Last Frost Day

Frost history / Andrews, TX

Andrews, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00410248, 1962 to 2009, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,192 ft, 32.348, -102.552. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 29Nov 7
EarliestMar 4 (1979)Oct 8 (1976)
LatestApr 23 (1995)Nov 29 (1965)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.1 days later per decade
Years with data3739

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 18 and the median first fall date is Nov 19.

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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019701980199020001964: Apr 81965: Mar 261966: Mar 241967: Mar 161968: Mar 221969: Mar 261970: Apr 51971: Apr 61972: Apr 11973: Apr 101974: Apr 141975: Apr 31976: Mar 311977: Apr 41978: Mar 241979: Mar 41980: Apr 131981: Mar 191982: Mar 271983: Apr 151984: Mar 291985: Mar 51986: Mar 211987: Apr 71988: Apr 111989: Apr 111990: Mar 261991: Mar 91992: Mar 111993: Mar 141995: Apr 231996: Apr 61997: Apr 131998: Mar 201999: Mar 152001: Mar 262008: Apr 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119701980199020001962: Nov 81963: Nov 11964: Nov 201965: Nov 291966: Oct 151967: Nov 11968: Nov 81969: Oct 131970: Oct 281971: Oct 301972: Nov 11973: Nov 251974: Nov 141975: Nov 121976: Oct 81977: Nov 21978: Nov 281979: Nov 11980: Oct 291981: Nov 91982: Nov 131983: Nov 271984: Nov 191985: Nov 151986: Nov 111987: Nov 101988: Nov 161989: Oct 191990: Nov 71991: Oct 301992: Nov 51993: Oct 301994: Nov 281995: Nov 31996: Nov 242000: Nov 72005: Nov 152008: Nov 72009: Oct 29

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
2009no dataOct 29no dataNov 16
2008Apr 18Nov 7Mar 9Nov 15
2005no dataNov 15no dataNov 16
2001Mar 26no dataFeb 28no data
2000no dataNov 7no dataNov 8
1999Mar 15no dataFeb 13no data
1998Mar 20no dataMar 12no data
1997Apr 13no dataApr 13no data
1996Apr 6Nov 24Mar 27Nov 25
1995Apr 23Nov 3Mar 8Nov 28
1994no dataNov 28no dataNov 28
1993Mar 14Oct 30Mar 14Oct 30
1992Mar 11Nov 5Mar 10Nov 25
1991Mar 9Oct 30Jan 30Oct 31
1990Mar 26Nov 7Mar 25Nov 29
1989Apr 11Oct 19Mar 21Nov 2
1988Apr 11Nov 16Mar 18Nov 20
1987Apr 7Nov 10Mar 31Nov 10
1986Mar 21Nov 11Feb 21Nov 12
1985Mar 5Nov 15Mar 5Nov 20
1984Mar 29Nov 19Mar 9Nov 27
1983Apr 15Nov 27Mar 21Nov 27
1982Mar 27Nov 13Mar 7Nov 15
1981Mar 19Nov 9Feb 13Dec 17
1980Apr 13Oct 29Apr 13Oct 29
1979Mar 4Nov 1Mar 4Nov 1
1978Mar 24Nov 28Mar 16Dec 3
1977Apr 4Nov 2Mar 6Nov 11
1976Mar 31Oct 8Mar 16Nov 12
1975Apr 3Nov 12Apr 3Nov 20
1974Apr 14Nov 14Mar 24Nov 24
1973Apr 10Nov 25Apr 9Nov 27
1972Apr 1Nov 1Mar 31Nov 14
1971Apr 6Oct 30Apr 5Nov 19
1970Apr 5Oct 28Mar 28Nov 4
1969Mar 26Oct 13Mar 26Nov 19
1968Mar 22Nov 8Mar 22Nov 27
1967Mar 16Nov 1Mar 16Dec 3
1966Mar 24Oct 15Mar 23Nov 2
1965Mar 26Nov 29Mar 26Nov 29
1964Apr 8Nov 20Mar 21Nov 20
1963no dataNov 1no dataNov 29
1962no dataNov 8no dataNov 19

"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.