Frost history / Santa Maria Public Ap, CA
Santa Maria Public Ap, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00023273, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 242 ft, 34.899, -120.449. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 3 | Dec 4 |
| Earliest | Jan 1 (2015) | Oct 28 (1971) |
| Latest | May 18 (1974) | Dec 31 (2014) |
| Trend | 4.5 days earlier per decade | 1.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 74, 3 with no freeze | 74, 8 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 4 and the median first fall date is Dec 14.
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)
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 | Jan 12 | Nov 17 | none | none |
| 2023 | Mar 2 | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Mar 6 | none | none | none |
| 2021 | Jan 26 | none | none | none |
| 2020 | Feb 5 | none | Feb 4 | none |
| 2019 | Feb 23 | none | none | none |
| 2018 | Feb 28 | Dec 29 | none | none |
| 2017 | Mar 6 | Dec 21 | none | none |
| 2016 | Jan 1 | Dec 18 | none | Dec 18 |
| 2015 | Jan 1 | Dec 16 | none | none |
| 2014 | none | Dec 31 | none | none |
| 2013 | Feb 25 | Dec 5 | Jan 14 | Dec 6 |
| 2012 | Mar 8 | Dec 19 | Jan 18 | none |
| 2011 | Feb 28 | Dec 3 | none | none |
| 2010 | none | Nov 25 | none | none |
| 2009 | Feb 10 | Dec 6 | none | none |
| 2008 | Apr 20 | Dec 14 | none | none |
| 2007 | Jan 23 | Dec 12 | Jan 16 | none |
| 2006 | Mar 4 | Dec 18 | Feb 16 | none |
| 2005 | Jan 13 | Nov 27 | none | none |
| 2004 | Feb 11 | Nov 29 | none | Dec 1 |
| 2003 | Apr 5 | Nov 23 | none | Dec 28 |
| 2002 | Mar 19 | Dec 25 | Feb 2 | none |
| 2001 | Apr 8 | Dec 10 | Feb 8 | none |
| 2000 | Jan 8 | Nov 11 | none | Nov 13 |
| 1999 | Apr 9 | Dec 6 | Jan 29 | none |
| 1998 | Jan 6 | Dec 4 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1997 | Apr 2 | Dec 11 | none | Dec 25 |
| 1996 | Jan 23 | Dec 24 | none | none |
| 1995 | none | Dec 21 | none | none |
| 1994 | Feb 14 | Nov 4 | none | Dec 9 |
| 1993 | Jan 11 | Dec 21 | none | none |
| 1992 | Jan 23 | Nov 30 | none | Dec 19 |
| 1991 | Feb 1 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 1990 | Mar 13 | Nov 28 | Feb 15 | Dec 22 |
| 1989 | Mar 4 | Dec 12 | Feb 6 | none |
| 1988 | Mar 12 | Nov 20 | none | Dec 26 |
| 1987 | Mar 22 | Nov 26 | Feb 27 | Dec 13 |
| 1986 | Feb 10 | Nov 30 | Feb 9 | none |
| 1985 | Mar 26 | Nov 13 | Mar 3 | Dec 11 |
| 1984 | Apr 27 | Nov 26 | none | Dec 14 |
| 1983 | Jan 20 | Nov 22 | none | none |
| 1982 | Apr 7 | Dec 14 | Jan 8 | Dec 25 |
| 1981 | Feb 26 | Dec 23 | none | none |
| 1980 | Feb 10 | Nov 18 | none | none |
| 1979 | Apr 18 | Nov 20 | Feb 4 | Nov 21 |
| 1978 | Jan 24 | Nov 12 | none | Dec 3 |
| 1977 | Mar 31 | none | Mar 14 | none |
| 1976 | Apr 16 | Nov 27 | Jan 3 | none |
| 1975 | May 5 | Nov 18 | Jan 30 | Nov 18 |
| 1974 | May 18 | Nov 27 | none | Dec 23 |
| 1973 | Mar 15 | none | Jan 7 | none |
| 1972 | Apr 20 | Oct 31 | Jan 5 | Dec 9 |
| 1971 | Apr 24 | Oct 28 | Mar 6 | Oct 29 |
| 1970 | Apr 28 | Dec 24 | Jan 5 | none |
| 1969 | Mar 8 | Dec 29 | none | Dec 29 |
| 1968 | Jan 28 | Dec 3 | Jan 6 | Dec 21 |
| 1967 | Mar 30 | Dec 13 | none | Dec 13 |
| 1966 | Mar 4 | Dec 24 | Mar 3 | Dec 27 |
| 1965 | Feb 13 | Dec 15 | Feb 10 | Dec 17 |
| 1964 | May 2 | Nov 15 | Mar 8 | Nov 20 |
| 1963 | Jan 22 | Dec 5 | Jan 21 | Dec 11 |
| 1962 | Mar 1 | Dec 25 | Feb 28 | Dec 26 |
| 1961 | Jan 9 | Nov 17 | none | none |
| 1960 | Feb 25 | Dec 6 | Jan 5 | Dec 7 |
| 1959 | Feb 13 | Dec 15 | none | none |
| 1958 | Mar 7 | Nov 16 | none | Nov 17 |
| 1957 | Feb 5 | Nov 17 | Feb 4 | none |
| 1956 | Mar 13 | Nov 19 | Feb 17 | Dec 9 |
| 1955 | Feb 22 | Nov 12 | Jan 8 | none |
| 1954 | Mar 13 | Nov 30 | none | Dec 27 |
| 1953 | Apr 9 | Dec 24 | none | Dec 25 |
| 1952 | Mar 3 | none | none | none |
| 1951 | Apr 1 | Dec 8 | Jan 1 | 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.