Frost history / Red Bluff Muni Ap, CA
Red Bluff Muni Ap, CA: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00024216, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 353 ft, 40.152, -122.254. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 27 | Nov 28 |
| Earliest | Jan 3 (2015) | Nov 8 (2011) |
| Latest | Apr 28 (1967) | Dec 30 (2018) |
| Trend | 0.8 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 72, 2 with no freeze | 71, 2 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 28 and the median first fall date is Dec 13.
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 | Mar 4 | Nov 29 | none | none |
| 2023 | Mar 27 | Nov 26 | none | none |
| 2022 | Feb 26 | Nov 21 | Feb 24 | none |
| 2021 | Jan 26 | Dec 17 | Jan 26 | none |
| 2020 | Jan 15 | Nov 10 | none | none |
| 2019 | Feb 23 | Nov 29 | none | none |
| 2018 | Mar 5 | Dec 30 | Feb 24 | none |
| 2017 | Feb 28 | Dec 9 | Jan 6 | Dec 13 |
| 2016 | none | Dec 6 | none | Dec 19 |
| 2015 | Jan 3 | Nov 28 | none | Nov 29 |
| 2014 | Feb 5 | Dec 27 | none | none |
| 2013 | Feb 18 | Dec 5 | Jan 19 | Dec 5 |
| 2012 | Apr 6 | Nov 10 | Jan 17 | Dec 19 |
| 2011 | Mar 1 | Nov 8 | Jan 10 | Nov 19 |
| 2010 | Mar 13 | Nov 24 | none | Dec 30 |
| 2009 | Mar 10 | Nov 17 | Jan 4 | Dec 6 |
| 2008 | Feb 5 | Dec 4 | none | Dec 17 |
| 2007 | Feb 27 | Dec 1 | Jan 26 | Dec 1 |
| 2006 | Mar 13 | Nov 25 | Mar 10 | Dec 17 |
| 2005 | Jan 14 | Dec 3 | none | Dec 5 |
| 2004 | Feb 11 | Nov 29 | Jan 3 | none |
| 2003 | Feb 11 | Nov 24 | Feb 9 | Dec 26 |
| 2002 | Mar 8 | Dec 18 | Feb 4 | none |
| 2001 | Apr 8 | Nov 27 | Feb 1 | none |
| 2000 | Jan 12 | Nov 10 | Jan 2 | none |
| 1999 | Apr 9 | Nov 22 | Feb 11 | Dec 16 |
| 1998 | Jan 6 | Dec 4 | none | Dec 7 |
| 1997 | Mar 5 | Dec 20 | Jan 14 | Dec 23 |
| 1996 | Mar 30 | Dec 16 | Feb 26 | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | Mar 24 | Dec 21 | none | none |
| 1994 | Feb 15 | Nov 14 | none | Dec 7 |
| 1993 | Feb 28 | no data | Jan 4 | no data |
| 1992 | Jan 21 | Nov 11 | Jan 3 | Dec 5 |
| 1991 | Mar 11 | Nov 16 | Jan 30 | none |
| 1990 | Mar 13 | Nov 20 | Feb 15 | Dec 3 |
| 1989 | Mar 3 | Nov 28 | Feb 14 | Dec 13 |
| 1988 | no data | Dec 17 | no data | Dec 17 |
| 1986 | Feb 10 | no data | none | no data |
| 1985 | Feb 10 | Nov 12 | Jan 13 | Nov 12 |
| 1984 | Feb 10 | Nov 25 | none | Dec 20 |
| 1983 | Jan 13 | Dec 23 | Jan 13 | none |
| 1982 | Apr 7 | Dec 27 | Feb 11 | Dec 31 |
| 1981 | Feb 4 | none | none | none |
| 1980 | Jan 30 | Dec 8 | Jan 28 | Dec 14 |
| 1979 | Feb 3 | Nov 21 | Feb 1 | none |
| 1978 | none | Nov 12 | none | Nov 15 |
| 1977 | Feb 3 | Nov 19 | Jan 9 | Nov 20 |
| 1976 | Mar 6 | Nov 29 | Mar 3 | Dec 28 |
| 1975 | Feb 23 | Nov 28 | Jan 29 | Nov 29 |
| 1974 | Feb 22 | Nov 30 | Jan 10 | none |
| 1973 | Jan 28 | none | Jan 28 | none |
| 1972 | Apr 13 | Dec 5 | Jan 31 | Dec 5 |
| 1971 | Mar 6 | Dec 4 | Feb 26 | none |
| 1970 | Jan 29 | Dec 12 | Jan 6 | Dec 25 |
| 1969 | Mar 8 | Nov 19 | Jan 31 | Dec 31 |
| 1968 | Jan 28 | Dec 3 | Jan 28 | Dec 21 |
| 1967 | Apr 28 | Dec 1 | none | Dec 10 |
| 1966 | Mar 17 | Dec 28 | Mar 4 | none |
| 1965 | Jan 8 | Nov 28 | none | Dec 15 |
| 1964 | Mar 2 | Nov 16 | Jan 13 | Dec 13 |
| 1963 | Mar 17 | Dec 12 | Jan 26 | none |
| 1962 | Feb 28 | Dec 25 | Feb 27 | Dec 26 |
| 1961 | Jan 21 | Nov 17 | Jan 20 | none |
| 1960 | Jan 17 | Nov 27 | Jan 13 | none |
| 1959 | Feb 12 | Dec 6 | Feb 12 | none |
| 1958 | Mar 9 | Nov 15 | none | Nov 17 |
| 1957 | Feb 5 | Nov 23 | Feb 4 | none |
| 1956 | Mar 6 | Nov 27 | Feb 18 | Dec 6 |
| 1955 | Apr 27 | Nov 13 | Feb 28 | none |
| 1954 | Jan 25 | Nov 30 | Jan 25 | Dec 25 |
| 1953 | Mar 13 | Dec 23 | none | none |
| 1952 | Mar 20 | Nov 24 | Jan 3 | Nov 28 |
| 1951 | Mar 11 | Nov 24 | Feb 1 | Dec 14 |
"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.