Elsa, TX 78543 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Elsa, TX, ZIP 78543
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/10, roughly 135 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/27, about 355 frost-free days later.
Elsa 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 Elsa 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
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 Elsa compares
At roughly 355 frost-free days, Elsa places 2,139 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 63 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Elsa can differ from the 78543 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Elsa's frost date answer different questions.