El Cenizo, TX 78564 Frost Dates
When can you plant in El Cenizo, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 01/19, roughly 144 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/22, about 341 frost-free days later.
El Cenizo 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 17 weeks of growing season left in El Cenizo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around El Cenizo's last frost
01/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How El Cenizo compares
El Cenizo's growing season runs about 341 days, ranking 2,615 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 96 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in El Cenizo can differ from the 78564 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 9b and El Cenizo's frost date answer different questions.