Manor, TX 78653 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Manor, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/04, about 188 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/24, about 264 frost-free days later.
Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 Manor, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 13 weeks of growing season left in Manor before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Manor compares
At roughly 264 frost-free days, Manor places 6,050 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,098 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Manor's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Manor can differ from the 78653 normal.