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Uncertain, TX 75661 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Uncertain, TX, ZIP 75661

Zone 8b

Around 03/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 190 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 257 frost-free days later.

Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Uncertain, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

Zone 8b around Uncertain has about 12 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.

The actual range around Uncertain's last frost

03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/15 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Uncertain compares

Uncertain's growing season runs about 257 days, ranking 6,766 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,457 of 2,558.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Uncertain's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Uncertain can differ from the 75661 normal.