Wharton, TX 77488 Frost Dates
Wharton, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/23, roughly 179 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/05, roughly 287 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wharton in Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 Wharton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wharton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 287 frost-free days, Wharton places 4,594 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 684 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 77488's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Wharton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Wharton's dates instead of trusting one.