Longview, TX 75601 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Longview, TX, ZIP 75601
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/16, about 200 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 244 frost-free days later.
Longview sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Longview 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 Longview's last frost
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Longview compares
Longview's growing season runs about 244 days, ranking 8,190 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,831 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Longview can differ from the 75601 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Longview's frost date answer different questions.