Kountze, TX 77585 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Kountze, TX, ZIP 77585
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 261 frost-free days later.
Kountze sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Kountze has about 12 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Kountze's last frost
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kountze compares
Kountze's growing season runs about 261 days, ranking 6,409 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,293 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Kountze's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Kountze's dates instead of trusting one.