Temple, TX 76502 Frost Dates
Temple, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 251 days after the last spring frost.
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 Temple, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Temple's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Temple against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 251 frost-free days, Temple places 7,280 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,591 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76502's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Temple can differ from the 76502 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Temple's frost date answer different questions.