Oglesby, TX 76561 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oglesby, TX?
Around 03/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 193 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 256 frost-free days later.
Oglesby 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 Oglesby before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oglesby's last frost
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 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 Oglesby compares
About 256 days separate Oglesby's last and first frost, putting it 6,849 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,496 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Oglesby's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Oglesby's dates instead of trusting one.