Frost history / Thompsons 3 Wsw, TX
Thompsons 3 Wsw, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00418996, 1958 to 2019, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 70 ft, 29.482, -95.631. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 25 | Dec 4 |
| Earliest | Jan 4 (1983) | Oct 20 (1989) |
| Latest | Apr 7 (2007) | Dec 25 (1980) |
| Trend | 2.1 days earlier per decade | little change (less than half a day per decade) |
| Years with data | 53, 2 with no freeze | 55, 7 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 8 and the median first fall date is Dec 13.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mar 6 | Nov 13 | none | Dec 19 |
| 2017 | Jan 8 | no data | Jan 8 | no data |
| 2016 | Feb 8 | Dec 18 | none | none |
| 2015 | Feb 2 | none | Jan 10 | none |
| 2014 | Mar 4 | Nov 18 | Mar 4 | none |
| 2013 | Mar 14 | Nov 26 | none | none |
| 2012 | Jan 14 | Dec 13 | Jan 13 | Dec 26 |
| 2011 | Feb 12 | Dec 7 | Feb 11 | Dec 8 |
| 2009 | Mar 2 | Dec 5 | Jan 12 | Dec 5 |
| 2008 | Mar 8 | Nov 16 | Jan 21 | none |
| 2007 | Apr 7 | Dec 4 | Feb 16 | none |
| 2006 | Mar 25 | Nov 22 | none | Dec 5 |
| 2005 | none | Dec 8 | none | none |
| 2004 | Jan 28 | Dec 15 | Jan 28 | Dec 26 |
| 2003 | no data | Nov 29 | no data | none |
| 2002 | Mar 5 | none | Mar 4 | none |
| 2001 | Jan 21 | none | none | none |
| 2000 | Jan 5 | no data | Jan 5 | no data |
| 1999 | no data | Dec 16 | no data | none |
| 1997 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 1996 | no data | Dec 19 | no data | Dec 19 |
| 1995 | Jan 24 | no data | none | no data |
| 1994 | Feb 11 | none | Jan 29 | none |
| 1993 | Mar 14 | Nov 1 | Mar 14 | Nov 7 |
| 1992 | Jan 21 | Nov 28 | Jan 16 | Nov 28 |
| 1991 | Jan 22 | Nov 9 | Jan 1 | Dec 16 |
| 1990 | none | Dec 5 | none | Dec 5 |
| 1989 | Mar 9 | Oct 20 | Mar 7 | Dec 13 |
| 1988 | no data | Dec 1 | no data | none |
| 1987 | Apr 6 | Dec 16 | none | none |
| 1986 | Mar 1 | none | Feb 12 | none |
| 1985 | Feb 8 | Dec 14 | Feb 3 | Dec 14 |
| 1984 | Feb 7 | Nov 28 | Jan 23 | Dec 7 |
| 1983 | Jan 4 | Dec 7 | none | Dec 22 |
| 1982 | Feb 8 | Dec 13 | Feb 8 | none |
| 1981 | Feb 16 | Dec 18 | Feb 12 | none |
| 1980 | Mar 3 | Dec 25 | Mar 3 | none |
| 1979 | Feb 10 | Nov 30 | Feb 10 | Dec 1 |
| 1978 | Mar 5 | Dec 9 | Feb 22 | Dec 10 |
| 1977 | Feb 16 | Dec 22 | Jan 20 | Dec 22 |
| 1976 | Feb 23 | Nov 28 | Jan 9 | Nov 29 |
| 1975 | Feb 25 | Nov 23 | Feb 8 | Nov 23 |
| 1974 | Feb 27 | no data | Feb 27 | no data |
| 1973 | Feb 12 | Dec 8 | Feb 11 | Dec 20 |
| 1972 | Mar 3 | Dec 1 | Feb 4 | Dec 16 |
| 1971 | Mar 5 | Nov 11 | Mar 4 | none |
| 1970 | Feb 17 | Nov 16 | Feb 3 | Nov 16 |
| 1969 | Jan 12 | Nov 15 | Jan 6 | Nov 15 |
| 1968 | Mar 13 | Nov 12 | Mar 13 | Dec 24 |
| 1967 | Mar 7 | Dec 24 | Feb 23 | none |
| 1966 | Mar 7 | Nov 3 | Feb 4 | Nov 3 |
| 1965 | Mar 21 | none | Mar 4 | none |
| 1964 | Mar 10 | Dec 6 | Feb 23 | Dec 15 |
| 1963 | Mar 6 | Dec 5 | Feb 14 | Dec 23 |
| 1962 | Mar 16 | Dec 12 | Jan 13 | Dec 12 |
| 1961 | Feb 8 | Dec 13 | Jan 30 | Dec 29 |
| 1960 | Mar 18 | Dec 2 | Feb 26 | Dec 22 |
| 1959 | Jan 23 | Nov 7 | Jan 23 | Nov 18 |
| 1958 | no data | Dec 14 | no data | Dec 16 |
"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.