Joaquin, TX 75954 Frost Dates
75954, near Joaquin, TX: the frost window
Around 03/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 192 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 255 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Joaquin in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
Joaquin's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/08 isn't a guarantee
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/13 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Joaquin against the rest of the dataset
About 255 days separate Joaquin's last and first frost, putting it 6,957 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,508 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 75954: the frost range, on how to read the range around Joaquin's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Joaquin can differ from the 75954 normal.