FrostDateCheck

Todd Mission, TX 77363 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Todd Mission, TX?

Zone 9a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/07, roughly 191 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/19, about 259 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Todd Mission 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 12 weeks of growing season left in Todd Mission before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Todd Mission's last frost

03/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Todd Mission compares

At roughly 259 frost-free days, Todd Mission places 6,615 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,403 of 2,558.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Todd Mission's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Todd Mission's dates instead of trusting one.