College Stn, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003904, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 305 ft, 30.589, -96.365. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

	Last spring frost	First fall frost
Median	Mar 4	Nov 30
Earliest	Jan 8 (2017)	Oct 28 (1957)
Latest	Apr 10 (1973)	Dec 25 (1994)
Trend	3.0 days earlier per decade	1.0 days later per decade
Years with data	73	74, 4 with no freeze

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 12 and the median first fall date is Dec 12.

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)

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