Frost history / Bay City Wtr Wks, TX
Bay City Wtr Wks, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00410569, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 52 ft, 28.980, -95.975. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 20 | Dec 6 |
| Earliest | Jan 3 (2001) | Oct 30 (1993) |
| Latest | Mar 28 (1955) | Dec 30 (1954) |
| Trend | 1.1 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 65, 7 with no freeze | 58, 8 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 8 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 21 | no data | Feb 21 | no data |
| 2024 | Mar 10 | Dec 11 | Jan 20 | none |
| 2023 | no data | Dec 11 | no data | none |
| 2021 | Feb 22 | none | Feb 20 | none |
| 2020 | Feb 28 | Dec 1 | none | Dec 1 |
| 2019 | Mar 6 | Nov 13 | none | Dec 19 |
| 2018 | Jan 19 | no data | Jan 18 | no data |
| 2017 | Jan 8 | Dec 8 | Jan 8 | Dec 9 |
| 2015 | Jan 15 | Nov 22 | none | none |
| 2013 | Mar 13 | no data | none | no data |
| 2012 | Jan 14 | Dec 11 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 13 | Nov 28 | Feb 12 | Dec 7 |
| 2010 | Feb 25 | Nov 27 | Feb 16 | Dec 26 |
| 2009 | Mar 2 | Dec 3 | none | Dec 5 |
| 2008 | Feb 2 | Dec 11 | Jan 3 | none |
| 2007 | Mar 5 | no data | Feb 16 | no data |
| 2006 | Feb 12 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 2005 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 2004 | none | Dec 24 | none | Dec 25 |
| 2003 | Feb 16 | none | none | none |
| 2002 | Mar 3 | none | Mar 3 | none |
| 2001 | Jan 3 | none | none | none |
| 2000 | Jan 4 | Dec 29 | none | none |
| 1999 | Feb 12 | none | Jan 9 | none |
| 1998 | no data | Dec 25 | no data | none |
| 1997 | Jan 28 | no data | none | no data |
| 1995 | none | Dec 9 | none | Dec 9 |
| 1994 | Feb 10 | none | Feb 9 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 13 | Oct 30 | none | Nov 26 |
| 1992 | Jan 19 | Nov 26 | none | Nov 27 |
| 1991 | none | Nov 23 | none | none |
| 1990 | none | Dec 4 | none | Dec 21 |
| 1989 | Mar 7 | Dec 8 | Mar 6 | Dec 12 |
| 1988 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1986 | Mar 1 | no data | none | no data |
| 1985 | no data | Dec 2 | no data | Dec 14 |
| 1984 | Feb 28 | Dec 7 | Jan 21 | none |
| 1983 | none | Dec 19 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1982 | Mar 7 | no data | Feb 7 | no data |
| 1981 | Feb 13 | Dec 18 | Feb 12 | none |
| 1980 | Mar 3 | no data | Mar 3 | no data |
| 1979 | Feb 19 | Dec 1 | Feb 10 | Dec 18 |
| 1978 | Mar 5 | Dec 9 | Jan 21 | Dec 10 |
| 1977 | Jan 30 | Dec 22 | Jan 19 | Dec 22 |
| 1976 | Feb 22 | Nov 15 | Jan 26 | Nov 29 |
| 1975 | Feb 25 | no data | Feb 8 | no data |
| 1974 | Feb 27 | Dec 1 | Feb 26 | Dec 1 |
| 1973 | no data | Dec 8 | no data | Dec 20 |
| 1972 | Feb 5 | Nov 26 | Feb 3 | Dec 16 |
| 1971 | Mar 4 | no data | Feb 9 | no data |
| 1970 | Feb 4 | Nov 16 | Feb 3 | none |
| 1969 | Feb 19 | Nov 15 | Jan 6 | none |
| 1968 | Mar 2 | Dec 24 | Jan 15 | none |
| 1967 | Feb 23 | Dec 23 | Feb 9 | none |
| 1966 | Feb 5 | Dec 11 | Jan 31 | Dec 11 |
| 1965 | Mar 21 | none | Feb 25 | none |
| 1964 | Feb 23 | Dec 6 | Feb 22 | none |
| 1963 | Feb 14 | Dec 15 | Feb 13 | Dec 23 |
| 1962 | Mar 2 | Dec 12 | Jan 13 | Dec 12 |
| 1961 | Feb 8 | Dec 13 | Jan 30 | none |
| 1960 | Mar 5 | Dec 21 | Feb 26 | none |
| 1959 | Jan 23 | Nov 7 | Jan 23 | Nov 18 |
| 1958 | Feb 16 | Nov 29 | Feb 14 | Dec 16 |
| 1957 | Jan 19 | Dec 1 | Jan 18 | Dec 12 |
| 1956 | Feb 5 | Nov 27 | none | none |
| 1955 | Mar 28 | Nov 29 | Feb 13 | Dec 16 |
| 1954 | Feb 8 | Dec 30 | Jan 23 | none |
| 1953 | Jan 19 | Dec 15 | Jan 17 | Dec 23 |
| 1952 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 1951 | Mar 16 | Nov 3 | Feb 16 | Dec 16 |
"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.