Kosse, TX 76653 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kosse, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/21, roughly 205 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 234 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Kosse, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Kosse before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Kosse's last frost
03/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 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 Kosse compares
About 234 days separate Kosse's last and first frost, putting it 9,801 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,074 of 2,558.
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