Latexo, TX 75849 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Latexo, TX, ZIP 75849
Around 03/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 197 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 251 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 Latexo, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Latexo 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/13 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. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Latexo compares
At roughly 251 frost-free days, Latexo places 7,401 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,661 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Latexo's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Latexo's dates instead of trusting one.