Littlefield (Lamb County) 1966-2004

October 25 - Average first freeze date, based on 39 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

1966   10/15    Temp was 31      288

1967   11/01    Temp was 31      305

1968   10/18    Temp was 31      292

1969   10/13    Temp was 26      286

1970   10/07    Temp was 31      280

1971   11/04    Temp was 32      308

1972   10/20    Temp was 32      294

1973   11/03    Temp was 31      307

1974   11/14    Temp was 26      318

1975   11/10    Temp was 31      314

1976   10/08    Temp was 29      282

1977   11/02    Temp was 30      306

1978   11/07    Temp was 30      311

1979   11/01    Temp was 29      305

1980   10/24    Temp was 30      298

1981   10/23    Temp was 31      296

1982   10/20    Temp was 28      293

1983   09/21    Temp was 32      264 ***earliest freeze

1984   11/19    Temp was 28      324

1985   10/01    Temp was 32      274

1986   10/12    Temp was 32      285

1987   11/10    Temp was 21      314

1988   11/06    Temp was 32      311

1989   10/19    Temp was 23      292

1990   10/22    Temp was 31      295

1991   10/29    Temp was 25      302

1992   10/08    Temp was 28      282

1993   10/21    Temp was 31      294

1994   11/10    Temp was 27      314

1995   10/20    Temp was 32      293

1996   10/18    Temp was 31      292

1997   10/26    Temp was 29      299

1998   11/09    Temp was 32      313

1999   10/17    Temp was 32      290

2000   09/25    Temp was 31      269

2001   11/21    Temp was 30      325

2002   11/04    Temp was 32      308   

2003   11/06    Temp was 32      310   

2004   11/02    Temp was 31      306   

                 Sum =         11639 / 39 = 298.44

Average Julian Date =           298.44 or October 25 based on 39 years of data.