Carthage, TX 75639 Frost Dates
Carthage, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 257 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carthage 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 12 weeks until Carthage'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
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Carthage against the rest of the dataset
About 257 days separate Carthage's last and first frost, putting it 6,691 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,431 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75639's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Carthage's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Carthage can differ from the 75639 normal.