Arp, TX 75687 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Arp, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/08, roughly 192 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/17, about 251 frost-free days later.
Arp 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
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Arp before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Arp's last frost
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/19 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/31 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Arp compares
Arp's growing season runs about 251 days, ranking 7,371 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 1,648 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Arp's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Arp can differ from the 75687 normal.