Lometa, TX 76824 Frost Dates
Lometa, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/16, roughly 200 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/13, roughly 239 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lometa 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 11 weeks until Lometa'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
03/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lometa against the rest of the dataset
Lometa's growing season runs about 239 days, ranking 8,864 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,968 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76824's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lometa's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lometa can differ from the 76824 normal.