Terrell Hills, TX 78279 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Terrell Hills, TX, ZIP 78279
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/25, roughly 181 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/28, about 277 frost-free days later.
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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Terrell Hills has about 13 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Terrell Hills compares
About 277 days separate Terrell Hills's last and first frost, putting it 4,998 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 796 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9a and Terrell Hills's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Terrell Hills's dates instead of trusting one.