Frost history / Sandberg, CA
Sandberg, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00023187, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 4,510 ft, 34.744, -118.724. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 29 | Nov 21 |
| Earliest | Jan 1 (2015) | Oct 11 (2008) |
| Latest | Jun 2 (1967) | Dec 27 (2018) |
| Trend | 6.4 days earlier per decade | 1.6 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 65 | 68, 2 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 1 and the median first fall date is Nov 28.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Apr 14 | none | Jan 8 | none |
| 2023 | May 4 | none | Apr 4 | none |
| 2022 | May 11 | Nov 3 | Apr 12 | none |
| 2021 | Mar 16 | Dec 14 | Jan 26 | none |
| 2020 | Mar 27 | Oct 26 | Feb 4 | none |
| 2019 | Mar 14 | Nov 26 | Feb 22 | Nov 29 |
| 2018 | Apr 19 | Dec 27 | Mar 4 | Dec 28 |
| 2017 | Mar 6 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 21 |
| 2016 | Feb 4 | Dec 2 | Feb 2 | Dec 25 |
| 2015 | Jan 1 | Nov 16 | none | Dec 25 |
| 2014 | Feb 5 | Dec 25 | none | Dec 31 |
| 2013 | Apr 16 | Dec 3 | Feb 20 | Dec 4 |
| 2012 | Apr 14 | Nov 9 | Apr 6 | Dec 14 |
| 2011 | May 16 | Nov 4 | Apr 9 | Dec 5 |
| 2010 | May 23 | Nov 21 | May 23 | Nov 24 |
| 2009 | Apr 28 | Oct 28 | Apr 25 | Dec 7 |
| 2008 | Apr 21 | Oct 11 | Apr 21 | Dec 13 |
| 2007 | Apr 20 | Nov 30 | Apr 18 | Dec 1 |
| 2006 | Apr 17 | Nov 25 | Mar 21 | Nov 28 |
| 2005 | Apr 14 | Nov 26 | Jan 5 | Nov 26 |
| 2004 | Mar 2 | Nov 4 | Feb 10 | Nov 21 |
| 2003 | May 9 | Oct 31 | Feb 19 | Nov 22 |
| 2002 | Apr 19 | Dec 17 | Mar 18 | Dec 22 |
| 2001 | no data | Nov 25 | no data | Nov 27 |
| 2000 | no data | Nov 9 | no data | Nov 11 |
| 1999 | Apr 28 | Nov 21 | Apr 28 | Dec 8 |
| 1998 | May 13 | Nov 8 | Apr 15 | Dec 4 |
| 1997 | no data | Dec 6 | no data | Dec 9 |
| 1995 | no data | Dec 23 | no data | none |
| 1994 | Mar 25 | no data | Feb 19 | no data |
| 1993 | Mar 28 | no data | Jan 11 | no data |
| 1992 | Feb 16 | Dec 4 | Jan 11 | Dec 18 |
| 1991 | May 18 | Oct 28 | Mar 16 | Nov 29 |
| 1990 | Mar 14 | Nov 26 | Mar 13 | Nov 27 |
| 1989 | Apr 25 | Nov 28 | Mar 4 | none |
| 1988 | May 6 | Nov 18 | Jan 22 | Dec 15 |
| 1987 | no data | Nov 25 | no data | Dec 12 |
| 1986 | May 7 | Dec 4 | Feb 9 | Dec 4 |
| 1985 | no data | Nov 9 | no data | Nov 11 |
| 1984 | May 15 | Nov 21 | Apr 1 | Nov 25 |
| 1983 | no data | Nov 21 | no data | Nov 21 |
| 1982 | Apr 7 | no data | Apr 7 | no data |
| 1981 | Mar 27 | Nov 23 | Feb 26 | none |
| 1980 | May 24 | no data | Mar 26 | no data |
| 1979 | no data | Nov 19 | no data | Nov 20 |
| 1978 | May 24 | no data | Apr 16 | no data |
| 1977 | May 17 | Nov 19 | Mar 31 | Nov 19 |
| 1976 | Apr 17 | Nov 27 | Apr 16 | Nov 27 |
| 1975 | May 20 | Oct 23 | May 4 | Nov 17 |
| 1974 | May 19 | Nov 22 | May 17 | Dec 22 |
| 1973 | May 5 | Nov 3 | Apr 1 | Nov 4 |
| 1972 | May 20 | Oct 29 | Apr 14 | Oct 30 |
| 1971 | May 21 | Oct 15 | Apr 25 | Oct 16 |
| 1970 | Apr 29 | Nov 26 | Apr 28 | Dec 14 |
| 1969 | May 4 | Oct 18 | May 4 | Dec 26 |
| 1968 | May 14 | Nov 12 | May 14 | Nov 13 |
| 1967 | Jun 2 | Nov 28 | Apr 30 | Nov 28 |
| 1966 | Mar 21 | Nov 23 | Mar 17 | Dec 26 |
| 1965 | May 22 | Nov 25 | Apr 12 | Nov 26 |
| 1964 | May 7 | Nov 10 | May 5 | Nov 13 |
| 1963 | May 11 | Nov 7 | Apr 26 | Nov 21 |
| 1962 | May 15 | Nov 16 | Mar 23 | Nov 29 |
| 1961 | May 12 | Oct 28 | Apr 24 | Nov 21 |
| 1960 | May 23 | Nov 26 | Apr 23 | Nov 26 |
| 1959 | May 4 | Dec 13 | Feb 22 | Dec 13 |
| 1958 | Apr 7 | Nov 14 | Apr 4 | Nov 15 |
| 1957 | Apr 21 | Nov 2 | Mar 22 | none |
| 1956 | Apr 14 | Oct 24 | Apr 1 | Oct 24 |
| 1955 | May 14 | Nov 13 | Apr 27 | Nov 14 |
| 1954 | May 1 | Nov 29 | Mar 25 | Nov 29 |
| 1953 | May 26 | Nov 17 | Apr 11 | Nov 17 |
| 1952 | Apr 26 | Nov 14 | Mar 23 | Nov 22 |
| 1951 | May 14 | Nov 22 | Apr 29 | Dec 5 |
"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.