Wickett, TX 79788 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wickett, TX, ZIP 79788
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/03, roughly 218 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 216 frost-free days later.
Wickett sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Wickett has about 10 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.
The actual range around Wickett's last frost
04/03 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wickett compares
Wickett's growing season runs about 216 days, ranking 13,893 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,337 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wickett can differ from the 79788 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Wickett's frost date answer different questions.