Glen Rose, TX 76043 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Glen Rose, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/28, roughly 212 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/07, about 225 frost-free days later.
Glen Rose 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Glen Rose before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Glen Rose compares
About 225 days separate Glen Rose's last and first frost, putting it 11,422 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,250 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Glen Rose's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Glen Rose can differ from the 76043 normal.