Abilene, TX 79603 Frost Dates
Abilene, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 204 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 236 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Abilene 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 11 weeks until Abilene's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/20 isn't a guarantee
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/01 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/10 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Abilene against the rest of the dataset
Abilene's growing season runs about 236 days, ranking 9,227 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,004 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79603's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Abilene's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Abilene's dates instead of trusting one.