Teague climate

Teague Frost Dates and Growing Season

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Fairfield 3W, 13.7 km from Teague, elevation 432 ft

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Fairfield 3W. 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 16 and the first fall freeze around November 14, a growing season of about 243 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 28, first November 3
Median at 32°F
last March 16, first November 14
Median at 28°F
last March 4, first November 26

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

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 21Oct 26Oct 29Nov 1Nov 3Nov 6Nov 10Nov 14Nov 20
32°FOct 30Nov 3Nov 6Nov 10Nov 14Nov 17Nov 22Nov 27Dec 3
28°FNov 6Nov 12Nov 16Nov 22Nov 26Dec 1Dec 5Dec 10Dec 17
24°FNov 15Nov 23Nov 29Dec 4Dec 9Dec 16Dec 22Dec 30Jan 8
20°FNov 29Dec 6Dec 13Dec 22Dec 27Jan 1Jan 6Jan 14Feb 1
16°FDec 7Dec 19Dec 29Jan 1Jan 5Jan 9Jan 14Jan 22Feb 4

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°F247238231226222217212206197
32°F271261255249243238232226217
28°F302291282275268262256247238
24°F336324315305297290282272260
20°F365361347340333326318308294
16°F365365365365365355345334323

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
98% of years
20°F or colder
85% of years
16°F or colder
49% 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
2,194
Cooling degree days, base 65°F
2,506
Growing degree days, base 40°F
9,532
Growing degree days, base 45°F
7,849
Growing degree days, base 50°F
6,289
Growing degree days, base 55°F
4,874
Growing degree days, base 60°F
3,607

Growing degree days by month, base 50°F

Heating and cooling by month

MonthHeating DDCooling DDGrowing DD 50
January560283
February4128115
March25524266
April9093457
May8256713
June0432882
July05671,032
August05781,043
September4367813
October70146544
November28327240
December5127101

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 13.7 km from Teague. 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 USC00413047 (Fairfield 3W). Public domain.