Gary City, TX 75643 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gary City, TX, ZIP 75643
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/11, about 195 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 250 frost-free days later.
Gary City 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.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Gary City has about 12 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gary City compares
About 250 days separate Gary City's last and first frost, putting it 7,588 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,705 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Gary City's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Gary City's dates instead of trusting one.