Frost history / Choke Canyon Dam, TX
Choke Canyon Dam, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00411720, 1984 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 230 ft, 28.468, -98.252. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 14 | Dec 4 |
| Earliest | Jan 6 (2000) | Oct 31 (1993) |
| Latest | Mar 31 (1987) | Dec 23 (2022) |
| Trend | 1.7 days earlier per decade | 2.1 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 41, 2 with no freeze | 38, 9 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 1 and the median first fall date is Dec 10.
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 | Dec 9 | Feb 21 | none |
| 2024 | Jan 21 | none | Jan 18 | none |
| 2023 | Feb 1 | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Mar 14 | Dec 23 | Feb 6 | Dec 23 |
| 2021 | Feb 21 | none | Feb 20 | none |
| 2020 | Feb 27 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 2019 | Mar 7 | Nov 13 | none | Dec 18 |
| 2018 | Jan 18 | Nov 14 | Jan 18 | none |
| 2017 | Jan 9 | Dec 8 | Jan 9 | none |
| 2016 | Feb 8 | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 2015 | Mar 7 | none | none | none |
| 2014 | Mar 4 | none | Jan 26 | none |
| 2013 | Mar 1 | Dec 7 | none | none |
| 2012 | Jan 15 | Dec 11 | Jan 14 | none |
| 2011 | Feb 12 | Nov 28 | Feb 12 | Dec 7 |
| 2010 | Feb 17 | Nov 27 | Jan 11 | none |
| 2009 | Feb 4 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 5 |
| 2008 | Jan 21 | Dec 6 | none | none |
| 2007 | Mar 5 | Dec 4 | Feb 17 | none |
| 2006 | Feb 20 | Dec 1 | Feb 13 | Dec 1 |
| 2005 | Jan 18 | Nov 29 | none | none |
| 2004 | Feb 16 | Dec 1 | none | Dec 25 |
| 2003 | Feb 26 | no data | Jan 25 | no data |
| 2002 | Mar 5 | none | Mar 5 | none |
| 2001 | Jan 20 | none | none | none |
| 2000 | Jan 6 | Dec 13 | none | Dec 13 |
| 1999 | Feb 14 | none | Jan 11 | none |
| 1998 | none | Dec 23 | none | none |
| 1997 | Jan 30 | Dec 13 | Jan 15 | Dec 13 |
| 1996 | Mar 11 | Dec 18 | Feb 5 | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | Jan 31 | Dec 10 | none | Dec 10 |
| 1994 | Feb 12 | none | Feb 3 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 14 | Oct 31 | none | Nov 27 |
| 1992 | Jan 20 | Nov 27 | none | Nov 28 |
| 1991 | Jan 31 | Nov 9 | Jan 1 | none |
| 1990 | none | Dec 5 | none | Dec 8 |
| 1989 | Mar 8 | no data | Mar 7 | no data |
| 1988 | Feb 13 | no data | Feb 13 | no data |
| 1987 | Mar 31 | Nov 20 | Jan 19 | none |
| 1986 | Mar 1 | no data | none | no data |
| 1985 | no data | Dec 2 | no data | Dec 14 |
| 1984 | Feb 8 | Nov 28 | Feb 1 | Dec 7 |
"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.