Pecan Gap, TX 75469 Frost Dates
Pecan Gap, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 241 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pecan Gap 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 11 weeks until Pecan Gap's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Pecan Gap's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pecan Gap against the rest of the dataset
Pecan Gap's growing season runs about 241 days, ranking 8,642 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,925 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75469's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Pecan Gap's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Pecan Gap's dates instead of trusting one.