Miles, TX 76875 Frost Dates
76875, near Miles, TX: the frost window
Around 03/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 214 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 222 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Miles in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
Miles's growing season runs out in roughly 10 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 03/30 isn't a guarantee
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/07 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Miles against the rest of the dataset
Miles's growing season runs about 222 days, ranking 12,298 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,280 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 76875: local microclimates, on what one yard in Miles can differ from the 76875 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Miles's frost date answer different questions.