Paducah, TX 79236 Frost Dates
Paducah, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/03, roughly 212 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paducah 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 10 weeks until Paducah's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/05 isn't a guarantee
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/19 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Paducah against the rest of the dataset
About 212 days separate Paducah's last and first frost, putting it 14,638 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,376 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79236's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Paducah's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Paducah's dates instead of trusting one.