Alice, TX 78342 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Alice, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/05, roughly 161 days out. 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
Alice's growing season runs about 312 days, ranking 3,487 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 274 of 2,558.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Alice can differ from the 78342 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Alice's frost date answer different questions.