Last Frost Day

Frost history / Austin Bergstrom Ap, TX

Austin Bergstrom Ap, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00013904, 1951 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 480 ft, 30.183, -97.680. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 12Nov 18
EarliestJan 18 (1957)Oct 25 (2005)
LatestApr 17 (1999)Dec 30 (1954)
Trend1.9 days later per decade2.5 days earlier per decade
Years with data4947

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 21 and the median first fall date is Dec 10.

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)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 3019601970198019902000201020201951: Mar 131952: Mar 241953: Feb 221954: Feb 81955: Mar 281956: Mar 81957: Jan 181958: Feb 161959: Jan 231960: Mar 41961: Feb 81962: Mar 161963: Feb 221964: Feb 221965: Mar 211966: Mar 71967: Mar 81968: Mar 231969: Mar 121970: Mar 221993: Mar 141994: Feb 141998: Mar 221999: Apr 172000: Mar 202001: Mar 202002: Mar 232003: Mar 302004: Feb 272005: Mar 172006: Mar 262007: Mar 62008: Apr 142009: Apr 72010: Mar 222011: Mar 112012: Mar 42013: Mar 272014: Apr 162015: Mar 62016: Mar 212017: Jan 302018: Feb 122019: Apr 22020: Feb 282021: Feb 202022: Mar 132023: Feb 182024: Feb 19

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 26Jan 1019601970198019902000201020201951: Nov 21952: Dec 111953: Dec 101954: Dec 301955: Nov 281956: Nov 271957: Nov 301958: Nov 291959: Nov 61960: Dec 171961: Dec 121962: Dec 111963: Nov 241964: Nov 221965: Nov 301966: Nov 31967: Dec 221968: Nov 121969: Nov 151970: Nov 161998: Dec 131999: Nov 32000: Nov 92001: Nov 282002: Nov 232003: Nov 242004: Nov 302005: Oct 252006: Nov 172007: Nov 162008: Nov 152009: Nov 182010: Oct 302011: Nov 32012: Nov 172013: Nov 132014: Nov 132015: Nov 222016: Dec 12017: Oct 292018: Nov 142019: Oct 312020: Nov 162021: Nov 232022: Nov 132023: Nov 22024: Dec 12

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 12Jan 20Dec 12
2023Feb 18Nov 2Feb 18Dec 11
2022Mar 13Nov 13Mar 13Dec 18
2021Feb 20Nov 23Feb 20Dec 12
2020Feb 28Nov 16Feb 27Dec 1
2019Apr 2Oct 31Mar 6Nov 1
2018Feb 12Nov 14Jan 30Nov 14
2017Jan 30Oct 29Jan 8Dec 13
2016Mar 21Dec 1Feb 7Dec 18
2015Mar 6Nov 22Mar 6Nov 23
2014Apr 16Nov 13Mar 3Nov 14
2013Mar 27Nov 13Mar 26Nov 14
2012Mar 4Nov 17Jan 15Dec 11
2011Mar 11Nov 3Mar 6Nov 4
2010Mar 22Oct 30Feb 25Nov 19
2009Apr 7Nov 18Apr 7Dec 4
2008Apr 14Nov 15Mar 8Nov 16
2007Mar 6Nov 16Mar 6Dec 4
2006Mar 26Nov 17Mar 25Nov 17
2005Mar 17Oct 25Jan 17Nov 17
2004Feb 27Nov 30Feb 27Dec 1
2003Mar 30Nov 24Feb 25Nov 24
2002Mar 23Nov 23Mar 5Dec 6
2001Mar 20Nov 28Feb 18Dec 10
2000Mar 20Nov 9Feb 6Nov 14
1999Apr 17Nov 3Feb 22Nov 26
1998Mar 22Dec 13Mar 11Dec 22
1994Feb 14no dataFeb 11no data
1993Mar 14no dataJan 26no data
1970Mar 22Nov 16Feb 4Nov 24
1969Mar 12Nov 15Jan 12Dec 31
1968Mar 23Nov 12Mar 13Dec 15
1967Mar 8Dec 22Feb 23Dec 23
1966Mar 7Nov 3Mar 6Dec 11
1965Mar 21Nov 30Mar 21none
1964Feb 22Nov 22Jan 17Dec 6
1963Feb 22Nov 24Feb 13Dec 15
1962Mar 16Dec 11Mar 2Dec 12
1961Feb 8Dec 12Jan 29Dec 13
1960Mar 4Dec 17Feb 26Dec 21
1959Jan 23Nov 6Jan 22Nov 18
1958Feb 16Nov 29Feb 16Dec 14
1957Jan 18Nov 30Jan 18Dec 11
1956Mar 8Nov 27Feb 5none
1955Mar 28Nov 28Mar 28Dec 16
1954Feb 8Dec 30Jan 22Dec 30
1953Feb 22Dec 10Jan 17Dec 23
1952Mar 24Dec 11noneDec 15
1951Mar 13Nov 2Feb 16Nov 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.