Shenandoah, TX 77385 Frost Dates
Shenandoah, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 02/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 180 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/02, roughly 285 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Shenandoah in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Shenandoah's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/24 isn't a guarantee
02/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Shenandoah against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 285 frost-free days, Shenandoah places 4,639 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 703 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 77385's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Shenandoah can differ from the 77385 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Shenandoah's frost date answer different questions.