Nacogdoches, TX 75978 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Nacogdoches, TX?
Around 03/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 195 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/15, about 247 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nacogdoches in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's 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
About 247 days separate Nacogdoches's last and first frost, putting it 7,789 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,754 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Nacogdoches can differ from the 75978 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Nacogdoches's frost date answer different questions.