Henderson, TX 75654 Frost Dates
75654, near Henderson, TX: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/17, roughly 250 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Henderson 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
Henderson's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/30 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Henderson against the rest of the dataset
Henderson's growing season runs about 250 days, ranking 7,501 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,677 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 75654: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8b and Henderson's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Henderson's dates instead of trusting one.