Sterling City, TX 76951 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Sterling City, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/31, about 215 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 219 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Sterling City, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Sterling City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Sterling City's last frost
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sterling City compares
Sterling City's growing season runs about 219 days, ranking 13,067 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,320 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Sterling City can differ from the 76951 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Sterling City's frost date answer different questions.