Poteet, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00417215, 1951 to 2021, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 425 ft, 29.028, -98.569. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 5	Nov 28
Earliest	Jan 17 (1957)	Oct 27 (1957)
Latest	Apr 16 (1961)	Dec 26 (1994)
Trend	3.0 days earlier per decade	1.6 days later per decade
Years with data	61, 1 with no freeze	58, 2 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 13 and the median first fall date is Dec 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.

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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
2021	Feb 18	no data	Feb 16	no data
2017	Jan 31	Dec 7	Jan 8	none
2016	Feb 7	Nov 20	Jan 23	Dec 19
2015	Mar 6	Nov 22	Feb 17	Nov 23
2014	Mar 7	no data	Mar 3	no data
2013	Mar 26	Nov 13	Mar 6	Nov 26
2012	no data	Dec 11	no data	Dec 11
2011	Feb 13	no data	Feb 12	no data
2010	Feb 25	no data	Jan 11	no data
2009	Feb 4	Dec 5	Feb 3	Dec 5
2008	Mar 8	Nov 16	Feb 2	Dec 6
2007	Mar 5	Dec 4	Mar 5	Dec 16
2006	Feb 20	Dec 1	Feb 13	Dec 1
2005	Jan 19	Nov 29	none	none
2004	Feb 26	Nov 14	Feb 15	Dec 15
2002	Mar 6	Dec 25	Mar 6	none
2001	Feb 5	Nov 24	Jan 21	none
1999	Feb 14	Nov 26	Feb 14	Dec 6
1998	none	Dec 13	none	Dec 23
1997	Feb 1	Dec 13	Jan 16	Dec 13
1996	Mar 18	Nov 26	Mar 10	Dec 19
1995	Mar 10	none	Jan 31	none
1994	Mar 11	Dec 26	Feb 4	none
1993	Mar 16	Oct 31	Jan 28	Oct 31
1992	Feb 26	Nov 27	none	Nov 27
1991	Feb 2	Nov 9	Jan 1	none
1990	Jan 27	Dec 5	none	Dec 5
1989	Mar 8	Dec 9	Mar 8	Dec 9
1988	no data	Dec 13	no data	Dec 13
1986	Mar 3	no data	Jan 10	no data
1985	Feb 13	Dec 2	Feb 13	Dec 14
1984	no data	Nov 28	no data	none
1983	Apr 15	Nov 28	Jan 3	Dec 19
1982	Mar 7	Dec 13	Feb 11	none
1981	Feb 13	Dec 15	Feb 13	Dec 18
1980	Mar 4	Nov 27	Mar 3	Dec 26
1979	Feb 19	Nov 14	Jan 24	Nov 30
1978	Mar 10	Dec 9	Feb 22	Dec 9
1977	Feb 27	Nov 10	Jan 29	Dec 22
1976	Feb 24	Nov 15	Feb 23	Nov 28
1975	Feb 25	Nov 13	Feb 8	Nov 23
1974	Feb 27	Nov 26	Feb 27	Nov 30
1973	Apr 9	Nov 29	Feb 10	Dec 20
1972	Feb 10	Nov 26	Feb 5	Dec 16
1971	Mar 4	none	Mar 4	none
1970	Feb 5	Nov 5	Feb 4	Nov 16
1968	Mar 23	no data	Feb 24	no data
1967	Mar 7	Dec 3	Feb 9	Dec 23
1966	Mar 6	Nov 2	Mar 6	Nov 29
1965	Mar 21	Nov 30	Mar 20	none
1964	Feb 23	Dec 1	Feb 8	Dec 14
1963	Mar 6	Nov 30	Feb 15	Dec 23
1962	Mar 16	Dec 6	Mar 2	none
1961	Apr 16	Dec 13	Jan 30	Dec 24
1960	Mar 18	Nov 30	Feb 26	Dec 21
1959	Mar 6	Nov 7	Jan 22	Nov 7
1958	Feb 16	Dec 11	Feb 13	Dec 11
1957	Jan 17	Oct 27	Jan 17	Dec 1
1956	Mar 8	Nov 27	Mar 8	Nov 27
1955	Mar 28	Nov 29	Mar 28	Nov 29
1954	Mar 7	Nov 6	Feb 8	Dec 14
1953	Mar 5	Dec 7	none	Dec 10
1952	Mar 24	Nov 11	Mar 24	Dec 15
1951	Mar 14	Nov 3	Mar 13	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.