Lexington, TX 78947 Frost Dates
Lexington, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/04, roughly 188 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/24, roughly 264 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lexington in Zone 9a (20 to 25°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 13 weeks until Lexington'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
03/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/12 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/23 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lexington against the rest of the dataset
About 264 days separate Lexington's last and first frost, putting it 6,081 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,109 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78947's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lexington's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lexington can differ from the 78947 normal.