Ingleside, TX 78362 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Ingleside, TX, ZIP 78362
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/16, roughly 141 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 01/05, about 365 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ingleside in Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Ingleside has about 19 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
01/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/23 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ingleside compares
About 365 days separate Ingleside's last and first frost, putting it 1,734 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 32 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Ingleside's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Ingleside can differ from the 78362 normal.