Comanche, TX 76442 Frost Dates
Comanche, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/18, roughly 249 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Comanche in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Comanche's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Comanche's last frost
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/03 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Comanche against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 249 frost-free days, Comanche places 7,624 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,715 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76442's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Comanche's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Comanche can differ from the 76442 normal.