Last Frost Day

Frost history / Mt Locke, TX

Mt Locke, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00416104, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 6,790 ft, 30.705, -104.023. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 14Oct 28
EarliestMar 20 (1965)Sep 19 (1991)
LatestMay 18 (1986)Dec 6 (1998)
Trendlittle change (less than half a day per decade)0.9 days later per decade
Years with data7273

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 4 and the median first fall date is Nov 5.

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 15May 3019601970198019902000201020201951: May 11952: Apr 101953: May 131954: May 31955: Apr 131956: Apr 201957: Apr 131958: Apr 141959: Apr 211960: May 11961: Apr 111962: Apr 71963: Apr 51964: Mar 261965: Mar 201966: Mar 241967: Apr 131968: Apr 241969: Apr 171970: May 31971: Apr 191972: Apr 241973: Apr 271974: Apr 151975: Apr 181976: May 141977: Apr 41978: Apr 111979: Apr 111980: Apr 261981: Apr 101982: Apr 231984: Apr 41985: Mar 311986: May 181987: Apr 91988: Apr 101989: Apr 121990: Apr 71991: Mar 311992: Apr 31993: May 21994: Apr 61995: Apr 231996: Apr 301997: Apr 271998: Apr 271999: Apr 172000: Apr 42001: Apr 122002: Apr 102003: Apr 92005: Apr 12006: Apr 82007: Apr 152008: May 32010: May 32011: May 32012: Mar 222013: May 42014: Apr 162015: Apr 292016: May 32017: May 12018: Apr 142019: Apr 22020: Mar 292021: Apr 222022: Mar 312023: Apr 242024: Apr 102025: Apr 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 12Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 1119601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 21952: Oct 71953: Nov 81954: Oct 271955: Oct 241956: Nov 21957: Oct 261958: Oct 11959: Nov 51960: Oct 311961: Nov 21962: Nov 81963: Nov 11964: Oct 191965: Nov 291966: Oct 151967: Oct 291968: Oct 181969: Nov 21970: Oct 91971: Oct 201972: Oct 311973: Nov 201974: Oct 151975: Nov 121976: Oct 71977: Oct 121978: Oct 231979: Nov 31980: Oct 241981: Oct 231982: Nov 31983: Nov 191984: Nov 181985: Nov 21986: Oct 131987: Nov 91988: Nov 161989: Oct 171990: Oct 101991: Sep 191992: Oct 81993: Oct 211994: Nov 151995: Sep 221996: Oct 221997: Oct 261998: Dec 61999: Oct 182000: Oct 82001: Nov 202002: Nov 122003: Oct 262004: Nov 32005: Oct 242007: Oct 222009: Oct 272010: Nov 162011: Oct 282012: Oct 262013: Nov 132014: Nov 52015: Nov 172016: Nov 192017: Oct 272018: Oct 152019: Oct 112020: Oct 262021: Nov 182022: Oct 282023: Oct 302024: Nov 182025: 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 7Nov 30
2024Apr 10Nov 18Mar 10Nov 29
2023Apr 24Oct 30Mar 29Oct 30
2022Mar 31Oct 28Mar 24Nov 12
2021Apr 22Nov 18Apr 21Nov 18
2020Mar 29Oct 26Feb 28Oct 27
2019Apr 2Oct 11Apr 1Oct 11
2018Apr 14Oct 15Mar 1Oct 16
2017May 1Oct 27May 1Oct 28
2016May 3Nov 19Apr 2Nov 19
2015Apr 29Nov 17Mar 6Nov 17
2014Apr 16Nov 5Apr 15Nov 12
2013May 4Nov 13May 4Nov 22
2012Mar 22Oct 26Mar 21Nov 12
2011May 3Oct 28Mar 6Nov 3
2010May 3Nov 16Apr 3Nov 26
2009no dataOct 27no dataOct 29
2008May 3no dataApr 12no data
2007Apr 15Oct 22Apr 14Oct 22
2006Apr 8no dataMar 24no data
2005Apr 1Oct 24Apr 1Nov 16
2004no dataNov 3no dataNov 3
2003Apr 9Oct 26Apr 9Oct 26
2002Apr 10Nov 12Apr 3Nov 16
2001Apr 12Nov 20Feb 24Nov 28
2000Apr 4Oct 8Mar 19Oct 8
1999Apr 17Oct 18Apr 17Oct 18
1998Apr 27Dec 6Mar 31Dec 7
1997Apr 27Oct 26Apr 13Oct 26
1996Apr 30Oct 22Apr 6Oct 22
1995Apr 23Sep 22Apr 23Nov 28
1994Apr 6Nov 15Apr 6Nov 15
1993May 2Oct 21Mar 14Oct 30
1992Apr 3Oct 8Mar 11Nov 4
1991Mar 31Sep 19Mar 31Oct 31
1990Apr 7Oct 10Mar 19Oct 21
1989Apr 12Oct 17Apr 11Oct 19
1988Apr 10Nov 16Apr 10Nov 19
1987Apr 9Nov 9Apr 7Nov 16
1986May 18Oct 13Mar 19Nov 13
1985Mar 31Nov 2Mar 30Nov 23
1984Apr 4Nov 18Mar 29Nov 21
1983no dataNov 19no dataNov 23
1982Apr 23Nov 3Apr 23Nov 3
1981Apr 10Oct 23Apr 10Oct 26
1980Apr 26Oct 24Apr 26Oct 24
1979Apr 11Nov 3Apr 11Nov 21
1978Apr 11Oct 23Apr 11Nov 27
1977Apr 4Oct 12Mar 11Oct 12
1976May 14Oct 7Apr 17Oct 8
1975Apr 18Nov 12Apr 8Nov 12
1974Apr 15Oct 15Mar 21Nov 14
1973Apr 27Nov 20Apr 9Nov 20
1972Apr 24Oct 31Apr 21Nov 1
1971Apr 19Oct 20Apr 6Nov 19
1970May 3Oct 9Apr 4Oct 9
1969Apr 17Nov 2Mar 25Nov 3
1968Apr 24Oct 18Apr 23Nov 9
1967Apr 13Oct 29Mar 8Oct 30
1966Mar 24Oct 15Mar 24Nov 1
1965Mar 20Nov 29Mar 20Nov 29
1964Mar 26Oct 19Mar 9Nov 5
1963Apr 5Nov 1Mar 19Nov 23
1962Apr 7Nov 8Apr 2Nov 18
1961Apr 11Nov 2Apr 6Nov 3
1960May 1Oct 31Apr 30Nov 10
1959Apr 21Nov 5Apr 13Nov 5
1958Apr 14Oct 1Apr 5Oct 29
1957Apr 13Oct 26Apr 8Oct 26
1956Apr 20Nov 2Mar 12Nov 4
1955Apr 13Oct 24Apr 1Nov 3
1954May 3Oct 27Mar 25Nov 4
1953May 13Nov 8Apr 19Nov 8
1952Apr 10Oct 7Apr 10Nov 9
1951May 1Nov 2Apr 11Nov 2

"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.