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Frost history / Shamrock #2, TX

Shamrock #2, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00418236, 1965 to 2018, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 2,360 ft, 35.215, -100.250. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianApr 5Oct 31
EarliestMar 4 (2012)Oct 8 (1976)
LatestMay 4 (2013)Nov 21 (2015)
Trend1.9 days earlier per decadelittle change (less than half a day per decade)
Years with data4647

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 26 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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 15197019801990200020101965: Mar 271966: Apr 201967: May 21968: Apr 241969: Mar 301970: May 21971: Apr 141972: Apr 41973: Apr 101976: Mar 281977: Apr 51979: Apr 51980: Apr 41981: Mar 241986: Mar 211987: Apr 71988: Apr 131989: Apr 121991: Mar 151992: Apr 31993: Apr 21994: Apr 301995: Apr 121996: Apr 71997: Apr 151998: Apr 41999: Mar 212000: Apr 162001: Mar 282002: Apr 52003: Apr 102004: Apr 142005: Mar 282006: Mar 252007: Apr 92008: Mar 252009: Apr 82010: Apr 92011: Mar 302012: Mar 42013: May 42014: Apr 162015: Apr 42016: Mar 222017: Mar 162018: Apr 16

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26197019801990200020101966: Oct 191967: Oct 251968: Nov 91969: Oct 131970: Oct 281971: Nov 191972: Oct 311973: Nov 201974: Nov 121975: Oct 181976: Oct 81977: Oct 121978: Nov 71979: Oct 311980: Oct 241981: Oct 231987: Nov 101988: Nov 161989: Oct 191990: Nov 41991: Oct 291992: Nov 41993: Oct 281994: Nov 101995: Oct 241996: Nov 111997: Oct 261998: Nov 111999: Nov 22000: Oct 92001: Oct 162002: Oct 312003: Nov 52004: Nov 42005: Oct 242006: Oct 142007: Nov 62008: Oct 242009: Oct 112010: Nov 52011: Nov 32012: Oct 82013: Oct 192014: Nov 12015: Nov 212016: Nov 192017: Oct 28

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
2018Apr 16no dataApr 8no data
2017Mar 16Oct 28Mar 13Nov 19
2016Mar 22Nov 19Mar 21Nov 19
2015Apr 4Nov 21Mar 8Nov 21
2014Apr 16Nov 1Apr 16Nov 12
2013May 4Oct 19Apr 26Nov 12
2012Mar 4Oct 8Mar 3Oct 27
2011Mar 30Nov 3Mar 10Nov 3
2010Apr 9Nov 5Mar 23Nov 5
2009Apr 8Oct 11Apr 8Nov 18
2008Mar 25Oct 24Mar 10Nov 15
2007Apr 9Nov 6Apr 8Nov 21
2006Mar 25Oct 14Mar 25Nov 2
2005Mar 28Oct 24Mar 18Oct 24
2004Apr 14Nov 4Apr 14Nov 4
2003Apr 10Nov 5Apr 10Nov 7
2002Apr 5Oct 31Mar 27Nov 25
2001Mar 28Oct 16Mar 27Nov 20
2000Apr 16Oct 9Mar 17Oct 9
1999Mar 21Nov 2Mar 16Nov 24
1998Apr 4Nov 11Mar 21Dec 8
1997Apr 15Oct 26Apr 13Oct 26
1996Apr 7Nov 11Mar 27Nov 17
1995Apr 12Oct 24Apr 11Nov 11
1994Apr 30Nov 10Apr 7Nov 23
1993Apr 2Oct 28Mar 20Oct 30
1992Apr 3Nov 4Mar 12Nov 5
1991Mar 15Oct 29Mar 15Oct 29
1990no dataNov 4no dataNov 6
1989Apr 12Oct 19Mar 23Oct 19
1988Apr 13Nov 16Mar 19Nov 16
1987Apr 7Nov 10Apr 4Nov 10
1986Mar 21no dataMar 21no data
1981Mar 24Oct 23Mar 19Nov 10
1980Apr 4Oct 24Mar 10Oct 29
1979Apr 5Oct 31Apr 5Nov 3
1978no dataNov 7no dataNov 7
1977Apr 5Oct 12Mar 31Nov 10
1976Mar 28Oct 8Mar 28Oct 20
1975no dataOct 18no dataNov 13
1974no dataNov 12no dataNov 29
1973Apr 10Nov 20Apr 10Nov 20
1972Apr 4Oct 31Mar 30Nov 1
1971Apr 14Nov 19Apr 6Nov 19
1970May 2Oct 28Apr 5Oct 28
1969Mar 30Oct 13Mar 25Nov 4
1968Apr 24Nov 9Mar 23Nov 11
1967May 2Oct 25Mar 9Nov 3
1966Apr 20Oct 19Apr 5Nov 2
1965Mar 27no dataMar 27no data

"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.