Lueders, TX 79503 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Lueders, TX, ZIP 79503
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 234 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lueders in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Lueders has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/23 isn't a guarantee
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Lueders compares
At roughly 234 frost-free days, Lueders places 9,814 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,075 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Lueders's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Lueders can differ from the 79503 normal.