Leakey, TX 78885 Frost Dates
Leakey, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/02, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Leakey in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Leakey's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/25 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Leakey against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 212 frost-free days, Leakey places 14,678 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,380 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78885's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Leakey's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Leakey can differ from the 78885 normal.