nov 4Apr 10Nov 5
2014Apr 14Oct 26Apr 3Nov 4
2013May 2Sep 28Apr 18Oct 16
2012Apr 16Oct 24Apr 12Oct 24
2011Jun 3Oct 27Jun 2Oct 27
2010May 27Oct 26May 24Oct 27
2009Apr 30Oct 2Apr 29Oct 5
2008May 2Oct 9Apr 25Oct 10
2007Apr 21Sep 30Apr 21Nov 3
2006Apr 19Sep 24Apr 6Oct 26
2005May 7Oct 5Apr 21Oct 5
2004Apr 18Oct 21Apr 18Oct 22
2003May 11Oct 30Apr 28Oct 30
2002May 1Oct 21May 1Oct 26
2001Apr 23Oct 13Apr 13Nov 1
2000May 13Oct 11May 12Oct 11
1999May 4Oct 17Apr 10Nov 5
1998May 27Oct 7May 27Oct 10
1997Apr 14Oct 8Apr 13Oct 26
1996Apr 22Oct 18Apr 19Oct 21
1995Apr 22Oct 5Apr 10Oct 23
1994May 17Oct 17Mar 23Oct 17
1993Apr 23Oct 20Apr 13Nov 3
1992Mar 26Nov 4Mar 19Nov 4
1991May 12Oct 24Apr 11Oct 24
1990Apr 1Oct 8Mar 16Oct 21
1989Apr 28Oct 26Apr 26Oct 26
1988Jun 7Nov 9May 8Nov 11
1987Apr 22Oct 15Apr 20Nov 15
1986May 11Sep 20Apr 4Sep 26
1985Apr 28Oct 10Apr 26Oct 10
1984Apr 29Oct 16Apr 29Oct 16
1983May 12Nov 8May 5Nov 9
1982Apr 23Oct 1Apr 21Oct 28
1981May 7Oct 8Mar 31Oct 12
1980May 25Oct 13May 25Oct 16
1979Apr 20Oct 22Mar 18Oct 22
1978May 24Sep 20May 24Oct 23
1977May 18Oct 28May 7Nov 9
1976Apr 28Oct 27Apr 27Oct 27
1975May 5Oct 8May 5Oct 24
1974May 20Oct 27Apr 25Nov 5
1973May 1Oct 10Apr 20Oct 11
1972Apr 21Oct 17Apr 19Oct 30
1971May 18Sep 26Apr 22Oct 17
1970May 12Oct 8Apr 28Oct 23
1969Apr 25Oct 4Apr 7Oct 5
1968Apr 25Oct 21Apr 23Nov 1
1967Jun 1Oct 15Apr 30Nov 22
1966Apr 21Oct 14Apr 20Oct 14
1965May 7Nov 3May 7Nov 22
1964May 7Oct 25May 3Nov 5
1963May 12Nov 1Apr 25Nov 2
1962Apr 30Nov 6Mar 25Nov 8
1961Apr 27Oct 10Apr 24Oct 10
1960May 24Oct 11Apr 23Nov 9
1959Apr 27Oct 2Mar 25Nov 1
1958Apr 24Oct 21Apr 5Oct 21
1957Apr 19Oct 5Apr 19Oct 5
1956May 10Oct 12Apr 3Oct 25
1955Jun 2Oct 7May 15Oct 28
1954Jun 10Sep 30Apr 9Oct 25
1953May 24Oct 4Apr 29Oct 22
1952Apr 15Sep 11Mar 23Nov 3
1951May 2Oct 6May 2Oct 22

"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.