Kerens, TX 75144 Frost Dates
Kerens, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/07, roughly 191 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/23, roughly 261 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 Kerens, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Kerens's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/07 isn't a guarantee
03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Kerens against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 261 frost-free days, Kerens places 6,424 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,298 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75144's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Kerens's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Kerens's dates instead of trusting one.