Watauga, TX 76137 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Watauga, TX, ZIP 76137
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/05, roughly 189 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 264 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Watauga in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
Zone 8b around Watauga has about 13 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 Watauga's last frost
03/05 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. 03/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Watauga compares
About 264 days separate Watauga's last and first frost, putting it 6,048 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,096 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Watauga can differ from the 76137 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Watauga's frost date answer different questions.