Friona (Parmer County) 1962-2004

October 21   - Average first freeze date, based on 43 years of data.

September 21, 1983  - The earliest first freeze recorded.

Data below are the dates of first freeze for each year.

Year  mm/day     Temp           Julian Date

1962   11/08    Temp was 29      312

1963   11/01    Temp was 32      305

1964   11/13    Temp was 32      318

1965   11/01    Temp was 32      305

1966   10/15    Temp was 27      288

1967   10/27    Temp was 32      300

1968   10/18    Temp was 29      292

1969   10/12    Temp was 32      285

1970   10/08    Temp was 28      281

1971   10/31    Temp was 29      304

1972   10/19    Temp was 32      293

1973   10/31    Temp was 32      304

1974   11/04    Temp was 31      308

1975   10/25    Temp was 28      298

1976   10/08    Temp was 27      282

1977   11/02    Temp was 28      306

1978   11/07    Temp was 32      311

1979   10/22    Temp was 32      295

1980   10/19    Temp was 30      293

1981   10/23    Temp was 31      296

1982   10/10    Temp was 31      283

1983   09/21    Temp was 29      264 *** earliest freeze

1984   10/17    Temp was 32      291

1985   09/30    Temp was 32      273

1986   10/12    Temp was 30      285

1987   10/20    Temp was 30      293

1988   11/05    Temp was 31      310

1989   10/18    Temp was 32      291

1990   10/21    Temp was 29      294

1991   10/19    Temp was 30      292

1992   10/08    Temp was 29      282

1993   10/30    Temp was 14      303

1994   11/09    Temp was 29      313

1995   09/22    Temp was 31      265

1996   10/18    Temp was 31      292

1997   10/25    Temp was 27      298

1998   10/06    Temp was 26      279

1999   10/17    Temp was 32      290

2000   09/25    Temp was 31      269

2001   10/13    Temp was 32      286

2002   10/30    Temp was 30      303

2003   10/26    Temp was 28      299

2004   11/02    Temp was 28      306

                 Sum =         12637 / 43 = 293.88

Average Julian Date =           293.88 or October 21, based on 43 years of data.