Frost history / Victoria Fire Dept #5, TX
Victoria Fire Dept #5, TX: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00419361, 2000 to 2020, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 101 ft, 28.861, -97.018. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Feb 22 | Dec 4 |
| Earliest | Jan 9 (2017) | Nov 14 (2018) |
| Latest | Mar 25 (2006) | Dec 14 (2000) |
| Trend | 7.7 days earlier per decade | 5.4 days earlier per decade |
| Years with data | 12 | 11, 1 with no freeze |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Jan 28 and the median first fall date is Dec 3.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Feb 27 | Dec 1 | none | none |
| 2019 | Mar 6 | no data | none | no data |
| 2018 | Feb 13 | Nov 14 | Jan 18 | Nov 14 |
| 2017 | Jan 9 | Dec 8 | Jan 9 | none |
| 2015 | no data | none | no data | none |
| 2013 | Jan 18 | Dec 7 | none | none |
| 2011 | Feb 13 | no data | Feb 12 | no data |
| 2010 | Feb 17 | Nov 27 | Jan 11 | Dec 13 |
| 2009 | Mar 2 | Dec 5 | Feb 3 | Dec 5 |
| 2008 | Feb 27 | Dec 6 | Jan 22 | none |
| 2007 | Mar 4 | Dec 4 | Feb 19 | none |
| 2006 | Mar 25 | Nov 21 | Feb 12 | Dec 1 |
| 2005 | Jan 23 | no data | none | no data |
| 2000 | no data | Dec 14 | no data | none |
"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.