AUSTIN (KXAN) — As Central Texas continues to pick up the pieces, chainsaw broken tree limbs and watch power restoration numbers climb, you may be ready to leave winter behind.
Based on the 30-year average from 1991-2020, the typical last freeze of winter is not far away for some of us.
In an average year, Austin – Camp Mabry gets its last freeze around Feb. 15. That’s less than two weeks away! The latest freeze of the colder months was in 1914 when we saw a freeze on April 9 that year.
Don’t get too excited though, many of us living away from the urban heat island effect of the downtown area typically will be waiting a few more weeks for our final freeze of the season. For example, at the typically colder Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the average last freeze is not until almost a full month later on March 14!
Here’s a rough approximation of the average final freeze of the colder months in Central Texas:
We average the most freezes of the year in Austin in January with 5, February averages 2 and March barely averages one.
A typical cold season from October to April averages 12 freezes at Austin’s Camp Mabry; we’ve already met that as of February 5.
Site-specific averages
Austin-Camp Mabry:
Average last freeze: February 15
Latest freeze: April 9, 1914
Earliest last freeze: Dec. 25, 1989
Last freeze in 2022: March 12
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Average last freeze: March 14
Latest freeze: April 17, 1999
Earliest last freeze: Dec. 13, 1982
Last freeze in 2022: March 13
Burnet
*NOTE: Data begins 1997*
Average last freeze: March 1
Latest freeze: April 7, 2009
Earliest last freeze: Jan. 8, 2017
Last freeze in 2022: March 13
La Grange
*NOTE: Data begins 2010*
Average last freeze: Feb. 18
Latest freeze: March 13, 2022
Earliest last freeze: Jan. 8, 2017
Last freeze in 2022: March 13
Llano
*NOTE: Several years of missing data*
Average last freeze: March 23
Latest freeze: April 18, 1921
Earliest last freeze: Feb. 20, 1991
Last freeze in 2022: March 20
Stay with the First Warning Weather Team as we track any additional cold weather complications as we head through the rest of the month.
