Last Frost Day

Frost history / Pt Comfort, TX

Pt Comfort, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00417140, 1958 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 20 ft, 28.657, -96.555. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianFeb 12Dec 10
EarliestJan 9 (2017)Nov 7 (1959)
LatestMar 20 (1965)Dec 25 (2010)
Trend0.6 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data59, 12 with no freeze58, 16 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 5 and the median first fall date is Dec 18.

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)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 3119601970198019902000201020201958: Feb 161959: Jan 221960: Mar 41961: Jan 301962: Mar 61963: Feb 131964: Feb 221965: Mar 201966: Feb 31967: Feb 71968: Mar 11969: Jan 121970: Feb 31971: Mar 31972: Feb 121974: Feb 261975: Feb 71976: Jan 281977: Jan 311978: Mar 61979: Feb 181980: Mar 31981: Feb 121982: Feb 71984: Jan 211985: Feb 31986: Feb 121989: Mar 61992: Jan 161994: Feb 111996: Mar 91997: Jan 282000: Jan 262003: Feb 262006: Feb 122007: Feb 162009: Jan 122011: Feb 142014: Mar 52015: Mar 62017: Jan 92018: Jan 182019: Mar 52020: Feb 282021: Feb 202024: Jan 212025: Feb 21

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201958: Dec 111959: Nov 71960: Dec 211961: Dec 131962: Dec 121963: Dec 231964: Dec 61966: Dec 111967: Dec 231970: Nov 161972: Dec 111975: Nov 231976: Nov 281977: Dec 101978: Dec 81979: Nov 301980: Nov 281981: Dec 181983: Dec 191984: Dec 71985: Dec 141989: Dec 91990: Dec 81992: Nov 271993: Nov 261995: Dec 101996: Dec 191997: Dec 141998: Dec 231999: Dec 152000: Dec 132004: Dec 242005: Dec 82009: Dec 52010: Dec 252011: Dec 72013: Dec 72016: Dec 182017: Dec 82018: Nov 142019: Nov 132022: Dec 23

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
2025Feb 21no dataFeb 21no data
2024Jan 21no dataJan 18no data
2023nonenonenonenone
2022no dataDec 23no dataDec 23
2021Feb 20no dataFeb 20no data
2020Feb 28nonenonenone
2019Mar 5Nov 13nonenone
2018Jan 18Nov 14Jan 18none
2017Jan 9Dec 8Jan 9none
2016no dataDec 18no dataDec 19
2015Mar 6nonenonenone
2014Mar 5noneMar 3none
2013noneDec 7nonenone
2012noneno datanoneno data
2011Feb 14Dec 7Feb 11none
2010no dataDec 25no datanone
2009Jan 12Dec 5noneDec 7
2008no datanoneno datanone
2007Feb 16noneFeb 16none
2006Feb 12nonenonenone
2005noneDec 8nonenone
2004noneDec 24noneDec 25
2003Feb 26no datanoneno data
2000Jan 26Dec 13nonenone
1999noneDec 15nonenone
1998noneDec 23nonenone
1997Jan 28Dec 14nonenone
1996Mar 9Dec 19Feb 4Dec 19
1995noneDec 10noneDec 10
1994Feb 11noneFeb 10none
1993noneNov 26nonenone
1992Jan 16Nov 27nonenone
1991nonenonenonenone
1990noneDec 8noneDec 31
1989Mar 6Dec 9Feb 8Dec 22
1988no datanoneno datanone
1986Feb 12nonenonenone
1985Feb 3Dec 14Feb 2Dec 14
1984Jan 21Dec 7Jan 19none
1983noneDec 19noneDec 19
1982Feb 7noneFeb 6none
1981Feb 12Dec 18Feb 12Dec 19
1980Mar 3Nov 28Mar 3none
1979Feb 18Nov 30Feb 9Nov 30
1978Mar 6Dec 8Mar 6Dec 10
1977Jan 31Dec 10Jan 29none
1976Jan 28Nov 28Jan 9Nov 28
1975Feb 7Nov 23Jan 13none
1974Feb 26no dataFeb 25no data
1972Feb 12Dec 11Feb 9Dec 16
1971Mar 3noneFeb 8none
1970Feb 3Nov 16Jan 8none
1969Jan 12noneJan 5none
1968Mar 1noneJan 8none
1967Feb 7Dec 23nonenone
1966Feb 3Dec 11Jan 30Dec 13
1965Mar 20noneJan 17none
1964Feb 22Dec 6Jan 14none
1963Feb 13Dec 23Feb 12Dec 23
1962Mar 6Dec 12Jan 13none
1961Jan 30Dec 13Jan 30none
1960Mar 4Dec 21Feb 26none
1959Jan 22Nov 7Jan 22Nov 7
1958Feb 16Dec 11Feb 13none

"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.