Graford, TX 76068 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Graford, TX, ZIP 76068
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/23, roughly 207 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 231 frost-free days later.
Graford sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 8a around Graford has about 11 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.
The actual range around Graford's last frost
03/23 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. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Graford compares
About 231 days separate Graford's last and first frost, putting it 10,238 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,134 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Graford can differ from the 76068 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Graford's frost date answer different questions.