Charlotte, TX 78005 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Charlotte, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/26, roughly 182 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/28, about 278 frost-free days later.
Charlotte 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
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Charlotte before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Charlotte's last frost
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Charlotte compares
At roughly 278 frost-free days, Charlotte places 4,928 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 761 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Charlotte's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Charlotte can differ from the 78005 normal.