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    Frost dates · California

    Does it ever freeze in San Francisco?

    San Francisco gets a freeze in about one year in ten, on fewer than one night a year on average.

    In the years it does freeze, the first night tends to come around December 26 and the last around December 29.

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    Live 48-hour check from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.

    A frost date here is a night when the official thermometer reads 32°F or colder. Frost on the ground can show up on clear, calm nights a few degrees milder.

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    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00023234.