Oak Ridge North, TX 77090 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oak Ridge North, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/13, roughly 169 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/09, about 300 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Oak Ridge North in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 15 weeks of growing season left in Oak Ridge North before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oak Ridge North's last frost
02/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oak Ridge North compares
About 300 days separate Oak Ridge North's last and first frost, putting it 4,124 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 454 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Oak Ridge North's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Oak Ridge North can differ from the 77090 normal.