Wharton, TX 77443 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Wharton, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/23, about 179 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 287 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wharton 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 14 weeks of growing season left in Wharton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Wharton's last frost
02/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wharton compares
At roughly 287 frost-free days, Wharton places 4,593 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 683 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Wharton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Wharton can differ from the 77443 normal.