Ingram, TX 78024 Frost Dates
78024, near Ingram, TX: the frost window
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/03, about 218 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/01, roughly 211 days after the last spring frost.
Ingram sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Ingram's growing season runs out in roughly 9 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/03 isn't a guarantee
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ingram against the rest of the dataset
Ingram's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,783 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,387 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 78024: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Ingram's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Ingram's dates instead of trusting one.