Junction, TX 76849 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Junction, TX, ZIP 76849
Around 03/25 is the usual last spring frost, about 209 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 229 frost-free days later.
Junction sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Junction has about 10 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 Junction's last frost
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Junction compares
At roughly 229 frost-free days, Junction places 10,598 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,170 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Junction can differ from the 76849 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Junction's frost date answer different questions.