Von Ormy, TX 78252 Frost Dates
78252, near Von Ormy, TX: the frost window
Around 02/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 178 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/02, roughly 284 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Von Ormy, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Von Ormy's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 02/22 isn't a guarantee
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.
Von Ormy against the rest of the dataset
About 284 days separate Von Ormy's last and first frost, putting it 4,708 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 728 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 78252: the frost range, on how to read the range around Von Ormy's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Von Ormy can differ from the 78252 normal.