Hughes Springs, TX 75656 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hughes Springs, TX, ZIP 75656
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/10, roughly 194 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 251 frost-free days later.
Hughes Springs 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 Hughes Springs 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Hughes Springs compares
About 251 days separate Hughes Springs's last and first frost, putting it 7,346 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,629 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Hughes Springs can differ from the 75656 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Hughes Springs's frost date answer different questions.