Palmer, TX 75152 Frost Dates
Palmer, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/12, about 196 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/19, roughly 253 days after the last spring frost.
Palmer sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 12 weeks until Palmer's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/21 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/31 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Palmer against the rest of the dataset
Palmer's growing season runs about 253 days, ranking 7,152 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,549 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 75152's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Palmer can differ from the 75152 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Palmer's frost date answer different questions.