Rosser, TX 75157 Frost Dates
Rosser, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 253 days after the last spring frost.
Rosser 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Rosser'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
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rosser against the rest of the dataset
About 253 days separate Rosser's last and first frost, putting it 7,183 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,558 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75157's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Rosser's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Rosser can differ from the 75157 normal.