Holland, TX 76534 Frost Dates
76534, near Holland, TX: the frost window
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 251 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Holland in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Holland's growing season runs out in roughly 12 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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.
Holland against the rest of the dataset
Holland's growing season runs about 251 days, ranking 7,358 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,637 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 76534: the frost range, on how to read the range around Holland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Holland can differ from the 76534 normal.