Italy, TX 76651 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Italy, TX, ZIP 76651
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/21, about 205 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 235 frost-free days later.
Italy 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 Italy 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.
Why 03/21 isn't a guarantee
03/21 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. 04/08 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Italy compares
At roughly 235 frost-free days, Italy places 9,615 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,028 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Italy can differ from the 76651 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Italy's frost date answer different questions.