El Campo, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00412786, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 110 ft, 29.200, -96.265. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Feb 23	Dec 6
Earliest	Jan 9 (2017)	Nov 3 (1951)
Latest	Mar 27 (1955)	Dec 30 (1954)
Trend	1.3 days earlier per decade	0.7 days later per decade
Years with data	39, 2 with no freeze	41, 7 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 5 and the median first fall date is Dec 14.

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 15	Feb 21	none
2024	Jan 21	none	Jan 21	none
2023	Mar 19	none	none	none
2022	Mar 14	Dec 23	Feb 6	Dec 23
2021	Feb 21	none	Feb 21	none
2020	Feb 28	Dec 1	none	none
2019	Mar 6	Nov 13	none	none
2018	Feb 13	Nov 14	Jan 18	none
2017	Jan 9	Dec 8	Jan 9	none
2016	Feb 6	Dec 18	none	Dec 19
2015	Mar 7	none	Jan 9	none
2014	no data	none	no data	none
2013	none	Nov 28	none	none
2012	Jan 14	Dec 11	none	none
2011	Feb 13	Dec 7	Feb 12	Dec 7
2010	Feb 18	Nov 27	Jan 11	Dec 26
2009	Feb 22	Dec 5	Jan 30	Dec 5
2003	Feb 25	Dec 14	Jan 18	none
2002	no data	Dec 6	no data	none
1973	Feb 11	no data	Feb 11	no data
1972	Feb 9	Nov 26	Feb 4	Dec 16
1971	Mar 7	none	Feb 9	none
1970	Feb 10	Nov 16	Feb 3	Nov 16
1969	Mar 9	Nov 15	Jan 5	Nov 15
1968	Mar 23	Nov 12	Mar 1	none
1967	Mar 7	Dec 23	Feb 23	Dec 23
1966	Mar 6	Nov 3	Feb 4	Nov 3
1965	Mar 20	none	Mar 20	none
1964	Feb 23	Dec 6	Feb 22	Dec 15
1963	Mar 6	Dec 15	Feb 14	Dec 23
1962	Mar 16	Dec 6	Jan 23	Dec 12
1961	Feb 8	Dec 12	Jan 30	none
1960	Mar 18	Dec 17	Feb 26	Dec 21
1959	Jan 22	Nov 7	Jan 22	Nov 18
1958	Feb 16	Nov 29	Feb 13	Dec 14
1957	Jan 18	Nov 30	Jan 18	Dec 1
1956	no data	Nov 27	no data	none
1955	Mar 27	Nov 29	Feb 12	Dec 16
1954	Mar 7	Dec 30	Feb 8	none
1953	Jan 18	Dec 10	Jan 17	Dec 23
1952	none	Dec 15	none	none
1951	Mar 13	Nov 3	Feb 16	Nov 3

"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.