Last Frost Day

Frost history / Arlington Muni Ap, TX

Arlington Muni Ap, TX: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00053907, 1997 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 630 ft, 32.664, -97.094. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 12Nov 16
EarliestFeb 16 (2017)Oct 28 (2017)
LatestApr 15 (2014)Dec 4 (2009)
Trend3.0 days earlier per decade1.4 days earlier per decade
Years with data2727

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 18 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 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 302000201020201998: Mar 121999: Mar 152000: Mar 122001: Feb 182002: Mar 232003: Mar 302004: Feb 272005: Mar 172006: Mar 242007: Mar 52008: Mar 82009: Apr 72010: Mar 212011: Mar 62012: Feb 252013: Mar 262014: Apr 152015: Mar 72016: Mar 212017: Feb 162018: Mar 142019: Mar 62020: Feb 272021: Feb 222022: Mar 242023: Mar 192024: Feb 18

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 112000201020201997: Nov 111999: Nov 32000: Nov 92001: Nov 212002: Nov 272003: Nov 242004: Nov 252005: Nov 162006: Nov 302007: Dec 42008: Nov 162009: Dec 42010: Nov 262011: Nov 42012: Nov 122013: Nov 132014: Nov 132015: Nov 222016: Nov 202017: Oct 282018: Nov 132019: Oct 312020: Nov 302021: Nov 262022: Nov 122023: Nov 12024: Nov 29

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 18Nov 29Feb 18Nov 30
2023Mar 19Nov 1Feb 18Dec 26
2022Mar 24Nov 12Mar 12Nov 20
2021Feb 22Nov 26Feb 19Dec 12
2020Feb 27Nov 30Feb 27Dec 1
2019Mar 6Oct 31Mar 6Nov 1
2018Mar 14Nov 13Feb 12Nov 14
2017Feb 16Oct 28Jan 8Dec 8
2016Mar 21Nov 20Feb 4Dec 9
2015Mar 7Nov 22Mar 7none
2014Apr 15Nov 13Mar 4Nov 14
2013Mar 26Nov 13Mar 26Nov 13
2012Feb 25Nov 12Feb 12Dec 10
2011Mar 6Nov 4Feb 12Nov 28
2010Mar 21Nov 26Feb 17Nov 27
2009Apr 7Dec 4Jan 30Dec 4
2008Mar 8Nov 16Mar 8Dec 6
2007Mar 5Dec 4Feb 18Dec 16
2006Mar 24Nov 30Feb 19Dec 1
2005Mar 17Nov 16Jan 23Nov 17
2004Feb 27Nov 25Feb 16Dec 1
2003Mar 30Nov 24Mar 6Nov 24
2002Mar 23Nov 27Mar 5Nov 28
2001Feb 18Nov 21Feb 18Nov 28
2000Mar 12Nov 9Feb 5Nov 21
1999Mar 15Nov 3Feb 13Dec 6
1998Mar 12no dataMar 12no data
1997no dataNov 11no dataNov 16

"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.