Season tracker

First freeze 2026

Name: First freeze 2026: first freeze by city
Creator: Ryan Hall, Y'all

The first day this season (from July 1) with a low of 32°F or colder at the city's official climate station. A hard freeze is 28°F or colder. 9 of 58 cities have had their first freeze; 43 are still waiting (22 past their normal date). Data through Nov 7.

First freeze 2026 by city
City	Status	This fall	Normal	Vs. normal	Note
Des Moines, IA	Happened	Nov 7 (32°F)	Oct 15	23 days late	tied for the 4th latest in 147 falls on record
Milwaukee, WI	Happened	Nov 7 (32°F)	Oct 22	16 days late	tied for the 14th latest in 155 falls on record
Wichita, KS	Happened	Nov 7 (30°F)	Oct 27	11 days late
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	Happened	Nov 6 (31°F)	Oct 11	26 days late	tied for the 3rd latest in 153 falls on record
Albany, NY	Happened	Oct 18 (29°F)	Oct 12	6 days late
Pittsburgh, PA	Happened	Oct 18 (32°F)	Oct 19	1 day early
Providence, RI	Happened	Oct 18 (31°F)	Oct 30	12 days early
Hartford, CT	Happened	Oct 17 (32°F)	Oct 14	3 days late
Denver, CO	Happened	Oct 16 (28°F)	Oct 5	11 days late
Grand Rapids, MI	Waiting	None yet	Oct 14	24 days past normal	Only 4 of 132 falls since 1892 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Omaha, NE	Waiting	None yet	Oct 14	24 days past normal	Only 7 of 155 falls since 1871 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Boise, ID	Waiting	None yet	Oct 16	22 days past normal	Only 7 of 149 falls since 1877 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Chicago, IL	Waiting	None yet	Oct 16	22 days past normal	28 of 154 falls since 1872 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Cincinnati, OH	Waiting	None yet	Oct 22	16 days past normal	19 of 154 falls since 1872 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Detroit, MI	Waiting	None yet	Oct 22	16 days past normal	Only 14 of 152 falls since 1874 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Indianapolis, IN	Waiting	None yet	Oct 22	16 days past normal	Only 15 of 155 falls since 1871 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Columbus, OH	Waiting	None yet	Oct 25	13 days past normal	17 of 148 falls since 1878 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Kansas City, MO	Waiting	None yet	Oct 25	13 days past normal	26 of 138 falls since 1888 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Salt Lake City, UT	Waiting	None yet	Oct 26	12 days past normal	Only 12 of 152 falls since 1874 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Buffalo, NY	Waiting	None yet	Oct 27	11 days past normal	17 of 152 falls since 1874 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Baltimore, MD	Waiting	None yet	Oct 31	7 days past normal	66 of 153 falls since 1873 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Cleveland, OH	Waiting	None yet	Oct 31	7 days past normal	36 of 155 falls since 1871 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
St. Louis, MO	Waiting	None yet	Nov 1	6 days past normal	39 of 152 falls since 1874 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Albuquerque, NM	Waiting	None yet	Nov 2	5 days past normal	26 of 134 falls since 1892 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Louisville, KY	Waiting	None yet	Nov 2	5 days past normal	43 of 153 falls since 1873 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Nashville, TN	Waiting	None yet	Nov 2	5 days past normal	40 of 152 falls since 1874 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Charlotte, NC	Waiting	None yet	Nov 3	4 days past normal	73 of 147 falls since 1879 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Raleigh, NC	Waiting	None yet	Nov 3	4 days past normal	58 of 139 falls since 1887 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Tulsa, OK	Waiting	None yet	Nov 3	4 days past normal	44 of 120 falls since 1906 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Oklahoma City, OK	Waiting	None yet	Nov 4	3 days past normal	57 of 135 falls since 1891 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Richmond, VA	Waiting	None yet	Nov 4	3 days past normal	42 of 129 falls since 1897 went past Nov 7 without a freeze
Boston, MA	Waiting	None yet	Nov 9	Normal in 2 days
Portland, OR	Waiting	None yet	Nov 9	Normal in 2 days
Philadelphia, PA	Waiting	None yet	Nov 10	Normal in 3 days
Birmingham, AL	Waiting	None yet	Nov 11	Normal in 4 days
Atlanta, GA	Waiting	None yet	Nov 14	Normal in 7 days
Little Rock, AR	Waiting	None yet	Nov 14	Normal in 7 days
Seattle, WA	Waiting	None yet	Nov 14	Normal in 7 days
Austin, TX	Waiting	None yet	Nov 15	Normal in 8 days
Memphis, TN	Waiting	None yet	Nov 15	Normal in 8 days
Washington, DC	Waiting	None yet	Nov 16	Normal in 9 days
El Paso, TX	Waiting	None yet	Nov 17	Normal in 10 days
New York, NY	Waiting	None yet	Nov 18	Normal in 11 days
Norfolk, VA	Waiting	None yet	Nov 18	Normal in 11 days
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	Waiting	None yet	Nov 24	Normal in 17 days
San Antonio, TX	Waiting	None yet	Nov 29	Normal in 22 days
Tucson, AZ	Waiting	None yet	Nov 30	Normal in 23 days
Jacksonville, FL	Waiting	None yet	Dec 1	Normal in 24 days
Las Vegas, NV	Waiting	None yet	Dec 6	Normal in 29 days
Houston, TX	Waiting	None yet	Dec 7	Normal in 30 days
New Orleans, LA	Waiting	None yet	Dec 27	Normal in 50 days
Orlando, FL	Waiting	None yet	Feb 9	Normal in 94 days
Los Angeles, CA	Rare	None yet		Rare here
Miami, FL	Rare	None yet		Rare here
Phoenix, AZ	Rare	None yet		Rare here
San Diego, CA	Rare	None yet		Rare here
San Francisco, CA	Rare	None yet		Rare here
Tampa, FL	Rare	None yet		Rare here

Sources

Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)
NWS daily climate reports (the preliminary daily values), National Weather Service

How we count

Each city is its official climate station, with the record threaded back through the sites that kept it before (ThreadEx).
Normal date: the median first date over the 1991-2020 seasons, our calculation from the same record (NOAA's official freeze-date normals use a different method and can differ by a few days).
Ranks and 'went past' counts use every complete season on record with usable data (seasons missing more than 10 days before their first date are left out); ties count.
This season's values are preliminary until NCEI reviews them. A day's value arrives once the station's daily climate report is in, usually by the next morning.

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