Rusk, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00417841, 1951 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 695 ft, 31.809, -95.143. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 9	Nov 21
Earliest	Jan 28 (2017)	Oct 25 (1955)
Latest	Apr 13 (1997)	Dec 25 (1965)
Trend	2.1 days earlier per decade	1.8 days later per decade
Years with data	69	74, 1 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 24 and the median first fall date is Dec 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)

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
2025	no data	Dec 2	no data	Dec 15
2024	Feb 19	Dec 6	Jan 22	none
2023	Mar 20	Nov 1	Feb 17	none
2022	Mar 13	Nov 14	Mar 12	Nov 14
2021	Feb 21	none	Feb 21	none
2020	Feb 28	Nov 30	Feb 27	Dec 17
2019	Mar 6	Oct 31	Mar 6	Nov 12
2018	Feb 13	Nov 13	Feb 12	Nov 14
2017	Jan 28	Dec 8	Jan 8	Dec 8
2016	no data	Dec 9	no data	Dec 9
2015	Mar 7	Nov 22	Mar 7	none
2014	Mar 6	Nov 12	Mar 5	Nov 14
2013	Mar 27	Nov 13	Jan 17	Nov 13
2012	Feb 13	Dec 11	Feb 12	Dec 11
2011	Feb 12	Nov 28	Feb 12	Nov 28
2010	Mar 22	Dec 1	Feb 24	Dec 13
2009	Apr 7	Dec 5	Mar 2	Dec 5
2008	Mar 8	Nov 16	Feb 14	Dec 10
2007	Apr 8	Dec 3	Mar 4	Dec 16
2006	Mar 25	Dec 1	Feb 21	Dec 1
2005	Feb 11	Nov 17	Jan 24	Dec 8
2004	Feb 15	Dec 1	Feb 7	Dec 15
2003	Mar 6	Nov 24	Jan 24	none
2002	Mar 10	Dec 6	Mar 4	Dec 25
2001	Feb 18	Nov 29	Feb 11	none
2000	Mar 12	Nov 14	Mar 12	Dec 12
1999	Mar 16	Dec 6	Jan 10	Dec 16
1998	Mar 12	Dec 12	Mar 12	Dec 22
1997	Apr 13	Nov 15	Jan 30	Nov 16
1996	Mar 21	Nov 25	Mar 10	Dec 18
1995	Mar 10	Nov 29	Mar 10	Dec 9
1994	Mar 10	Dec 11	Feb 24	none
1993	Mar 14	Oct 30	Mar 14	Oct 31
1992	Mar 23	Nov 5	Jan 19	Nov 28
1991	Feb 16	Nov 1	Jan 31	Nov 2
1990	Feb 4	Dec 4	none	Dec 22
1989	Mar 9	Nov 24	Mar 8	Dec 4
1988	Mar 19	Nov 28	Mar 16	Dec 28
1987	no data	Nov 11	no data	Dec 15
1986	Mar 22	Nov 13	Mar 1	Nov 13
1985	Feb 13	Dec 1	Feb 13	Dec 1
1984	Feb 28	Nov 21	Feb 28	Nov 22
1982	Mar 7	Nov 13	Feb 11	Dec 12
1981	no data	Nov 21	no data	Dec 18
1980	Mar 4	Oct 30	Mar 3	Oct 30
1979	no data	Nov 14	no data	Nov 29
1978	Mar 5	Dec 4	Mar 5	Dec 4
1977	Feb 27	Nov 10	Feb 1	Dec 6
1976	Feb 8	Nov 13	Feb 7	Nov 28
1975	Apr 3	Nov 21	Mar 15	Nov 23
1974	Mar 25	Nov 30	Feb 26	Nov 30
1973	Apr 10	Dec 7	Feb 17	Dec 17
1972	Mar 3	Nov 22	Feb 8	Dec 6
1971	Mar 8	Dec 11	Mar 4	none
1970	Mar 13	Nov 16	Feb 4	Nov 16
1969	Mar 12	Nov 15	Mar 11	Nov 15
1968	Mar 23	Nov 12	Mar 13	Dec 8
1967	Mar 8	Nov 5	Mar 7	Dec 22
1966	Mar 6	Nov 2	Feb 24	Nov 2
1965	Mar 27	Dec 25	Mar 21	none
1964	Mar 26	Nov 20	Feb 21	Nov 21
1963	Mar 6	Dec 2	Feb 24	Dec 11
1962	Mar 6	Dec 5	Mar 1	Dec 12
1961	Apr 1	Nov 17	Jan 30	Dec 12
1960	Mar 19	Nov 10	Mar 5	Dec 2
1959	Mar 6	Nov 6	Feb 20	Nov 6
1958	Feb 19	Nov 29	Feb 18	Nov 29
1957	Mar 8	Oct 27	Mar 8	Dec 11
1956	Apr 11	Nov 9	Mar 9	Nov 9
1955	Mar 30	Oct 25	Mar 29	Nov 4
1954	Apr 1	Nov 5	Mar 14	Dec 10
1953	Feb 22	Nov 10	Feb 21	Nov 23
1952	Mar 24	Nov 11	Feb 17	Dec 14
1951	Mar 14	Nov 3	Mar 14	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 1991–2020 frost probabilities.