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Oak Point, TX 75068 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Oak Point, TX, ZIP 75068

Zone 8b

The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/13, about 197 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 251 frost-free days later.

Oak Point sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 8b around Oak Point has about 12 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.

The actual range around Oak Point's last frost

03/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Oak Point compares

Oak Point's growing season runs about 251 days, ranking 7,310 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,610 of 2,558.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Oak Point can differ from the 75068 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Oak Point's frost date answer different questions.