Frost history / Freeport 2 Nw, TX
Freeport 2 Nw, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00413340, 1959 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 8 ft, 28.984, -95.381. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 12 | Dec 11 |
| Earliest | Jan 3 (2001) | Nov 7 (1959) |
| Latest | Mar 29 (1987) | Dec 31 (1969) |
| Trend | 2.9 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 65, 16 with no freeze | 63, 29 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 20 | no data | Feb 20 | no data |
| 2024 | Jan 17 | none | Jan 17 | none |
| 2023 | none | none | none | none |
| 2022 | Feb 5 | Dec 22 | Feb 4 | Dec 22 |
| 2021 | Feb 19 | none | Feb 19 | none |
| 2020 | none | none | none | none |
| 2019 | Mar 6 | Nov 13 | none | none |
| 2018 | Jan 19 | Nov 15 | Jan 18 | none |
| 2017 | Jan 9 | Dec 8 | Jan 9 | none |
| 2016 | none | none | none | none |
| 2015 | Jan 9 | none | none | none |
| 2014 | Mar 4 | none | Jan 25 | none |
| 2013 | none | none | none | none |
| 2012 | none | Dec 27 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 12 | Dec 7 | Feb 12 | none |
| 2010 | Jan 12 | Dec 27 | Jan 11 | none |
| 2009 | none | Dec 5 | none | none |
| 2008 | Jan 3 | Dec 11 | none | none |
| 2007 | Feb 17 | none | none | none |
| 2006 | none | none | none | none |
| 2005 | none | Dec 9 | none | none |
| 2004 | none | Dec 25 | none | Dec 25 |
| 2003 | Jan 24 | none | none | none |
| 2002 | Mar 3 | none | Jan 3 | none |
| 2001 | Jan 3 | none | none | none |
| 2000 | none | none | none | none |
| 1999 | Jan 4 | none | none | none |
| 1998 | none | no data | none | no data |
| 1997 | Jan 14 | none | none | none |
| 1996 | Mar 10 | Dec 18 | Feb 5 | Dec 18 |
| 1995 | none | Dec 10 | none | none |
| 1994 | Feb 10 | none | none | none |
| 1993 | none | Nov 26 | none | none |
| 1992 | Jan 16 | none | none | none |
| 1991 | none | none | none | none |
| 1990 | none | Dec 22 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1989 | Mar 7 | no data | Mar 7 | no data |
| 1988 | Feb 12 | none | Feb 12 | none |
| 1987 | Mar 29 | none | none | none |
| 1986 | Feb 12 | none | none | none |
| 1985 | Feb 4 | Dec 13 | Feb 2 | Dec 13 |
| 1984 | Feb 28 | none | Jan 22 | none |
| 1983 | none | Dec 22 | none | Dec 23 |
| 1982 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1981 | Feb 13 | Dec 6 | Feb 12 | none |
| 1980 | Mar 3 | Dec 26 | Mar 3 | Dec 26 |
| 1979 | Feb 10 | Dec 18 | Jan 15 | none |
| 1978 | Feb 23 | Dec 9 | Jan 21 | Dec 10 |
| 1977 | Jan 20 | none | Jan 20 | none |
| 1976 | Jan 28 | Nov 29 | Jan 10 | Nov 29 |
| 1975 | Feb 25 | none | Jan 14 | none |
| 1974 | Feb 26 | Dec 1 | none | Dec 1 |
| 1973 | Feb 12 | Dec 19 | Feb 11 | Dec 19 |
| 1972 | Feb 5 | Dec 2 | Feb 5 | Dec 16 |
| 1971 | Feb 11 | none | Feb 9 | none |
| 1970 | Feb 4 | Nov 17 | Jan 9 | Nov 17 |
| 1969 | Jan 6 | Dec 31 | Jan 6 | none |
| 1968 | Mar 2 | none | none | none |
| 1967 | Feb 10 | Dec 23 | none | none |
| 1966 | Feb 4 | Dec 11 | Jan 31 | Dec 24 |
| 1965 | Mar 21 | none | Feb 25 | none |
| 1964 | Feb 24 | Dec 6 | Jan 15 | Dec 19 |
| 1963 | Feb 13 | Dec 15 | Feb 13 | Dec 23 |
| 1962 | Mar 2 | no data | Jan 13 | no data |
| 1961 | Jan 31 | Dec 13 | Jan 31 | none |
| 1960 | Feb 26 | Dec 21 | Feb 26 | none |
| 1959 | no data | Nov 7 | no data | Nov 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.