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Terrell Hills, TX 78299 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Terrell Hills, TX?

Zone 9a

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

About 13 weeks of growing season left in Terrell Hills before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Terrell Hills's last frost

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

At roughly 277 frost-free days, Terrell Hills places 5,012 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 810 of 2,558.

Learn more

the frost range covers how to read the range around Terrell Hills's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Terrell Hills can differ from the 78299 normal.