Cut and Shoot, TX 77303 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cut and Shoot, TX, ZIP 77303
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 253 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cut and Shoot in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Zone 9a around Cut and Shoot has about 12 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.
Why 03/11 isn't a guarantee
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cut and Shoot compares
About 253 days separate Cut and Shoot's last and first frost, putting it 7,167 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,553 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Cut and Shoot's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Cut and Shoot can differ from the 77303 normal.