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Frost history / Longview #2, TX

Longview #2, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00415344, 2003 to 2023, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 504 ft, 32.518, -94.719. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 7Nov 20
EarliestJan 27 (2017)Oct 28 (2008)
LatestApr 7 (2009)Dec 12 (2021)
Trend6.1 days earlier per decade1.8 days earlier per decade
Years with data1920

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 25 and the median first fall date is Nov 30.

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)

Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15201020202004: Feb 172005: Mar 182006: Mar 262007: Mar 62008: Mar 92009: Apr 72010: Mar 222011: Mar 72012: Feb 262013: Mar 272014: Mar 62015: Mar 82016: Feb 272017: Jan 272018: Feb 132019: Mar 72020: Feb 282022: Mar 132023: Mar 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26201020202003: Nov 242004: Nov 262005: Nov 182006: Nov 212007: Nov 232008: Oct 282009: Dec 32010: Nov 272011: Nov 282012: Nov 132013: Nov 132014: Nov 122015: Nov 232016: Nov 202017: Oct 302018: Nov 142019: Nov 12020: Dec 12021: Dec 122022: 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
2023Mar 21no datanoneno data
2022Mar 13Nov 13Mar 13Nov 20
2021no dataDec 12no datanone
2020Feb 28Dec 1Feb 28Dec 1
2019Mar 7Nov 1Mar 7Nov 12
2018Feb 13Nov 14Feb 12Nov 14
2017Jan 27Oct 30Jan 9Dec 9
2016Feb 27Nov 20Feb 5Dec 9
2015Mar 8Nov 23Mar 8none
2014Mar 6Nov 12Mar 6Nov 14
2013Mar 27Nov 13Mar 27Nov 14
2012Feb 26Nov 13Feb 13Dec 11
2011Mar 7Nov 28Feb 13Nov 28
2010Mar 22Nov 27Mar 4Nov 27
2009Apr 7Dec 3Mar 2Dec 5
2008Mar 9Oct 28Mar 9Dec 6
2007Mar 6Nov 23Feb 19Dec 4
2006Mar 26Nov 21Feb 21Dec 1
2005Mar 18Nov 18Feb 11Nov 18
2004Feb 17Nov 26Feb 14Dec 1
2003no dataNov 24no dataNov 24

"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.