Lindale climate

Lindale Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Mineola, 14.9 km from Lindale, elevation 367 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Mineola. 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 20 and the first fall freeze around November 11, a growing season of about 235 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 4, first November 1
Median at 32°F
last March 20, first November 11
Median at 28°F
last March 6, first November 24

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 25Apr 19Apr 13Apr 8Apr 4Mar 31Mar 27Mar 22Mar 15
32°FApr 10Apr 3Mar 29Mar 24Mar 20Mar 15Mar 11Mar 6Feb 28
28°FMar 28Mar 20Mar 14Mar 10Mar 6Mar 2Feb 25Feb 18Feb 7
24°FMar 13Mar 6Mar 1Feb 23Feb 14Feb 7Feb 2Jan 28Jan 17
20°FMar 2Feb 13Feb 6Jan 31Jan 27Jan 21Jan 15Jan 7Dec 28
16°FFeb 10Feb 3Jan 30Jan 24Jan 17Jan 11Jan 6Jan 1Dec 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 17Oct 22Oct 26Oct 30Nov 1Nov 5Nov 8Nov 12Nov 17
32°FOct 25Nov 1Nov 4Nov 8Nov 11Nov 15Nov 19Nov 24Nov 30
28°FNov 3Nov 9Nov 14Nov 19Nov 24Nov 29Dec 2Dec 6Dec 13
24°FNov 15Nov 24Nov 30Dec 4Dec 7Dec 14Dec 22Dec 29Jan 5
20°FNov 30Dec 7Dec 15Dec 22Dec 28Jan 1Jan 6Jan 13Jan 25
16°FDec 10Dec 20Dec 29Jan 1Jan 4Jan 8Jan 13Jan 20Feb 1

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°F237227220215210205199193185
32°F263254247241235231224218209
28°F293281276269262256249242234
24°F333320310301295289281272259
20°F365357348342334329319305295
16°F365365365365365357349340330

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
99% of years
20°F or colder
86% of years
16°F or colder
51% 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
2,520
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
2,247
Growing degree days, base 40°F
8,979
Growing degree days, base 45°F
7,338
Growing degree days, base 50°F
5,833
Growing degree days, base 55°F
4,470
Growing degree days, base 60°F
3,273

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January629361
February4455105
March29522238
April12468400
May25222662
June0417867
July0524989
August05391,004
September7317760
October104104469
November32819196
December564683

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 14.9 km from Lindale. 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 USC00415954 (Mineola). Public domain.