Joshua, TX 76058 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Joshua, TX, ZIP 76058
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/17, about 201 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 240 frost-free days later.
Joshua 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
Zone 8b around Joshua has about 11 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.
The actual range around Joshua's last frost
03/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Joshua compares
Joshua's growing season runs about 240 days, ranking 8,680 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,928 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Joshua's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Joshua can differ from the 76058 normal.