Frost history / Sacramento 5 Ese, CA
Sacramento 5 Ese, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00023271, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 38 ft, 38.556, -121.417. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Jan 22 | Dec 11 |
| Earliest | Jan 1 (1965) | Nov 12 (2000) |
| Latest | Mar 7 (1964) | Dec 30 (1982) |
| Trend | 0.9 days earlier per decade | 1.0 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 74, 22 with no freeze | 74, 27 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 14 and the median first fall date is Dec 21.
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 | none | none | none | none |
| 2023 | Jan 31 | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Feb 24 | Dec 17 | none | none |
| 2021 | Jan 26 | none | none | none |
| 2020 | none | none | none | none |
| 2019 | Feb 7 | none | none | none |
| 2018 | Feb 24 | none | none | none |
| 2017 | Jan 6 | none | none | none |
| 2016 | none | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 2015 | Jan 3 | Nov 28 | none | none |
| 2014 | none | none | none | none |
| 2013 | Jan 20 | Dec 5 | Jan 13 | Dec 9 |
| 2012 | Jan 17 | Dec 19 | Jan 17 | none |
| 2011 | Feb 27 | Dec 23 | none | none |
| 2010 | none | Nov 25 | none | none |
| 2009 | Jan 4 | Dec 6 | none | Dec 6 |
| 2008 | none | Dec 17 | none | none |
| 2007 | Jan 18 | Dec 22 | Jan 16 | none |
| 2006 | none | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 2005 | none | none | none | none |
| 2004 | Jan 4 | Nov 29 | none | none |
| 2003 | none | Nov 23 | none | none |
| 2002 | Feb 2 | none | none | none |
| 2001 | Jan 18 | none | none | none |
| 2000 | Jan 6 | Nov 12 | none | none |
| 1999 | Jan 11 | Dec 16 | none | none |
| 1998 | none | Dec 20 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1997 | Jan 14 | none | none | none |
| 1996 | none | none | none | none |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | none | Dec 9 | none | none |
| 1993 | Jan 5 | Nov 25 | none | none |
| 1992 | none | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 1991 | Jan 1 | none | Jan 1 | none |
| 1990 | Feb 18 | Dec 14 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1989 | Feb 12 | Dec 12 | Feb 8 | none |
| 1988 | Feb 4 | Dec 25 | none | none |
| 1987 | Feb 25 | Dec 14 | Jan 19 | Dec 31 |
| 1986 | none | Nov 30 | none | none |
| 1985 | Feb 5 | Nov 13 | none | Dec 13 |
| 1984 | none | Dec 22 | none | none |
| 1983 | none | none | none | none |
| 1982 | none | Dec 30 | none | none |
| 1981 | none | none | none | none |
| 1980 | none | Dec 14 | none | none |
| 1979 | Jan 29 | none | none | none |
| 1978 | none | Dec 7 | none | none |
| 1977 | Jan 8 | none | none | none |
| 1976 | none | none | none | none |
| 1975 | Jan 30 | none | none | none |
| 1974 | Jan 2 | none | none | none |
| 1973 | Jan 6 | none | none | none |
| 1972 | Feb 2 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 8 |
| 1971 | Mar 1 | Dec 11 | none | none |
| 1970 | Jan 6 | none | none | none |
| 1969 | Jan 29 | Nov 29 | none | none |
| 1968 | Jan 11 | Dec 20 | Jan 4 | Dec 21 |
| 1967 | Jan 2 | Dec 11 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1966 | Jan 20 | none | none | none |
| 1965 | Jan 1 | Dec 15 | none | none |
| 1964 | Mar 7 | Dec 13 | none | none |
| 1963 | Jan 22 | Dec 11 | Jan 13 | none |
| 1962 | Feb 27 | Dec 25 | Jan 22 | Dec 30 |
| 1961 | Jan 21 | Nov 17 | Jan 2 | none |
| 1960 | Jan 16 | Dec 7 | Jan 2 | none |
| 1959 | Jan 3 | Dec 13 | none | Dec 30 |
| 1958 | Jan 22 | Nov 17 | none | none |
| 1957 | Feb 4 | none | Jan 30 | none |
| 1956 | Feb 18 | Dec 7 | none | none |
| 1955 | Feb 21 | Nov 25 | none | none |
| 1954 | Jan 25 | Nov 30 | none | none |
| 1953 | Mar 2 | none | none | none |
| 1952 | Jan 9 | Nov 25 | none | none |
| 1951 | Mar 3 | Dec 9 | none | none |
"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.