Last Frost Day

Frost history / Brenham, TX

Brenham, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00411048, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 313 ft, 30.159, -96.397. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianFeb 27Dec 1
EarliestJan 9 (2017)Oct 28 (1957)
LatestMar 27 (1955)Dec 30 (1954)
Trend2.4 days earlier per decade0.5 days later per decade
Years with data72, 2 with no freeze73, 5 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 11 and the median first fall date is Dec 12.

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)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 1519601970198019902000201020201951: Mar 141953: Feb 231954: Mar 151955: Mar 271956: Mar 91957: Mar 91958: Mar 191959: Jan 241960: Mar 51961: Feb 91962: Mar 61963: Feb 231964: Feb 231965: Mar 211966: Feb 261967: Mar 81968: Mar 231969: Mar 111970: Feb 51971: Mar 51972: Feb 101973: Feb 121974: Feb 271975: Mar 151976: Mar 171977: Feb 61978: Mar 61979: Feb 191980: Mar 41981: Feb 131982: Mar 81983: Feb 81984: Mar 11985: Feb 131986: Feb 131987: Feb 191988: Mar 151989: Mar 91991: Feb 11992: Jan 201993: Mar 141994: Feb 141995: Mar 91996: Mar 111997: Jan 311998: Mar 111999: Jan 152000: Jan 312001: Feb 112002: Mar 62003: Feb 272004: Feb 152005: Mar 32007: Mar 62008: Mar 202009: Mar 32010: Feb 262011: Feb 122012: Feb 132013: Mar 72014: Mar 52015: Mar 92016: Jan 292017: Jan 92018: Feb 132019: Mar 72020: Feb 282023: Feb 192024: Jan 212025: Feb 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 31952: Dec 151953: Dec 151954: Dec 301955: Nov 281956: Nov 271957: Oct 281958: Nov 291959: Nov 61960: Nov 301961: Dec 131962: Dec 121963: Dec 121964: Nov 231966: Nov 21967: Dec 41968: Nov 121969: Nov 151970: Nov 161972: Dec 61973: Dec 171974: Nov 301975: Nov 231976: Nov 151977: Dec 71978: Dec 81979: Nov 301980: Nov 271981: Dec 51982: Dec 121983: Dec 71984: Nov 221985: Dec 21986: Nov 131987: Dec 151989: Dec 91990: Dec 51991: Nov 41992: Nov 271993: Oct 311995: Dec 101996: Dec 181997: Nov 161998: Dec 221999: Dec 222000: Dec 122001: Nov 292002: Dec 62003: Nov 242004: Dec 12005: Nov 172006: Nov 212007: Dec 42008: Dec 62009: Dec 52010: Nov 272011: Dec 72012: Dec 112013: Nov 142014: Nov 142015: Nov 232016: Dec 182017: Dec 82018: Nov 142019: Nov 12020: Dec 12022: Dec 182025: Dec 15

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
2025Feb 21Dec 15Feb 21none
2024Jan 21noneJan 21none
2023Feb 19nonenonenone
2022no dataDec 18no dataDec 23
2020Feb 28Dec 1nonenone
2019Mar 7Nov 1Mar 6Nov 13
2018Feb 13Nov 14Jan 19Nov 14
2017Jan 9Dec 8Jan 9none
2016Jan 29Dec 18noneDec 18
2015Mar 9Nov 23Mar 9none
2014Mar 5Nov 14Mar 4Dec 29
2013Mar 7Nov 14noneDec 10
2012Feb 13Dec 11noneDec 27
2011Feb 12Dec 7Feb 12Dec 7
2010Feb 26Nov 27Feb 17Dec 13
2009Mar 3Dec 5Jan 30Dec 5
2008Mar 20Dec 6Mar 7Dec 16
2007Mar 6Dec 4Feb 20Dec 23
2006no dataNov 21no dataDec 1
2005Mar 3Nov 17noneDec 6
2004Feb 15Dec 1Jan 7Dec 15
2003Feb 27Nov 24Feb 26none
2002Mar 6Dec 6Mar 5none
2001Feb 11Nov 29Jan 21none
2000Jan 31Dec 12Jan 6Dec 30
1999Jan 15Dec 22Jan 5none
1998Mar 11Dec 22noneDec 26
1997Jan 31Nov 16Jan 29Dec 13
1996Mar 11Dec 18Mar 11Dec 19
1995Mar 9Dec 10noneDec 10
1994Feb 14no dataFeb 11no data
1993Mar 14Oct 31noneNov 27
1992Jan 20Nov 27Jan 20Nov 27
1991Feb 1Nov 4Jan 1none
1990noneDec 5noneDec 22
1989Mar 9Dec 9Mar 8Dec 13
1988Mar 15noneFeb 13none
1987Feb 19Dec 15noneDec 17
1986Feb 13Nov 13Feb 13none
1985Feb 13Dec 2Feb 4Dec 2
1984Mar 1Nov 22Feb 7Dec 7
1983Feb 8Dec 7noneDec 19
1982Mar 8Dec 12Feb 8Dec 12
1981Feb 13Dec 5Feb 13Dec 18
1980Mar 4Nov 27Mar 4Dec 25
1979Feb 19Nov 30Feb 18Nov 30
1978Mar 6Dec 8Mar 6Dec 9
1977Feb 6Dec 7Jan 30none
1976Mar 17Nov 15Jan 28Nov 28
1975Mar 15Nov 23Feb 8Dec 18
1974Feb 27Nov 30Feb 26Nov 30
1973Feb 12Dec 17Feb 11Dec 20
1972Feb 10Dec 6Feb 5Dec 11
1971Mar 5noneMar 5none
1970Feb 5Nov 16Feb 4Nov 24
1969Mar 11Nov 15Jan 6Dec 31
1968Mar 23Nov 12Mar 1Dec 15
1967Mar 8Dec 4Feb 8none
1966Feb 26Nov 2Feb 4Dec 11
1965Mar 21noneMar 21none
1964Feb 23Nov 23Feb 23Dec 6
1963Feb 23Dec 12Feb 14Dec 15
1962Mar 6Dec 12Mar 2Dec 12
1961Feb 9Dec 13Jan 31Dec 13
1960Mar 5Nov 30Mar 5Dec 21
1959Jan 24Nov 6Jan 23Nov 7
1958Mar 19Nov 29Feb 17Nov 29
1957Mar 9Oct 28Jan 19Dec 11
1956Mar 9Nov 27Feb 4none
1955Mar 27Nov 28Mar 27Nov 29
1954Mar 15Dec 30Jan 23none
1953Feb 23Dec 15Jan 18Dec 23
1952noneDec 15noneDec 15
1951Mar 14Nov 3Feb 17Nov 18

"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.