Corpus Christi, TX 78412 Frost Dates
Corpus Christi, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/14, about 139 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/08, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Corpus Christi in Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 19 weeks until Corpus Christi's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Corpus Christi's last frost
01/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Corpus Christi against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 365 frost-free days, Corpus Christi places 298 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78412's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Corpus Christi can differ from the 78412 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Corpus Christi's frost date answer different questions.