Annona, TX 75550 Frost Dates
Annona, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/20, about 204 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Annona, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Annona'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
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Annona against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 233 frost-free days, Annona places 9,989 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,114 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75550's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Annona's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Annona can differ from the 75550 normal.