Georgetown, TX 78633 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Georgetown, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/06, roughly 190 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 259 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Georgetown, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Georgetown before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Georgetown's last frost
03/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Georgetown compares
Georgetown's growing season runs about 259 days, ranking 6,538 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,366 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Georgetown can differ from the 78633 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Georgetown's frost date answer different questions.