Last Frost Day

Frost history / Morton, TX

Morton, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00416074, 1962 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,766 ft, 33.719, -102.759. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 13Oct 28
EarliestMar 20 (1963)Sep 21 (1983)
LatestMay 5 (1979)Nov 29 (1965)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)little change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data6059

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 31 and the median first fall date is Nov 10.

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)

Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151970198019902000201020201963: Mar 201964: Apr 91965: Mar 311966: Apr 211967: May 31969: Mar 311970: May 21972: Apr 21973: Apr 281974: Apr 161975: Apr 101976: Apr 21977: Apr 61978: Apr 121979: May 51980: Apr 271981: Apr 61982: Apr 221983: Apr 191984: Apr 241985: Apr 11986: Apr 51987: Apr 231988: Apr 131989: Apr 291990: Apr 71992: Mar 241993: Apr 151994: Apr 121995: Apr 241996: Apr 151997: Apr 151998: Apr 201999: Apr 162000: Apr 52001: Mar 282002: Apr 42003: Apr 102004: Apr 132005: Apr 132006: Mar 252007: Apr 142008: Apr 182009: Apr 82010: Apr 92011: Mar 312012: Mar 212013: May 42014: Apr 162015: Mar 272016: Apr 32017: Apr 302018: Apr 162019: Apr 152020: Apr 182021: Apr 222022: Apr 142023: Apr 292024: Mar 292025: Apr 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 111970198019902000201020201962: Nov 81963: Nov 181964: Nov 201965: Nov 291966: Oct 151969: Oct 131970: Oct 91971: Nov 91972: Oct 201973: Nov 31975: Oct 301976: Oct 81978: Nov 81979: Oct 281981: Oct 241982: Oct 141983: Sep 211984: Oct 191985: Oct 21986: Oct 131987: Nov 101988: Nov 61989: Oct 191990: Oct 221991: Oct 281992: Oct 81993: Oct 211994: Nov 101995: Nov 31996: Oct 221997: Oct 251998: Nov 121999: Oct 182000: Oct 102001: Nov 92002: Nov 42003: Nov 232004: Nov 22005: Nov 102006: Oct 312007: Oct 232008: Oct 232009: Oct 302010: Nov 52011: Oct 282012: Oct 82013: Oct 192014: Nov 112015: Nov 62016: Nov 182017: Oct 282018: Oct 152019: Oct 112020: Oct 242021: Nov 42022: Nov 122023: Oct 292024: Nov 12025: Oct 29

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
2025Apr 7Oct 29Apr 6Nov 27
2024Mar 29Nov 1Mar 27Nov 20
2023Apr 29Oct 29Apr 8Oct 30
2022Apr 14Nov 12Mar 25Nov 12
2021Apr 22Nov 4Apr 21Nov 4
2020Apr 18Oct 24Apr 15Oct 26
2019Apr 15Oct 11Apr 1Oct 25
2018Apr 16Oct 15Apr 8Nov 10
2017Apr 30Oct 28Mar 3Nov 9
2016Apr 3Nov 18Mar 28Nov 19
2015Mar 27Nov 6Mar 7Nov 6
2014Apr 16Nov 11Apr 15Nov 11
2013May 4Oct 19May 3Oct 19
2012Mar 21Oct 8Mar 4Oct 27
2011Mar 31Oct 28Mar 10Nov 3
2010Apr 9Nov 5Apr 9Nov 18
2009Apr 8Oct 30Apr 7Oct 30
2008Apr 18Oct 23Mar 20Nov 7
2007Apr 14Oct 23Apr 10Nov 15
2006Mar 25Oct 31Mar 25Nov 11
2005Apr 13Nov 10Mar 28Nov 16
2004Apr 13Nov 2Feb 26Nov 3
2003Apr 10Nov 23Apr 9Nov 23
2002Apr 4Nov 4Mar 27Nov 25
2001Mar 28Nov 9Mar 17Nov 27
2000Apr 5Oct 10Mar 19Nov 7
1999Apr 16Oct 18Mar 14Nov 24
1998Apr 20Nov 12Mar 20Dec 8
1997Apr 15Oct 25Apr 13Nov 9
1996Apr 15Oct 22Apr 6Nov 7
1995Apr 24Nov 3Apr 23Nov 11
1994Apr 12Nov 10Apr 7Nov 18
1993Apr 15Oct 21Mar 15Oct 30
1992Mar 24Oct 8Mar 12Nov 4
1991no dataOct 28no dataOct 28
1990Apr 7Oct 22Mar 26Nov 7
1989Apr 29Oct 19Mar 24Oct 19
1988Apr 13Nov 6Apr 12Nov 16
1987Apr 23Nov 10Apr 7Nov 10
1986Apr 5Oct 13Mar 22Nov 9
1985Apr 1Oct 2Mar 31Nov 15
1984Apr 24Oct 19Apr 5Nov 19
1983Apr 19Sep 21Apr 16Nov 23
1982Apr 22Oct 14Mar 8Oct 20
1981Apr 6Oct 24Mar 20Nov 10
1980Apr 27no dataApr 18no data
1979May 5Oct 28Apr 5Nov 1
1978Apr 12Nov 8Mar 26Nov 28
1977Apr 6no dataApr 5no data
1976Apr 2Oct 8Apr 2Oct 8
1975Apr 10Oct 30Apr 4Nov 10
1974Apr 16no dataApr 6no data
1973Apr 28Nov 3Apr 11Nov 20
1972Apr 2Oct 20Apr 2Oct 31
1971no dataNov 9no dataNov 19
1970May 2Oct 9Apr 5Oct 28
1969Mar 31Oct 13Mar 27Oct 13
1967May 3no dataMar 17no data
1966Apr 21Oct 15Mar 25Oct 15
1965Mar 31Nov 29Mar 31Nov 29
1964Apr 9Nov 20Apr 8Nov 21
1963Mar 20Nov 18Mar 14Nov 18
1962no dataNov 8no dataNov 18

"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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.