Ivanhoe, TX 77663 Frost Dates
Ivanhoe, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/06, about 190 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/21, roughly 261 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ivanhoe 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 12 weeks until Ivanhoe's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Ivanhoe's last frost
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/09 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ivanhoe against the rest of the dataset
About 261 days separate Ivanhoe's last and first frost, putting it 6,430 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,301 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 77663's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ivanhoe's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ivanhoe can differ from the 77663 normal.