Camp Wood, TX 78828 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Camp Wood, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/12, roughly 196 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 248 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 Camp Wood, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Camp Wood 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
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/02 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Camp Wood compares
About 248 days separate Camp Wood's last and first frost, putting it 7,725 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,737 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Camp Wood's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Camp Wood can differ from the 78828 normal.