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Driscoll, TX 78351 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Driscoll, TX?

Zone 9b

Around 02/13 is the usual last spring frost, about 169 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/07, about 305 frost-free days later.

Driscoll 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 14 weeks of growing season left in Driscoll before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.

The actual range around Driscoll's last frost

02/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Driscoll compares

Driscoll's growing season runs about 305 days, ranking 3,737 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 289 of 2,558.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Driscoll's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Driscoll's dates instead of trusting one.