Freer, TX 78357 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Freer, TX, ZIP 78357
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/20, roughly 176 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/01, about 286 frost-free days later.
Freer 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
Zone 9b around Freer has about 14 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
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Freer compares
About 286 days separate Freer's last and first frost, putting it 4,615 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 688 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Freer's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Freer can differ from the 78357 normal.