Edcouch, TX 78538 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Edcouch, TX, ZIP 78538
Around 01/10 is the usual last spring frost, about 135 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/27, about 355 frost-free days later.
Edcouch sits in USDA Zone 10a (30 to 35°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 10a around Edcouch has about 17 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.
Why 01/10 isn't a guarantee
01/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/13 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Edcouch compares
At roughly 355 frost-free days, Edcouch places 2,147 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 65 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Edcouch's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Edcouch can differ from the 78538 normal.