Frost history / Liberty, TX
Liberty, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00415196, 1951 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 35 ft, 30.059, -94.795. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Mar 2 | Nov 23 |
| Earliest | Jan 9 (2017) | Oct 29 (1952) |
| Latest | Apr 7 (1971) | Dec 19 (2016) |
| Trend | 2.7 days earlier per decade | 3.1 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 50, 1 with no freeze | 51, 2 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 12 and the median first fall date is Dec 9.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mar 7 | Nov 13 | Mar 7 | Nov 13 |
| 2017 | Jan 9 | Dec 8 | Jan 9 | Dec 9 |
| 2016 | Feb 6 | Dec 19 | none | none |
| 2015 | Mar 7 | none | Jan 9 | none |
| 2014 | Mar 5 | Nov 14 | Jan 30 | none |
| 2013 | Mar 4 | Nov 28 | Jan 18 | Dec 25 |
| 2012 | Feb 13 | Dec 13 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 14 | Nov 29 | Feb 13 | none |
| 2010 | Feb 26 | Nov 27 | Jan 11 | Dec 26 |
| 2009 | Jan 30 | no data | none | no data |
| 2008 | Feb 2 | Dec 11 | Jan 19 | none |
| 2007 | Mar 7 | Dec 5 | Feb 17 | none |
| 2006 | Feb 14 | Nov 21 | none | Dec 5 |
| 1993 | Mar 15 | Oct 30 | none | Nov 27 |
| 1992 | Jan 21 | Nov 27 | none | none |
| 1991 | Jan 14 | Nov 4 | none | Nov 4 |
| 1990 | none | Dec 5 | none | Dec 23 |
| 1989 | Mar 10 | Dec 9 | Mar 10 | Dec 13 |
| 1988 | Feb 13 | Nov 29 | Feb 13 | none |
| 1987 | Mar 31 | Nov 11 | Jan 24 | none |
| 1986 | Mar 2 | none | Feb 13 | none |
| 1985 | no data | Dec 2 | no data | Dec 14 |
| 1982 | no data | Dec 12 | no data | Dec 13 |
| 1981 | Feb 16 | Dec 18 | Feb 12 | Dec 19 |
| 1980 | Mar 3 | Nov 27 | Mar 3 | none |
| 1979 | Feb 20 | Nov 26 | Feb 10 | Nov 29 |
| 1978 | Mar 9 | no data | Feb 22 | no data |
| 1977 | Feb 15 | Nov 11 | Jan 29 | Nov 12 |
| 1976 | Feb 24 | Nov 22 | Jan 28 | Nov 29 |
| 1975 | no data | Nov 14 | no data | Nov 23 |
| 1974 | Feb 26 | Nov 30 | Feb 25 | Dec 1 |
| 1973 | Feb 18 | no data | Feb 12 | no data |
| 1972 | Feb 9 | Nov 23 | Feb 9 | Dec 16 |
| 1971 | Apr 7 | Nov 25 | Mar 8 | none |
| 1970 | Feb 18 | Nov 3 | Feb 5 | Nov 16 |
| 1969 | no data | Nov 15 | no data | Nov 15 |
| 1968 | Mar 13 | Nov 12 | Mar 1 | Dec 15 |
| 1967 | Mar 7 | Nov 5 | Mar 7 | Dec 23 |
| 1966 | Mar 7 | Nov 3 | Feb 5 | Nov 3 |
| 1965 | Mar 21 | Dec 8 | Mar 20 | none |
| 1964 | Feb 23 | Nov 23 | Feb 23 | Dec 15 |
| 1963 | Mar 7 | Nov 24 | Feb 14 | Dec 15 |
| 1962 | Mar 16 | Nov 9 | Jan 13 | Dec 12 |
| 1961 | Feb 8 | Nov 9 | Jan 30 | Dec 29 |
| 1960 | Mar 18 | Dec 2 | Feb 26 | Dec 22 |
| 1959 | Jan 23 | Nov 7 | Jan 23 | Nov 7 |
| 1958 | Feb 16 | Nov 29 | Feb 14 | Nov 29 |
| 1957 | Mar 8 | Dec 1 | Jan 19 | Dec 12 |
| 1956 | Mar 8 | Nov 9 | Jan 20 | Nov 10 |
| 1955 | Mar 28 | Nov 4 | Mar 27 | Nov 29 |
| 1954 | Mar 7 | Nov 5 | Mar 7 | Dec 14 |
| 1953 | Jan 20 | Nov 11 | Jan 18 | Dec 10 |
| 1952 | Mar 24 | Oct 29 | none | Dec 6 |
| 1951 | Mar 15 | Nov 3 | Mar 14 | 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.