Shenandoah, TX 77384 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Shenandoah, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/24, about 180 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/02, about 285 frost-free days later.
Shenandoah sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Shenandoah before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Shenandoah's last frost
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Shenandoah compares
Shenandoah's growing season runs about 285 days, ranking 4,638 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 702 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Shenandoah's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Shenandoah can differ from the 77384 normal.