Alice, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00410144, 1954 to 2008, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 201 ft, 27.728, -98.068. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 13	Dec 10
Earliest	Jan 1 (1991)	Oct 31 (1993)
Latest	Mar 20 (1965)	Dec 26 (1980)
Trend	3.4 days earlier per decade	1.0 days later per decade
Years with data	44, 10 with no freeze	45, 9 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 4 and the median first fall date is Dec 16.

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
2008	Feb 1	none	none	none
2007	no data	Dec 17	no data	none
2006	none	Dec 1	none	none
2005	none	none	none	none
2001	none	no data	none	no data
2000	none	Dec 13	none	none
1999	Jan 9	Dec 6	none	none
1998	none	no data	none	no data
1997	Jan 15	Dec 13	Jan 14	none
1996	Mar 9	Dec 19	Feb 4	Dec 19
1995	none	Dec 10	none	none
1994	Feb 11	none	Feb 2	none
1993	none	Oct 31	none	Oct 31
1992	none	Nov 27	none	Nov 27
1991	Jan 1	Nov 9	none	none
1990	none	Dec 22	none	Dec 22
1989	Mar 7	Dec 13	Feb 8	Dec 13
1988	Mar 19	none	Feb 12	none
1987	no data	none	no data	none
1985	no data	Dec 14	no data	Dec 14
1984	Jan 21	Dec 7	Jan 20	none
1983	none	Dec 19	none	Dec 22
1982	Feb 7	no data	Feb 7	no data
1981	Feb 13	Dec 18	Feb 12	Dec 18
1980	Mar 4	Dec 26	Mar 3	none
1979	Feb 18	Nov 30	Jan 15	Dec 18
1978	Mar 5	Dec 9	Jan 21	Dec 9
1977	Jan 29	Dec 22	Jan 19	Dec 22
1975	no data	Nov 23	no data	Nov 23
1974	Feb 27	Nov 30	Feb 27	none
1973	Feb 19	no data	Feb 10	no data
1972	Feb 5	Dec 11	Feb 4	Dec 16
1971	Mar 4	none	Feb 8	none
1970	Feb 3	Nov 16	Jan 8	none
1969	Jan 11	Nov 20	Jan 5	none
1968	Feb 24	Dec 8	Feb 24	Dec 24
1967	Feb 9	Dec 23	Jan 4	none
1966	Mar 5	Dec 11	Jan 30	Dec 12
1965	Mar 20	none	none	none
1964	Feb 8	Dec 15	Jan 14	none
1963	Feb 15	Dec 23	Feb 14	Dec 23
1962	Mar 1	none	Jan 13	none
1961	Feb 9	Dec 13	Jan 30	none
1960	Feb 26	none	Feb 26	none
1958	Feb 14	Dec 11	Feb 14	Dec 17
1957	Jan 18	Dec 1	none	Dec 12
1956	Mar 8	Nov 27	none	none
1955	Feb 13	Nov 29	none	Dec 16
1954	no data	Nov 6	no data	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.