Grey Forest, TX 78256 Frost Dates
Grey Forest, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/26, roughly 182 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/28, roughly 277 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Grey Forest in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 13 weeks until Grey Forest's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Grey Forest's last frost
02/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Grey Forest against the rest of the dataset
Grey Forest's growing season runs about 277 days, ranking 5,036 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 826 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78256's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Grey Forest's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Grey Forest's dates instead of trusting one.