Cockrell Hill, TX 75233 Frost Dates
Cockrell Hill, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. 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
With roughly 13 weeks until Cockrell Hill'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
03/06 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 5,993 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,056 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75233's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Cockrell Hill can differ from the 75233 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Cockrell Hill's frost date answer different questions.