Celina, TX 75009 Frost Dates
Celina, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 241 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Celina, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Celina's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/05 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Celina against the rest of the dataset
Celina's growing season runs about 241 days, ranking 8,507 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,891 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75009's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Celina's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Celina can differ from the 75009 normal.