Last Frost Day

Frost history / Anahuac, TX

Anahuac, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00410235, 1951 to 2015, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 24 ft, 29.788, -94.634. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianFeb 27Dec 5
EarliestJan 6 (1969)Nov 3 (1951)
LatestMar 31 (1987)Dec 27 (2001)
Trend1.4 days earlier per decade1.0 days later per decade
Years with data56, 2 with no freeze52, 5 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 5 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.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 151960197019801990200020101951: Mar 131952: Mar 241953: Jan 191954: Mar 71955: Mar 281956: Mar 81957: Mar 91958: Feb 171965: Mar 211966: Mar 71967: Mar 71968: Mar 31969: Jan 61970: Feb 171971: Mar 51972: Feb 91973: Feb 181974: Feb 271975: Feb 81976: Jan 281977: Feb 161978: Mar 51979: Feb 191980: Mar 41981: Feb 131982: Feb 71984: Feb 81985: Feb 91986: Mar 11987: Mar 311988: Feb 131989: Mar 91991: Jan 231992: Jan 211993: Mar 141994: Feb 31995: Mar 91996: Mar 211997: Feb 161999: Jan 102000: Jan 292001: Feb 102002: Mar 52003: Feb 172006: Feb 122007: Mar 52008: Mar 72009: Mar 22010: Mar 22011: Feb 142012: Feb 132013: Mar 32014: Mar 52015: Feb 26

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 101960197019801990200020101951: Nov 31952: Nov 211953: Dec 101954: Dec 141955: Nov 291956: Nov 101957: Dec 111966: Nov 31967: Dec 231968: Dec 151969: Nov 151970: Nov 161972: Dec 161973: Dec 81974: Dec 11975: Nov 151976: Nov 291977: Dec 101978: Dec 91979: Nov 301980: Dec 251981: Dec 181982: Dec 131983: Dec 71984: Nov 221985: Dec 21987: Dec 161988: Dec 181989: Dec 131990: Dec 51991: Nov 41993: Nov 71996: Dec 171998: Dec 251999: Dec 162000: Nov 102001: Dec 272003: Dec 152006: Nov 212007: Dec 172008: Dec 22009: Dec 52010: Nov 272011: Nov 292012: Dec 112013: Nov 282014: Nov 14

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2015Feb 26no dataJan 9no data
2014Mar 5Nov 14Jan 30none
2013Mar 3Nov 28nonenone
2012Feb 13Dec 11Jan 15none
2011Feb 14Nov 29Feb 14Dec 8
2010Mar 2Nov 27Feb 26Dec 27
2009Mar 2Dec 5Jan 29Dec 5
2008Mar 7Dec 2Mar 7Dec 5
2007Mar 5Dec 17Feb 17none
2006Feb 12Nov 21noneDec 5
2003Feb 17Dec 15Jan 26Dec 15
2002Mar 5noneMar 4none
2001Feb 10Dec 27Jan 20none
2000Jan 29Nov 10noneNov 10
1999Jan 10Dec 16Jan 5none
1998noneDec 25noneDec 26
1997Feb 16no dataJan 11no data
1996Mar 21Dec 17Mar 9Dec 19
1995Mar 9no datanoneno data
1994Feb 3noneFeb 2none
1993Mar 14Nov 7noneNov 27
1992Jan 21no dataJan 20no data
1991Jan 23Nov 4noneNov 9
1990noneDec 5noneDec 23
1989Mar 9Dec 13Mar 7Dec 13
1988Feb 13Dec 18Feb 13none
1987Mar 31Dec 16Jan 23none
1986Mar 1noneFeb 12none
1985Feb 9Dec 2Feb 3Dec 14
1984Feb 8Nov 22Feb 7Dec 7
1983no dataDec 7no dataDec 22
1982Feb 7Dec 13Jan 17none
1981Feb 13Dec 18Feb 13Dec 19
1980Mar 4Dec 25Mar 3none
1979Feb 19Nov 30Feb 9Nov 30
1978Mar 5Dec 9Feb 22Dec 10
1977Feb 16Dec 10Jan 29Dec 22
1976Jan 28Nov 29Jan 10Nov 29
1975Feb 8Nov 15Feb 8Dec 19
1974Feb 27Dec 1nonenone
1973Feb 18Dec 8Feb 11Dec 17
1972Feb 9Dec 16Feb 4Dec 16
1971Mar 5noneMar 4none
1970Feb 17Nov 16Feb 3Nov 16
1969Jan 6Nov 15Jan 6Nov 15
1968Mar 3Dec 15Mar 2Dec 25
1967Mar 7Dec 23Feb 9Dec 23
1966Mar 7Nov 3Jan 31Dec 11
1965Mar 21noneMar 20none
1958Feb 17no dataFeb 14no data
1957Mar 9Dec 11Jan 19Dec 12
1956Mar 8Nov 10Jan 9none
1955Mar 28Nov 29Feb 12Nov 29
1954Mar 7Dec 14Jan 23Dec 30
1953Jan 19Dec 10Jan 18Dec 15
1952Mar 24Nov 21noneDec 15
1951Mar 13Nov 3Feb 17Nov 3

"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.