La Ward, TX 77961 Frost Dates
Frost dates for La Ward, TX, ZIP 77961
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/01, roughly 157 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/17, about 319 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 La Ward, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around La Ward has about 16 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
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How La Ward compares
At roughly 319 frost-free days, La Ward places 3,324 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 225 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around La Ward's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in La Ward can differ from the 77961 normal.