Poteet, TX 78065 Frost Dates
Poteet, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/22, about 178 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/01, roughly 281 days after the last spring frost.
Poteet 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Poteet's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/25 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Poteet against the rest of the dataset
Poteet's growing season runs about 281 days, ranking 4,806 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 733 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78065's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Poteet's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Poteet can differ from the 78065 normal.