Falfurrias, TX 78385 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Falfurrias, TX, ZIP 78385
Around 02/17 is the usual last spring frost, about 173 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/08, about 300 frost-free days later.
Falfurrias 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 Falfurrias has about 15 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
02/17 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 Falfurrias compares
At roughly 300 frost-free days, Falfurrias places 4,114 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 444 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Falfurrias can differ from the 78385 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Falfurrias's frost date answer different questions.