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Edgecliff Village, TX 76133 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Edgecliff Village, TX?

Zone 8b

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/14, roughly 198 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/16, about 245 frost-free days later.

Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Edgecliff Village, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 11 weeks of growing season left in Edgecliff Village before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

How much risk comes with planting early here

03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Edgecliff Village compares

Edgecliff Village's growing season runs about 245 days, ranking 8,023 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,809 of 2,558.

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