El Cenizo, TX 78076 Frost Dates
When can you plant in El Cenizo, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/19, roughly 144 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/22, about 341 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts El Cenizo in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 17 weeks of growing season left in El Cenizo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
01/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How El Cenizo compares
At roughly 341 frost-free days, El Cenizo places 2,614 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 95 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and El Cenizo's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around El Cenizo's dates instead of trusting one.