Longview, TX 75660 Frost Dates
Longview, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/16 is the usual last spring frost, about 200 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/14, roughly 244 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Longview 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 11 weeks until Longview's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/16 isn't a guarantee
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
About 244 days separate Longview's last and first frost, putting it 8,196 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,837 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75660's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Longview's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Longview can differ from the 75660 normal.