Last Frost Day

Frost history / Gail, TX

Gail, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00413411, 1964 to 2022, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,530 ft, 32.774, -101.454. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 25Nov 10
EarliestFeb 13 (1981)Oct 13 (1969)
LatestApr 24 (2013)Dec 15 (1965)
Trend0.6 days later per decade0.5 days earlier per decade
Years with data4043

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 14 and the median first fall date is Nov 21.

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)

Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 301970198019902000201020201964: Mar 211965: Mar 271966: Mar 241967: Mar 161968: Mar 221969: Mar 261970: Apr 51971: Mar 231972: Mar 311974: Mar 251975: Apr 31976: Mar 161979: Apr 41980: Mar 181981: Feb 131982: Mar 71983: Apr 151984: Mar 291985: Mar 311986: Feb 231987: Apr 31988: Mar 301989: Mar 221991: Mar 311992: Mar 231993: Mar 201994: Apr 61995: Apr 101997: Apr 121998: Apr 181999: Mar 202005: Apr 22006: Mar 252007: Apr 82008: Mar 92010: Mar 212011: Mar 302012: Feb 252013: Apr 242022: Mar 12

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 261970198019902000201020201964: Nov 201965: Dec 151966: Nov 21967: Nov 41968: Nov 81969: Oct 131970: Oct 281971: Nov 191972: Nov 11973: Nov 281974: Nov 141975: Nov 131977: Nov 211978: Nov 151979: Nov 11980: Oct 291981: Nov 91982: Nov 131983: Nov 271984: Nov 191985: Nov 201986: Nov 101987: Nov 101989: Oct 191991: Oct 301992: Nov 51993: Oct 221994: Nov 101995: Nov 41996: Nov 21997: Oct 271998: Nov 111999: Oct 192007: Nov 212008: Nov 212009: Nov 212010: Nov 132011: Nov 42012: Oct 272013: Nov 132019: Oct 292021: Nov 222022: Nov 13

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2022Mar 12Nov 13Mar 12Nov 15
2021no dataNov 22no dataDec 19
2019no dataOct 29no dataOct 30
2013Apr 24Nov 13Apr 24Nov 13
2012Feb 25Oct 27Feb 13Nov 12
2011Mar 30Nov 4Mar 6Nov 17
2010Mar 21Nov 13Mar 21Nov 18
2009no dataNov 21no dataNov 26
2008Mar 9Nov 21Mar 8Nov 21
2007Apr 8Nov 21Apr 7Nov 21
2006Mar 25no dataMar 24no data
2005Apr 2no dataMar 17no data
1999Mar 20Oct 19Mar 14Nov 25
1998Apr 18Nov 11Mar 12Dec 8
1997Apr 12Oct 27Apr 12Oct 27
1996no dataNov 2no dataNov 24
1995Apr 10Nov 4Mar 9Nov 12
1994Apr 6Nov 10Apr 6Nov 28
1993Mar 20Oct 22Mar 14Oct 30
1992Mar 23Nov 5Mar 11Nov 5
1991Mar 31Oct 30Feb 26Oct 31
1989Mar 22Oct 19Mar 22Oct 19
1988Mar 30no dataMar 19no data
1987Apr 3Nov 10Mar 30Nov 10
1986Feb 23Nov 10Feb 23Nov 11
1985Mar 31Nov 20Feb 14Nov 20
1984Mar 29Nov 19Mar 9Dec 3
1983Apr 15Nov 27Mar 21Nov 27
1982Mar 7Nov 13Mar 7Nov 15
1981Feb 13Nov 9Feb 12Dec 17
1980Mar 18Oct 29Mar 5Nov 17
1979Apr 4Nov 1Apr 4Nov 22
1978no dataNov 15no dataDec 3
1977no dataNov 21no dataDec 6
1976Mar 16no dataMar 16no data
1975Apr 3Nov 13Apr 2Nov 21
1974Mar 25Nov 14Mar 24Nov 30
1973no dataNov 28no dataDec 5
1972Mar 31Nov 1Mar 2Nov 15
1971Mar 23Nov 19Mar 7Dec 4
1970Apr 5Oct 28Mar 29Nov 15
1969Mar 26Oct 13Mar 16Nov 19
1968Mar 22Nov 8Mar 12Dec 1
1967Mar 16Nov 4Mar 8Dec 10
1966Mar 24Nov 2Mar 6Nov 2
1965Mar 27Dec 15Mar 26Dec 19
1964Mar 21Nov 20Mar 21Nov 21

"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.