Last Frost Day

Frost history / Hebbronville, TX

Hebbronville, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00414058, 1964 to 2012, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 580 ft, 27.319, -98.677. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianFeb 11Dec 8
EarliestJan 12 (1969)Nov 1 (1993)
LatestMar 22 (1989)Dec 30 (2010)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)1.7 days later per decade
Years with data41, 3 with no freeze39, 3 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 5 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.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31197019801990200020101967: Feb 91968: Mar 131969: Jan 121970: Feb 41971: Feb 101972: Feb 41973: Feb 111974: Feb 271975: Feb 71977: Jan 291978: Mar 51979: Feb 181980: Mar 31981: Feb 131982: Mar 71984: Jan 211985: Feb 111986: Feb 101988: Feb 111989: Mar 221991: Feb 11992: Jan 201993: Mar 141994: Mar 101996: Mar 101997: Jan 301999: Feb 142001: Jan 222002: Mar 52003: Feb 262004: Feb 152005: Jan 172006: Feb 202007: Mar 52008: Feb 12009: Feb 232011: Feb 112012: Jan 14

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 10197019801990200020101964: Dec 151967: Dec 231968: Nov 121969: Nov 201970: Nov 161972: Dec 111973: Dec 201974: Nov 301975: Nov 231976: Nov 281977: Nov 101978: Dec 91979: Nov 301980: Dec 251981: Dec 151983: Dec 181984: Nov 281987: Dec 141989: Dec 121990: Dec 81991: Nov 241992: Nov 281993: Nov 11994: Dec 111995: Dec 101996: Nov 261997: Dec 131998: Dec 182000: Dec 132002: Dec 62003: Nov 242004: Dec 152005: Dec 82006: Dec 12007: Dec 42010: Dec 30

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
2012Jan 14no datanoneno data
2011Feb 11no datanoneno data
2010no dataDec 30no datanone
2009Feb 23no dataJan 15no data
2008Feb 1no dataJan 20no data
2007Mar 5Dec 4noneDec 17
2006Feb 20Dec 1nonenone
2005Jan 17Dec 8nonenone
2004Feb 15Dec 15Feb 13Dec 25
2003Feb 26Nov 24noneDec 20
2002Mar 5Dec 6Mar 4none
2001Jan 22nonenonenone
2000no dataDec 13no datanone
1999Feb 14no dataJan 10no data
1998noneDec 18noneDec 26
1997Jan 30Dec 13Jan 14none
1996Mar 10Nov 26Mar 8Dec 19
1995noneDec 10nonenone
1994Mar 10Dec 11Feb 2none
1993Mar 14Nov 1nonenone
1992Jan 20Nov 28nonenone
1991Feb 1Nov 24nonenone
1990noneDec 8noneDec 22
1989Mar 22Dec 12Mar 8Dec 13
1988Feb 11no dataFeb 11no data
1987no dataDec 14no datanone
1986Feb 10no dataFeb 10no data
1985Feb 11no dataFeb 2no data
1984Jan 21Nov 28Jan 19none
1983no dataDec 18no dataDec 19
1982Mar 7noneFeb 7none
1981Feb 13Dec 15Feb 12Dec 25
1980Mar 3Dec 25Mar 3none
1979Feb 18Nov 30Jan 14none
1978Mar 5Dec 9Jan 21Dec 9
1977Jan 29Nov 10Jan 20Dec 22
1976no dataNov 28no dataNov 29
1975Feb 7Nov 23Jan 14Nov 23
1974Feb 27Nov 30Feb 27none
1973Feb 11Dec 20Feb 10Dec 21
1972Feb 4Dec 11Feb 4Dec 16
1971Feb 10noneFeb 9none
1970Feb 4Nov 16Jan 8none
1969Jan 12Nov 20Jan 5none
1968Mar 13Nov 12Feb 24Dec 24
1967Feb 9Dec 23Feb 7none
1964no dataDec 15no dataDec 15

"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.