Lyford, TX 78569 Frost Dates
Lyford, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 01/21, about 146 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/26, roughly 340 days after the last spring frost.
Lyford 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 17 weeks until Lyford's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 01/21 isn't a guarantee
01/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/27 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 12/18 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lyford against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 340 frost-free days, Lyford places 2,628 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 98 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78569's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Lyford can differ from the 78569 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 10a and Lyford's frost date answer different questions.