Meridian, TX 76644 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Meridian, TX, ZIP 76644
Around 03/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 199 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 243 frost-free days later.
Meridian 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
Zone 8b around Meridian has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Meridian's last frost
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Meridian compares
About 243 days separate Meridian's last and first frost, putting it 8,310 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,854 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Meridian's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Meridian can differ from the 76644 normal.