Celeste, TX 75423 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Celeste, TX, ZIP 75423
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/17, roughly 201 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 241 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Celeste in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Celeste has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Celeste's last frost
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/05 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Celeste compares
About 241 days separate Celeste's last and first frost, putting it 8,596 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,912 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Celeste's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Celeste can differ from the 75423 normal.