Tatum, TX 75691 Frost Dates
Tatum, TX: when does the frost end?
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.
Tatum 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Tatum'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
03/11 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.
Tatum against the rest of the dataset
Tatum's growing season runs about 250 days, ranking 7,554 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,692 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75691's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Tatum's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Tatum's dates instead of trusting one.