Frost history / Dell City 5SSW, TX
Dell City 5SSW, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00412354, 1979 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 3,708 ft, 31.915, -105.210. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 12 | Oct 29 |
| Earliest | Mar 21 (1990) | Oct 9 (2000) |
| Latest | May 9 (1988) | Nov 16 (1988) |
| Trend | 1.8 days earlier per decade | 0.8 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 36 | 36 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 2 and the median first fall date is Nov 4.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Apr 30 | no data | Mar 2 | no data |
| 2016 | Apr 3 | Nov 14 | Apr 2 | Nov 21 |
| 2015 | Apr 20 | Nov 6 | Mar 11 | Nov 6 |
| 2014 | no data | Nov 8 | no data | Nov 13 |
| 2013 | Apr 22 | no data | Apr 22 | no data |
| 2012 | Apr 3 | Oct 29 | Mar 14 | Nov 12 |
| 2011 | no data | Oct 30 | no data | Oct 31 |
| 2010 | Apr 9 | Nov 5 | Mar 29 | Nov 5 |
| 2009 | Apr 7 | Oct 27 | Apr 7 | Oct 27 |
| 2008 | Apr 29 | Oct 24 | Apr 28 | Oct 24 |
| 2007 | Apr 9 | Oct 23 | Mar 6 | Oct 23 |
| 2006 | Mar 24 | Oct 20 | Mar 24 | Oct 20 |
| 2005 | Apr 13 | Oct 25 | Apr 10 | Nov 1 |
| 2004 | Apr 12 | Nov 3 | Mar 6 | Nov 3 |
| 2003 | Apr 9 | Oct 26 | Apr 9 | Oct 27 |
| 2002 | Mar 24 | Nov 5 | Mar 5 | Nov 17 |
| 2001 | Apr 23 | Nov 12 | Apr 12 | Nov 28 |
| 2000 | Apr 4 | Oct 9 | Mar 17 | Oct 10 |
| 1999 | Apr 18 | Oct 18 | Mar 19 | Nov 3 |
| 1998 | Apr 18 | Nov 11 | Apr 18 | Nov 11 |
| 1997 | Apr 14 | Oct 14 | Apr 12 | Oct 26 |
| 1996 | Apr 7 | Oct 22 | Mar 21 | Oct 22 |
| 1995 | Apr 11 | Nov 12 | Apr 11 | Nov 29 |
| 1994 | Apr 7 | Nov 5 | Mar 29 | Nov 20 |
| 1993 | Apr 15 | Oct 22 | Apr 9 | Oct 30 |
| 1992 | Apr 4 | Nov 4 | Apr 4 | Nov 7 |
| 1991 | Apr 29 | Oct 29 | Apr 1 | Oct 31 |
| 1990 | Mar 21 | Oct 22 | Mar 20 | Nov 5 |
| 1989 | Apr 28 | Oct 19 | Apr 11 | Oct 20 |
| 1988 | May 9 | Nov 16 | Apr 22 | Nov 16 |
| 1987 | Apr 9 | Nov 10 | Apr 3 | Nov 11 |
| 1986 | Apr 20 | Oct 14 | Mar 21 | Nov 5 |
| 1985 | Apr 2 | Nov 2 | Apr 2 | Nov 15 |
| 1984 | Apr 30 | Nov 10 | Mar 24 | Nov 11 |
| 1983 | May 3 | Nov 10 | Apr 14 | Nov 16 |
| 1982 | Apr 25 | Oct 29 | Mar 8 | Oct 29 |
| 1981 | Apr 5 | no data | Mar 23 | no data |
| 1980 | Apr 15 | Oct 21 | Apr 15 | Oct 29 |
| 1979 | no data | Oct 23 | no data | Oct 31 |
"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.