Giddings, TX 78948 Frost Dates
Giddings, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 196 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 251 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Giddings 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 12 weeks until Giddings's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/12 isn't a guarantee
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Giddings against the rest of the dataset
Giddings's growing season runs about 251 days, ranking 7,319 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,615 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 78948's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Giddings's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Giddings can differ from the 78948 normal.