Weatherford, TX 76087 Frost Dates
Weatherford, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/25, about 209 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 230 days after the last spring frost.
Weatherford 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Weatherford'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
03/25 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Weatherford against the rest of the dataset
Weatherford's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,317 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,147 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76087's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Weatherford can differ from the 76087 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Weatherford's frost date answer different questions.