Ames, TX 77582 Frost Dates
Ames, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/20, about 176 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/04, roughly 292 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ames 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 Ames'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
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ames against the rest of the dataset
Ames's growing season runs about 292 days, ranking 4,375 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 547 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 77582's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ames's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ames can differ from the 77582 normal.