Fort Stockton, TX 79848 Frost Dates
Fort Stockton, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/11, roughly 195 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 243 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fort Stockton 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 Fort Stockton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Fort Stockton's last frost
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/06 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fort Stockton against the rest of the dataset
About 243 days separate Fort Stockton's last and first frost, putting it 8,288 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,846 of 2,558.
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Before leaning on 79848's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Fort Stockton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Fort Stockton's dates instead of trusting one.