Last Frost Day

Frost history / Wills Pt, TX

Wills Pt, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00419800, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 520 ft, 32.702, -96.015. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 15Nov 19
EarliestJan 29 (2017)Oct 20 (1976)
LatestApr 16 (2014)Dec 20 (1965)
Trend2.1 days earlier per decade0.9 days later per decade
Years with data7372

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 3 and the median first fall date is Nov 29.

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)

Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Mar 151952: Mar 241953: Mar 51954: Mar 161955: Mar 301956: Mar 201957: Mar 91958: Mar 201959: Mar 231960: Mar 181961: Apr 161962: Mar 161963: Mar 71964: Mar 271965: Mar 271966: Mar 241967: Mar 91968: Mar 241969: Mar 121970: Apr 21971: Mar 211972: Mar 41973: Apr 111974: Apr 51975: Apr 41976: Feb 231977: Feb 281978: Mar 101979: Mar 61980: Mar 61981: Mar 191982: Mar 81983: Mar 221984: Mar 11985: Feb 131986: Mar 21987: Apr 11988: Mar 201989: Apr 121990: Feb 181991: Feb 171992: Mar 111993: Mar 151994: Mar 111995: Mar 91996: Apr 81997: Apr 141998: Mar 212000: Feb 192001: Feb 232002: Mar 232003: Apr 102004: Feb 262005: Mar 182006: Mar 252007: Mar 52008: Mar 92009: Apr 82010: Mar 222011: Mar 72012: Feb 132013: Mar 262014: Apr 162015: Mar 82016: Feb 272017: Jan 292018: Feb 132019: Mar 72020: Feb 282021: Feb 212022: Mar 132023: Mar 202024: Feb 19

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 2619601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 21953: Nov 91954: Dec 71955: Nov 31956: Nov 91957: Oct 261958: Nov 191959: Nov 61960: Nov 101961: Nov 301962: Nov 91963: Nov 241964: Nov 201965: Dec 201966: Nov 21967: Nov 41968: Nov 91969: Nov 151970: Nov 41971: Nov 251973: Dec 51974: Nov 151975: Nov 211976: Oct 201977: Nov 101978: Dec 51979: Nov 231980: Nov 191981: Dec 171982: Nov 131983: Nov 241984: Nov 221985: Dec 11986: Nov 131987: Nov 111988: Nov 281989: Oct 201990: Dec 41991: Nov 11992: Nov 51993: Oct 301994: Dec 111995: Nov 111996: Nov 251997: Nov 71998: Dec 131999: Nov 32000: Nov 102001: Nov 212002: Nov 272003: Nov 242004: Dec 12005: Nov 172006: Nov 212007: Dec 32008: Oct 292009: Dec 32010: Nov 272011: Nov 282012: Nov 242013: Nov 132014: Nov 122015: Nov 222016: Nov 202017: Oct 282018: Nov 102019: Oct 312020: Nov 302021: Nov 262022: Nov 132023: Nov 272024: Dec 6

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
2024Feb 19Dec 6Feb 19none
2023Mar 20Nov 27Feb 2none
2022Mar 13Nov 13Mar 13Nov 13
2021Feb 21Nov 26Feb 21none
2020Feb 28Nov 30Feb 28Dec 1
2019Mar 7Oct 31Mar 7Nov 12
2018Feb 13Nov 10Feb 12Nov 14
2017Jan 29Oct 28Jan 9Dec 8
2016Feb 27Nov 20Jan 24Dec 9
2015Mar 8Nov 22Mar 7none
2014Apr 16Nov 12Mar 5Nov 14
2013Mar 26Nov 13Mar 26Nov 13
2012Feb 13Nov 24Feb 13Dec 11
2011Mar 7Nov 28Feb 13Nov 28
2010Mar 22Nov 27Feb 25Dec 13
2009Apr 8Dec 3Mar 3Dec 5
2008Mar 9Oct 29Mar 9Dec 6
2007Mar 5Dec 3Mar 5Dec 16
2006Mar 25Nov 21Feb 20Dec 1
2005Mar 18Nov 17Jan 23Dec 5
2004Feb 26Dec 1Feb 13Dec 15
2003Apr 10Nov 24Mar 7Nov 24
2002Mar 23Nov 27Mar 5Nov 28
2001Feb 23Nov 21Feb 18Nov 29
2000Feb 19Nov 10Feb 6Nov 14
1999no dataNov 3no dataDec 6
1998Mar 21Dec 13Mar 13Dec 22
1997Apr 14Nov 7Jan 31Nov 16
1996Apr 8Nov 25Mar 10Nov 26
1995Mar 9Nov 11Mar 9Nov 29
1994Mar 11Dec 11Mar 11none
1993Mar 15Oct 30Mar 15Oct 31
1992Mar 11Nov 5Jan 19Nov 28
1991Feb 17Nov 1Feb 1Nov 2
1990Feb 18Dec 4Jan 14Dec 22
1989Apr 12Oct 20Mar 8Dec 4
1988Mar 20Nov 28Mar 15Dec 16
1987Apr 1Nov 11Feb 19Dec 15
1986Mar 2Nov 13Feb 13Nov 13
1985Feb 13Dec 1Feb 13Dec 1
1984Mar 1Nov 22Feb 28Dec 7
1983Mar 22Nov 24Feb 4Nov 29
1982Mar 8Nov 13Feb 12Dec 12
1981Mar 19Dec 17Feb 13Dec 18
1980Mar 6Nov 19Mar 4Dec 21
1979Mar 6Nov 23Feb 20Nov 23
1978Mar 10Dec 5Mar 6Dec 8
1977Feb 28Nov 10Feb 28Dec 6
1976Feb 23Oct 20Feb 9Nov 28
1975Apr 4Nov 21Mar 30Nov 23
1974Apr 5Nov 15Feb 27Dec 1
1973Apr 11Dec 5Apr 10Dec 7
1972Mar 4no dataFeb 13no data
1971Mar 21Nov 25Mar 4none
1970Apr 2Nov 4Mar 22Nov 16
1969Mar 12Nov 15Mar 11Nov 15
1968Mar 24Nov 9Mar 24Nov 12
1967Mar 9Nov 4Mar 9Dec 22
1966Mar 24Nov 2Mar 6Nov 2
1965Mar 27Dec 20Mar 27none
1964Mar 27Nov 20Mar 27Nov 21
1963Mar 7Nov 24Mar 6Dec 3
1962Mar 16Nov 9Mar 2Dec 6
1961Apr 16Nov 30Feb 9Dec 12
1960Mar 18Nov 10Mar 5Nov 10
1959Mar 23Nov 6Feb 20Nov 6
1958Mar 20Nov 19Feb 17Nov 29
1957Mar 9Oct 26Mar 8Oct 27
1956Mar 20Nov 9Mar 9Nov 27
1955Mar 30Nov 3Mar 30Nov 9
1954Mar 16Dec 7Mar 16Dec 14
1953Mar 5Nov 9Feb 23Dec 15
1952Mar 24no dataMar 23no data
1951Mar 15Nov 2Mar 14Nov 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 to 2020 frost probabilities.