Oak Ridge North, TX 77388 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Oak Ridge North, TX?
Around 02/19 is the usual last spring frost, about 175 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 290 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Oak Ridge North in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 14 weeks of growing season left in Oak Ridge North before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Oak Ridge North's last frost
02/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/21 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Oak Ridge North compares
At roughly 290 frost-free days, Oak Ridge North places 4,528 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 662 of 2,558.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Oak Ridge North can differ from the 77388 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Oak Ridge North's frost date answer different questions.