Center, TX 75935 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Center, TX, ZIP 75935
Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 240 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 Center, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Center has about 11 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 Center's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Center compares
Center's growing season runs about 240 days, ranking 8,691 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,931 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Center can differ from the 75935 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Center's frost date answer different questions.