Cuero, TX 77954 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Cuero, TX, ZIP 77954
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/02, roughly 186 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/30, about 276 frost-free days later.
Cuero sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
Zone 9a around Cuero has about 13 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/02 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. 03/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Cuero compares
At roughly 276 frost-free days, Cuero places 5,087 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 829 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Cuero can differ from the 77954 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Cuero's frost date answer different questions.