Wells, TX 75976 Frost Dates
Wells, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 195 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/15, roughly 247 days after the last spring frost.
Wells 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Wells's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/11 isn't a guarantee
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wells against the rest of the dataset
Wells's growing season runs about 247 days, ranking 7,857 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,779 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75976's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Wells's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Wells can differ from the 75976 normal.