Somerset, TX 78073 Frost Dates
Somerset, 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 12/02, roughly 284 days after the last spring frost.
Somerset 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 Somerset's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Somerset's last frost
02/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/16 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Somerset against the rest of the dataset
About 284 days separate Somerset's last and first frost, putting it 4,695 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 725 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78073's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Somerset can differ from the 78073 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Somerset's frost date answer different questions.