Frost history / Eagle Pass 3N, TX
Eagle Pass 3N, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00412679, 1951 to 2017, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 812 ft, 28.757, -100.479. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 15 | Nov 29 |
| Earliest | Jan 10 (1952) | Oct 31 (1993) |
| Latest | Mar 29 (1955) | Dec 28 (1988) |
| Trend | 1.9 days earlier per decade | 0.7 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 48, 2 with no freeze | 52, 5 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 8 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)
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 | Jan 30 | Dec 7 | Jan 9 | none |
| 2016 | no data | Dec 19 | no data | Dec 19 |
| 2015 | no data | Nov 22 | no data | none |
| 2014 | Mar 4 | no data | Feb 12 | no data |
| 2013 | no data | Nov 27 | no data | none |
| 2012 | Feb 13 | no data | Jan 14 | no data |
| 2011 | Feb 13 | Nov 28 | Feb 13 | Dec 7 |
| 2010 | no data | Nov 27 | no data | Dec 2 |
| 2009 | Feb 23 | Dec 5 | none | Dec 5 |
| 2006 | Feb 12 | no data | none | no data |
| 2005 | Jan 17 | Nov 29 | none | Dec 8 |
| 2004 | no data | Dec 15 | no data | Dec 25 |
| 2002 | Mar 5 | no data | Mar 4 | no data |
| 2000 | Jan 31 | Dec 7 | Jan 5 | none |
| 1999 | Feb 13 | Dec 6 | Jan 5 | none |
| 1998 | none | Dec 22 | none | none |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | Feb 3 | none | Jan 8 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 13 | Oct 31 | none | Nov 27 |
| 1992 | Jan 17 | Nov 27 | none | Nov 27 |
| 1991 | no data | Nov 24 | no data | none |
| 1990 | Jan 26 | Dec 4 | none | Dec 8 |
| 1989 | Mar 7 | Dec 9 | Feb 8 | Dec 13 |
| 1988 | Mar 19 | Dec 28 | Feb 12 | none |
| 1987 | Jan 23 | Nov 12 | Jan 23 | none |
| 1986 | Feb 12 | Dec 12 | none | none |
| 1981 | Feb 13 | Dec 18 | Feb 13 | Dec 18 |
| 1980 | Mar 3 | Nov 28 | Mar 3 | none |
| 1979 | Feb 20 | Nov 23 | Jan 16 | Nov 30 |
| 1978 | Mar 5 | Dec 9 | Feb 18 | Dec 9 |
| 1977 | Jan 30 | Nov 11 | Jan 20 | Dec 22 |
| 1976 | Feb 24 | Nov 14 | Jan 29 | Nov 29 |
| 1975 | no data | Nov 23 | no data | none |
| 1974 | Feb 27 | Nov 27 | Feb 10 | none |
| 1973 | Feb 12 | Nov 29 | Feb 11 | Dec 21 |
| 1972 | Feb 5 | Nov 26 | Feb 5 | Dec 16 |
| 1971 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1970 | Feb 4 | Nov 5 | Feb 4 | Nov 24 |
| 1969 | Mar 12 | Nov 19 | Jan 5 | Nov 20 |
| 1968 | Mar 22 | no data | Jan 14 | no data |
| 1967 | Feb 12 | Dec 3 | Feb 9 | Dec 23 |
| 1966 | Mar 6 | Dec 11 | Feb 23 | Dec 11 |
| 1965 | Mar 20 | none | Mar 5 | none |
| 1964 | Feb 23 | Dec 14 | Feb 8 | Dec 18 |
| 1963 | Feb 15 | Nov 30 | Feb 15 | Dec 23 |
| 1962 | Mar 16 | none | Mar 2 | none |
| 1961 | Feb 8 | Dec 13 | none | Dec 25 |
| 1960 | Feb 27 | Dec 16 | Feb 26 | none |
| 1959 | Feb 20 | Nov 7 | Jan 17 | Nov 7 |
| 1958 | Feb 15 | Dec 11 | Jan 2 | Dec 15 |
| 1957 | Jan 19 | Nov 24 | Jan 19 | Dec 1 |
| 1956 | Feb 12 | Nov 27 | Feb 7 | Dec 27 |
| 1955 | Mar 29 | Nov 29 | Feb 13 | Nov 29 |
| 1954 | no data | Dec 13 | no data | Dec 18 |
| 1953 | Feb 22 | Nov 23 | Jan 17 | Dec 13 |
| 1952 | Jan 10 | Dec 11 | none | none |
| 1951 | Mar 14 | Nov 19 | Feb 17 | 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.