Nacogdoches, TX 75961 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Nacogdoches, TX, ZIP 75961
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 247 frost-free days later.
Nacogdoches sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Nacogdoches 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.
Why 03/11 isn't a guarantee
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Nacogdoches compares
Nacogdoches's growing season runs about 247 days, ranking 7,785 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,750 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Nacogdoches's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Nacogdoches's dates instead of trusting one.