Lufkin, TX 75901 Frost Dates
Lufkin, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 195 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 247 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lufkin in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Lufkin's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/11 isn't a guarantee
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lufkin against the rest of the dataset
About 247 days separate Lufkin's last and first frost, putting it 7,783 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,748 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75901's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Lufkin's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Lufkin's dates instead of trusting one.