Leakey, TX 78879 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Leakey, 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.
Leakey sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Leakey 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 Leakey compares
Leakey's growing season runs about 248 days, ranking 7,734 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,740 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Leakey's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Leakey can differ from the 78879 normal.