Hutchins, TX 75141 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Hutchins, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/12, roughly 196 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 253 frost-free days later.
Hutchins 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
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Hutchins before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Hutchins's last frost
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/21 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 Hutchins compares
Hutchins's growing season runs about 253 days, ranking 7,136 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,543 of 2,558.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Hutchins can differ from the 75141 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Hutchins's frost date answer different questions.