Pineland, TX 75968 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Pineland, TX, ZIP 75968
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/24, roughly 180 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/01, about 280 frost-free days later.
Pineland sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 9a around Pineland has about 14 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Pineland compares
At roughly 280 frost-free days, Pineland places 4,839 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 736 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Pineland's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Pineland's dates instead of trusting one.