Coahoma, TX 79721 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Coahoma, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/20, roughly 204 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 239 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Coahoma, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Coahoma before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Coahoma's last frost
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Coahoma compares
About 239 days separate Coahoma's last and first frost, putting it 8,857 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,967 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Coahoma's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Coahoma can differ from the 79721 normal.