Temple, TX 76501 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Temple, TX, ZIP 76501
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 251 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Temple, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Temple has about 12 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.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Temple compares
At roughly 251 frost-free days, Temple places 7,279 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,590 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Temple's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Temple can differ from the 76501 normal.