FrostDateCheck

Nacogdoches, TX 75963 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Nacogdoches, TX?

Zone 8b

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

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Nacogdoches before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Nacogdoches's last frost

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 7,786 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,751 of 2,558.

Learn more

local microclimates covers what one yard in Nacogdoches can differ from the 75963 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Nacogdoches's frost date answer different questions.