Huntsville, TX 77341 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Huntsville, TX?
Around 03/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 186 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/26, about 272 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Huntsville 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
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Huntsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Huntsville compares
At roughly 272 frost-free days, Huntsville places 5,322 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 975 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Huntsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Huntsville can differ from the 77341 normal.