Stagecoach, TX 77355 Frost Dates
Stagecoach, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/19, about 175 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/03, roughly 290 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Stagecoach, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Stagecoach's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Stagecoach against the rest of the dataset
About 290 days separate Stagecoach's last and first frost, putting it 4,533 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 666 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 77355's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Stagecoach's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Stagecoach can differ from the 77355 normal.