Ganado, TX 77962 Frost Dates
Ganado, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 02/23 is the usual last spring frost, about 179 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/05, roughly 287 days after the last spring frost.
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 Ganado, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Ganado's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/23 isn't a guarantee
02/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/22 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/16 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ganado against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 287 frost-free days, Ganado places 4,604 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 686 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 77962's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Ganado can differ from the 77962 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Ganado's frost date answer different questions.