Longview, TX 75615 Frost Dates
Longview, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 244 days after the last spring frost.
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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Longview'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
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/07 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Longview against the rest of the dataset
Longview's growing season runs about 244 days, ranking 8,195 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,836 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75615's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Longview can differ from the 75615 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Longview's frost date answer different questions.