Browndell, TX 75977 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Browndell, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/09, about 193 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 253 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Browndell, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Browndell before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Browndell's last frost
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/16 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 Browndell compares
About 253 days separate Browndell's last and first frost, putting it 7,192 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,561 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Browndell's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Browndell's dates instead of trusting one.