Alice, TX 78333 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Alice, TX?
Around 02/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 161 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/10, about 312 frost-free days later.
Alice sits in USDA Zone 9b (25 to 30°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 15 weeks of growing season left in Alice before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Alice's last frost
02/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Alice compares
About 312 days separate Alice's last and first frost, putting it 3,486 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 273 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Alice's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Alice's dates instead of trusting one.