Odem, TX 78370 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Odem, TX, ZIP 78370
The last spring frost here typically falls around 02/01, about 157 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/17, about 324 frost-free days later.
Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Odem, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9b around Odem has about 16 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.
The actual range around Odem's last frost
02/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Odem compares
About 324 days separate Odem's last and first frost, putting it 3,231 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 198 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Odem's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Odem's dates instead of trusting one.