Ivanhoe, TX 77624 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ivanhoe, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/09, about 193 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/22, about 258 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Ivanhoe, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Ivanhoe before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ivanhoe's last frost
03/09 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ivanhoe compares
Ivanhoe's growing season runs about 258 days, ranking 6,650 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,416 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Ivanhoe's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Ivanhoe can differ from the 77624 normal.