Woodsboro, TX 78393 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Woodsboro, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/15, roughly 171 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/05, about 295 frost-free days later.
Woodsboro 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 14 weeks of growing season left in Woodsboro 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
02/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodsboro compares
At roughly 295 frost-free days, Woodsboro places 4,257 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 521 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and Woodsboro's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Woodsboro's dates instead of trusting one.