McCamey, TX 79752 Frost Dates
McCamey, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/15, roughly 199 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/12, roughly 242 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts McCamey in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 McCamey's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/15 isn't a guarantee
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/26 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
McCamey against the rest of the dataset
About 242 days separate McCamey's last and first frost, putting it 8,374 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,876 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79752's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around McCamey's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in McCamey can differ from the 79752 normal.