Fair Oaks Ranch, TX 78015 Frost Dates
Fair Oaks Ranch, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 02/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 182 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/28, roughly 277 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fair Oaks Ranch in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Fair Oaks Ranch's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Fair Oaks Ranch's last frost
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fair Oaks Ranch against the rest of the dataset
About 277 days separate Fair Oaks Ranch's last and first frost, putting it 4,970 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 776 of 2,558.
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Before leaning on 78015's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Fair Oaks Ranch can differ from the 78015 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fair Oaks Ranch's frost date answer different questions.