El Lago, TX 77586 Frost Dates
When can you plant in El Lago, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/31, about 156 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/14, about 317 frost-free days later.
El Lago sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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
About 15 weeks of growing season left in El Lago before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around El Lago's last frost
01/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How El Lago compares
El Lago's growing season runs about 317 days, ranking 3,383 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 267 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and El Lago's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around El Lago's dates instead of trusting one.