Broaddus, TX 75944 Frost Dates
75944, near Broaddus, TX: the frost window
Around 03/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 202 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 240 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Broaddus 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
Broaddus's growing season runs out in roughly 11 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Broaddus against the rest of the dataset
Broaddus's growing season runs about 240 days, ranking 8,725 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,945 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 75944: the frost range, on how to read the range around Broaddus's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Broaddus can differ from the 75944 normal.