Camp Wood, TX 78833 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Camp Wood, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/14, about 248 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Camp Wood in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
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.
The actual range around Camp Wood's last frost
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
Camp Wood's growing season runs about 248 days, ranking 7,726 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,738 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Camp Wood's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Camp Wood's dates instead of trusting one.