Taylor climate

Taylor Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Highland Home #2, 8.1 km from Taylor, elevation 555 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Highland Home #2. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around March 12 and the first fall freeze around November 18, a growing season of about 253 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 27, first November 7
Median at 32°F
last March 12, first November 18
Median at 28°F
last February 25, first December 3

Last freeze in spring

The chance of a later freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one spring in ten still freezes after the date; planting after the 10 percent date for 32°F is the cautious choice.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FApr 12Apr 6Apr 3Mar 31Mar 27Mar 23Mar 19Mar 14Mar 6
32°FMar 30Mar 24Mar 19Mar 16Mar 12Mar 7Mar 2Feb 26Feb 19
28°FMar 19Mar 13Mar 6Mar 2Feb 25Feb 21Feb 15Feb 7Jan 28
24°FMar 7Feb 28Feb 20Feb 14Feb 7Feb 1Jan 27Jan 18Jan 7
20°FFeb 28Feb 15Feb 7Feb 1Jan 26Jan 19Jan 12Jan 5Dec 27
16°FFeb 12Feb 3Jan 29Jan 21Jan 16Jan 11Jan 7Jan 2Dec 27

First freeze in fall

The chance of an earlier freeze than the date shown. At 10 percent, one fall in ten freezes before the date.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°FOct 25Oct 30Nov 1Nov 4Nov 7Nov 11Nov 14Nov 18Nov 26
32°FNov 4Nov 8Nov 12Nov 15Nov 18Nov 23Nov 28Dec 3Dec 10
28°FNov 13Nov 20Nov 25Dec 1Dec 3Dec 8Dec 14Dec 23Jan 3
24°FNov 26Dec 4Dec 10Dec 18Dec 25Jan 1Jan 7Jan 15Jan 30
20°FDec 9Dec 20Dec 28Jan 1Jan 6Jan 12Jan 19Jan 31Feb 7
16°FDec 24Dec 31Jan 3Jan 7Jan 11Jan 15Jan 20Jan 30Feb 7

Growing season length

Days between the last spring and first fall freeze at each threshold, with the chance of a season at least that long.

Threshold10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
36°F251243238232228222216210201
32°F283272266259253248242235226
28°F317304295288281274267259250
24°F358342333324315308301292279
20°F365365365360348339331321307
16°F365365365365365365365353333

How often it gets that cold

The share of years with at least one night at or below each temperature.

36°F or colder
100% of years
32°F or colder
100% of years
28°F or colder
100% of years
24°F or colder
92% of years
20°F or colder
65% of years
16°F or colder
28% of years

Degree days

A degree day is one degree of the daily mean temperature beyond a base, for one day. Heating degree days count cold (the fuel a house burns), cooling degree days heat, growing degree days the warmth a crop needs; each crop has its own base.

Heating degree days, base 65°F
2,081
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
2,179
Growing degree days, base 40°F
9,302
Growing degree days, base 45°F
7,598
Growing degree days, base 50°F
6,004
Growing degree days, base 55°F
4,553
Growing degree days, base 60°F
3,267

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January5212104
February3835125
March25428273
April8174443
May15226676
June0394844
July0497962
August0487951
September2334781
October68111510
November27721225
December4801110

What this means

NOAA computes these from the daily lows at the station over 1991-2020, fitting the dates of each year's last and first freeze to a distribution, so a date can be stated at any level of risk. 36°F is a frost risk for tender plants on a clear, calm night, since the ground cools below the air above it; 32°F is a freeze; 28°F is a hard freeze that kills most annuals.

The station is 8.1 km from Taylor. Low ground, valleys and open fields freeze earlier and later than a town center or a hillside.

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Sources

NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, annual and seasonal normals for station USC00013818 (Highland Home #2). Public domain.