Terrell Hills, TX 78278 Frost Dates
Terrell Hills, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/25, about 181 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/28, roughly 277 days after the last spring frost.
Terrell Hills 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 13 weeks until Terrell Hills's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 02/25 isn't a guarantee
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/28 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/19 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Terrell Hills against the rest of the dataset
Terrell Hills's growing season runs about 277 days, ranking 4,997 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 795 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78278's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Terrell Hills's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Terrell Hills can differ from the 78278 normal.