Last Frost Day

Frost history / Denton Muni Ap, TX

Denton Muni Ap, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00003991, 1996 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 642 ft, 33.206, -97.199. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 23Nov 10
EarliestFeb 28 (2001)Oct 12 (2019)
LatestApr 21 (2021)Dec 3 (2007)
Trend3.0 days earlier per decade3.0 days earlier per decade
Years with data2829

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Mar 4 and the median first fall date is Nov 22.

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 302000201020201997: Apr 141998: Mar 211999: Apr 182000: Apr 42001: Feb 282002: Mar 262003: Apr 102004: Mar 102005: Mar 172006: Mar 252007: Mar 52008: Apr 142009: Apr 72010: Mar 222011: Apr 52012: Mar 42013: Mar 262014: Apr 152015: Mar 72016: Mar 212017: Mar 142018: Apr 82019: Mar 172020: Feb 282021: Apr 212022: Mar 252023: Mar 192024: Mar 19

First fall frost (32°F)

Sep 27Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 112000201020201996: Nov 241997: Nov 71998: Nov 61999: Nov 32000: Nov 102001: Nov 202002: Nov 192003: Nov 232004: Nov 252005: Oct 252006: Nov 32007: Dec 32008: Oct 282009: Nov 182010: Nov 62011: Nov 42012: Oct 282013: Nov 122014: Nov 122015: Nov 212016: Nov 192017: Oct 282018: Nov 102019: Oct 122020: Oct 302021: Nov 132022: Nov 122023: Oct 312024: Nov 21

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
2024Mar 19Nov 21Feb 18Nov 30
2023Mar 19Oct 31Mar 19Nov 27
2022Mar 25Nov 12Mar 12Nov 13
2021Apr 21Nov 13Feb 22Nov 19
2020Feb 28Oct 30Feb 27Nov 30
2019Mar 17Oct 12Mar 6Oct 31
2018Apr 8Nov 10Feb 12Nov 13
2017Mar 14Oct 28Jan 27Dec 7
2016Mar 21Nov 19Feb 26Dec 8
2015Mar 7Nov 21Mar 7Nov 22
2014Apr 15Nov 12Mar 4Nov 13
2013Mar 26Nov 12Mar 26Nov 13
2012Mar 4Oct 28Feb 12Nov 13
2011Apr 5Nov 4Mar 6Nov 4
2010Mar 22Nov 6Feb 24Nov 26
2009Apr 7Nov 18Apr 7Dec 4
2008Apr 14Oct 28Mar 8Nov 16
2007Mar 5Dec 3Mar 4Dec 16
2006Mar 25Nov 3Feb 19Nov 30
2005Mar 17Oct 25Mar 17Nov 17
2004Mar 10Nov 25Feb 16Dec 1
2003Apr 10Nov 23Apr 9Nov 24
2002Mar 26Nov 19Mar 22Nov 27
2001Feb 28Nov 20Feb 18Nov 21
2000Apr 4Nov 10Feb 5Nov 20
1999Apr 18Nov 3Mar 15Nov 3
1998Mar 21Nov 6Mar 12Dec 21
1997Apr 14Nov 7Jan 30Nov 11
1996no dataNov 24no dataDec 17

"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.