Killeen, TX 76542 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Killeen, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/14, roughly 198 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 247 frost-free days later.
Killeen sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Killeen before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Killeen's last frost
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 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 Killeen compares
At roughly 247 frost-free days, Killeen places 7,771 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,742 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Killeen can differ from the 76542 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Killeen's frost date answer different questions.