Los Indios, TX 78567 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Los Indios, TX, ZIP 78567
Around 01/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 133 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/29, about 357 frost-free days later.
Zone 10a (30 to 35°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Los Indios, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 10a around Los Indios has about 18 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
01/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/17 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 12/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Los Indios compares
Los Indios's growing season runs about 357 days, ranking 2,093 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 61 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Los Indios's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Los Indios can differ from the 78567 normal.