Iola, TX 77861 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Iola, TX?
Around 02/27 is the usual last spring frost, about 183 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/30, about 278 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Iola in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Iola before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Iola's last frost
02/27 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/31 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Iola compares
At roughly 278 frost-free days, Iola places 4,934 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 767 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Iola's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Iola can differ from the 77861 normal.