Leakey, TX 78884 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Leakey, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 212 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 9 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.
The actual range around Leakey's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/25 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Leakey compares
About 212 days separate Leakey's last and first frost, putting it 14,677 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,379 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Leakey's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Leakey's dates instead of trusting one.