Cuero climate

Cuero Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Cuero, 5.3 km from Cuero, elevation 214 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Cuero. 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 2 and the first fall freeze around November 27, a growing season of about 270 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 15, first November 12
Median at 32°F
last March 2, first November 27
Median at 28°F
last February 15, first December 9

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 8Apr 2Mar 26Mar 20Mar 15Mar 10Mar 6Mar 1Feb 23
32°FMar 24Mar 17Mar 11Mar 6Mar 2Feb 26Feb 22Feb 14Feb 2
28°FMar 12Mar 5Feb 27Feb 22Feb 15Feb 5Jan 31Jan 21Jan 6
24°FMar 3Feb 21Feb 9Feb 1Jan 25Jan 16Jan 7Dec 30Dec 16
20°FFeb 18Feb 2Jan 22Jan 16Jan 9Jan 5Jan 1Dec 25Dec 15
16°FFeb 3Jan 26Jan 17Jan 12Jan 6Jan 4Jan 2Dec 29Dec 21

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 29Nov 2Nov 6Nov 9Nov 12Nov 16Nov 21Nov 29Dec 5
32°FNov 4Nov 11Nov 15Nov 20Nov 27Dec 1Dec 5Dec 11Dec 21
28°FNov 12Nov 22Nov 30Dec 4Dec 9Dec 16Dec 23Dec 30Jan 9
24°FNov 26Dec 5Dec 12Dec 20Dec 27Jan 1Jan 6Jan 16Feb 2
20°FDec 8Dec 20Dec 26Dec 30Jan 2Jan 5Jan 11Jan 19Feb 6
16°FDec 19Dec 27Jan 1Jan 2Jan 4Jan 7Jan 14Jan 19Feb 2

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°F274264255248243236230222212
32°F306292282277270263255247238
28°F343331320309301293285275260
24°F365365359347339331321308294
20°F365365365365365365358345333
16°F365365365365365365365365364

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
97% of years
24°F or colder
77% of years
20°F or colder
38% of years
16°F or colder
13% 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
1,275
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
3,454
Growing degree days, base 40°F
11,323
Growing degree days, base 45°F
9,543
Growing degree days, base 50°F
7,830
Growing degree days, base 55°F
6,228
Growing degree days, base 60°F
4,764

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January35620193
February25032236
March12991437
April31193612
May2405868
June05521,002
July06391,104
August06571,122
September0483933
October26270709
November15585394
December32529220

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 5.3 km from Cuero. 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 USC00412173 (Cuero). Public domain.