| Average Freeze Dates for California |
| Location | First Freeze | Last Freeze | Coldest month on record, avg temp, F | Coldest winter on record, avg temp, F | |
| Bakersfield | November 17 | March 3 | Jan 1949, 40.4 | 1949, 44.9 | |
| Bishop | October 14 | May 4 | Jan 1949, 23.8 | 1949, 30.7 | |
| Blue Canyon | October 22 | May 20 | Jan 1949, 26.3 | 1949, 29.7 | |
| Eureka | December 7 | February 13 | Jan 1949, 40.3 | 1949, 43.3 | |
| Fresno | December 8 | February 7 | Jan 1949, 39.6 | 1964, 43.7 | |
| Long Beach | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| Los Angeles | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| Mount Shasta | September 30 | May 24 | Jan 1949, 23.8 | 1949, 27.7 | |
| Redding | November 21 | December 5 | Jan 1937, 34.1 | 1949, 41.8 | |
| Sacramento | December 1 | February 18 | Jan 1949, 36.9 | 1949, 41.4 | |
| San Diego | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| San Francisco | December 14 | January 24 | Jan 1949, 42.4 | 1949, 45.0 | |
| Santa Barbara | December 8 | February 8 | Jan 1949, 45.4 | 1949, 48.3 | |
| Santa Maria | December 1 | March 7 | Jan 1949, 43.3 | 1949, 46.2 | |
| Stockton | November 28 | February 22 | Jan 1949, 38.1 | 1949, 42.2 | |
| Yosemite Park | October 14 | May 10 | Jan 1937, 22.8 | 1917, 31.1 |
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