Decatur, TX 76234 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Decatur, TX, ZIP 76234
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 219 frost-free days later.
Decatur sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Decatur has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Decatur compares
About 219 days separate Decatur's last and first frost, putting it 12,994 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,311 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Decatur's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Decatur's dates instead of trusting one.