Eagle Pass, TX 78852 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eagle Pass, TX, ZIP 78852
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 02/16, roughly 172 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 12/03, about 293 frost-free days later.
Eagle Pass sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 9a around Eagle Pass has about 14 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around Eagle Pass's last frost
02/16 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 01/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Eagle Pass compares
Eagle Pass's growing season runs about 293 days, ranking 4,274 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 528 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Eagle Pass's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Eagle Pass can differ from the 78852 normal.