Edinburg, TX 78505 Frost Dates
Edinburg, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/08, about 133 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 01/02, roughly 365 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Edinburg 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 18 weeks until Edinburg's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Edinburg's last frost
01/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/17 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Edinburg against the rest of the dataset
About 365 days separate Edinburg's last and first frost, putting it 474 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 10 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78505's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Edinburg's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Edinburg can differ from the 78505 normal.