Frost history / Falcon Dam, TX
Falcon Dam, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00413060, 1962 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 320 ft, 26.558, -99.137. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 9 | Dec 12 |
| Earliest | Jan 3 (2008) | Oct 31 (1993) |
| Latest | Mar 8 (1996) | Dec 28 (1997) |
| Trend | 1.2 days earlier per decade | 1.2 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 50, 20 with no freeze | 53, 29 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 12 and the median first fall date is Dec 19.
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.
Chart
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2015 | none | none | none | none |
| 2014 | Jan 25 | none | none | none |
| 2013 | none | none | none | none |
| 2012 | none | none | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 12 | Dec 7 | Feb 11 | none |
| 2010 | Jan 11 | Dec 1 | Jan 10 | none |
| 2009 | none | Dec 5 | none | Dec 5 |
| 2008 | Jan 3 | none | none | none |
| 2007 | Feb 16 | Dec 25 | none | none |
| 2006 | none | none | none | none |
| 2005 | none | none | none | none |
| 2004 | none | Dec 24 | none | Dec 25 |
| 2003 | none | Dec 17 | none | none |
| 2002 | Mar 4 | none | Jan 3 | none |
| 2001 | Jan 20 | none | none | none |
| 2000 | none | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 1999 | Feb 13 | none | none | none |
| 1998 | none | Dec 25 | none | none |
| 1997 | Jan 15 | Dec 28 | none | none |
| 1996 | Mar 8 | Dec 19 | Jan 8 | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | none | none | none | none |
| 1994 | none | none | none | none |
| 1993 | none | Oct 31 | none | none |
| 1992 | none | none | none | none |
| 1991 | none | none | none | none |
| 1990 | none | Dec 8 | none | Dec 24 |
| 1989 | Feb 7 | Dec 13 | none | Dec 13 |
| 1988 | Feb 13 | none | none | none |
| 1986 | none | none | none | none |
| 1985 | no data | Dec 3 | no data | Dec 15 |
| 1984 | Jan 20 | none | Jan 1 | none |
| 1983 | none | Dec 24 | none | Dec 24 |
| 1982 | Feb 10 | none | Jan 18 | none |
| 1981 | Feb 12 | none | none | none |
| 1980 | Mar 4 | none | none | none |
| 1979 | Jan 31 | none | Jan 4 | none |
| 1978 | none | Dec 10 | none | Dec 10 |
| 1977 | Jan 20 | Dec 22 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1976 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1975 | Feb 25 | Nov 27 | Jan 14 | none |
| 1974 | Feb 11 | Nov 30 | none | none |
| 1973 | Feb 11 | Dec 21 | Feb 11 | Dec 21 |
| 1972 | Feb 5 | none | Feb 4 | none |
| 1971 | Feb 9 | none | none | none |
| 1970 | Jan 8 | Nov 16 | Jan 8 | none |
| 1969 | Jan 6 | none | Jan 6 | none |
| 1968 | Feb 25 | Dec 4 | none | none |
| 1967 | Feb 10 | no data | Jan 5 | no data |
| 1966 | Jan 31 | Dec 12 | Jan 31 | Dec 13 |
| 1965 | none | none | none | none |
| 1964 | Feb 8 | none | Jan 13 | none |
| 1963 | Feb 13 | Dec 24 | Jan 25 | none |
| 1962 | no data | none | no data | none |
"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.