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Normangee, TX 77871 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Normangee, TX?

Zone 9a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/27, about 183 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/30, about 278 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 Normangee, not a forecast for this year.

What to do before the first frost

About 13 weeks of growing season left in Normangee before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Normangee'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 Normangee compares

About 278 days separate Normangee's last and first frost, putting it 4,932 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 765 of 2,558.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Normangee's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Normangee's dates instead of trusting one.