Waco, TX 76707 Frost Dates
Waco, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/09 is the usual last spring frost, about 193 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/20, roughly 256 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waco in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Waco's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/17 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Waco against the rest of the dataset
Waco's growing season runs about 256 days, ranking 6,776 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,466 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76707's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Waco can differ from the 76707 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Waco's frost date answer different questions.