Kingsville, TX 78364 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Kingsville, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/17, roughly 173 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/08, about 300 frost-free days later.
Kingsville 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 Kingsville before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/17 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/16 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Kingsville compares
About 300 days separate Kingsville's last and first frost, putting it 4,088 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 419 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Kingsville's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Kingsville can differ from the 78364 normal.