Cushing, TX 75788 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cushing, TX, ZIP 75788
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/07, roughly 191 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/25, about 263 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 Cushing, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Cushing has about 13 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
03/07 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. 03/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cushing compares
About 263 days separate Cushing's last and first frost, putting it 6,141 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,127 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cushing's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cushing can differ from the 75788 normal.