Cockrell Hill, TX 75208 Frost Dates
75208, near Cockrell Hill, TX: the frost window
Around 03/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 190 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/25, roughly 265 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cockrell Hill in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Cockrell Hill's growing season runs out in roughly 13 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/06 isn't a guarantee
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/26 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cockrell Hill against the rest of the dataset
Cockrell Hill's growing season runs about 265 days, ranking 5,989 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,052 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 75208: the frost range, on how to read the range around Cockrell Hill's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Cockrell Hill can differ from the 75208 normal.