Kempner, TX 76539 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kempner, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/22, about 206 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 238 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kempner in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Kempner before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kempner's last frost
03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kempner compares
At roughly 238 frost-free days, Kempner places 8,996 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,988 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Kempner's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Kempner's dates instead of trusting one.