Leakey, TX 78058 Frost Dates
78058, near Leakey, 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.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Leakey, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Leakey'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.
Leakey against the rest of the dataset
Leakey's growing season runs about 211 days, ranking 14,880 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,399 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 78058: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 8a and Leakey's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Leakey's dates instead of trusting one.