Converse, TX 78109 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Converse, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/21, roughly 177 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 289 frost-free days later.
Converse 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.
What to do before the first frost
About 14 weeks of growing season left in Converse before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Converse's last frost
02/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Converse compares
At roughly 289 frost-free days, Converse places 4,540 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 670 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Converse can differ from the 78109 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9a and Converse's frost date answer different questions.