Last Frost Day

Frost history / Tornillo 2 Sse, TX

Tornillo 2 Sse, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00419088, 1982 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 3,525 ft, 31.403, -106.058. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 29Nov 2
EarliestFeb 24 (2024)Oct 13 (1997)
LatestApr 29 (2015)Nov 20 (2017)
Trend3.2 days earlier per decade0.8 days earlier per decade
Years with data4241

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 9 and the median first fall date is Nov 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)

Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 1519902000201020201982: Mar 251983: Apr 141984: Mar 291985: Apr 21986: Mar 231987: Apr 31988: Apr 11989: Mar 221990: Mar 191991: Apr 291992: Mar 131993: Apr 91994: Apr 61995: Apr 111996: Apr 61997: Mar 41998: Apr 181999: Apr 172000: Mar 192001: Apr 122002: Mar 202003: Apr 72004: Mar 72005: Apr 22006: Mar 232007: Mar 72008: Mar 242009: Apr 172010: Mar 292011: Mar 102012: Mar 212015: Apr 292016: Apr 42017: Feb 272018: Apr 142019: Mar 192020: Feb 282021: Mar 32022: Mar 252023: Apr 52024: Feb 242025: Apr 7

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 2619902000201020201982: Oct 291983: Nov 201984: Nov 101985: Nov 21986: Nov 131987: Nov 101988: Nov 161989: Oct 301990: Oct 221991: Oct 291992: Nov 61993: Oct 301994: Nov 51995: Nov 121996: Oct 221997: Oct 131998: Nov 111999: Oct 182000: Nov 22001: Nov 202002: Nov 62003: Oct 272004: Nov 32005: Nov 142006: Oct 282007: Oct 232008: Nov 62009: Oct 272010: Nov 52011: Oct 312015: Nov 12016: Nov 122017: Nov 202018: Nov 132019: Oct 252020: Oct 272021: Nov 122022: Oct 252023: Oct 312024: Oct 312025: Oct 30

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
2025Apr 7Oct 30Apr 6Dec 1
2024Feb 24Oct 31Feb 14Nov 9
2023Apr 5Oct 31Feb 28Oct 31
2022Mar 25Oct 25Mar 24Nov 15
2021Mar 3Nov 12Mar 3Nov 19
2020Feb 28Oct 27Feb 27Oct 27
2019Mar 19Oct 25Feb 25Oct 25
2018Apr 14Nov 13Mar 7Nov 13
2017Feb 27Nov 20Feb 25Nov 20
2016Apr 4Nov 12Apr 3Nov 14
2015Apr 29Nov 1Mar 15Nov 6
2012Mar 21no dataMar 21no data
2011Mar 10Oct 31Mar 1Nov 8
2010Mar 29Nov 5Mar 21Nov 13
2009Apr 17Oct 27Feb 22Oct 30
2008Mar 24Nov 6Mar 9Nov 7
2007Mar 7Oct 23Mar 6Nov 26
2006Mar 23Oct 28Mar 14Nov 16
2005Apr 2Nov 14Mar 17Nov 17
2004Mar 7Nov 3Mar 1Nov 3
2003Apr 7Oct 27Mar 30Nov 19
2002Mar 20Nov 6Mar 6Nov 16
2001Apr 12Nov 20Feb 16Nov 28
2000Mar 19Nov 2Mar 9Nov 9
1999Apr 17Oct 18Mar 19Nov 23
1998Apr 18Nov 11Mar 9Dec 8
1997Mar 4Oct 13Mar 2Oct 26
1996Apr 6Oct 22Mar 26Oct 22
1995Apr 11Nov 12Feb 7Nov 24
1994Apr 6Nov 5Mar 28Nov 5
1993Apr 9Oct 30Mar 13Oct 31
1992Mar 13Nov 6Feb 27Nov 7
1991Apr 29Oct 29Mar 17Nov 1
1990Mar 19Oct 22Mar 8Nov 28
1989Mar 22Oct 30Mar 6Nov 9
1988Apr 1Nov 16Mar 20Nov 16
1987Apr 3Nov 10Mar 31Nov 11
1986Mar 23Nov 13Mar 20Nov 24
1985Apr 2Nov 2Mar 31Nov 15
1984Mar 29Nov 10Mar 8Nov 21
1983Apr 14Nov 20Apr 8Nov 20
1982Mar 25Oct 29Feb 27Oct 29

"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.