Iowa Park, TX 76367 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Iowa Park, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 228 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Iowa Park, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Iowa Park 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
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Iowa Park compares
About 228 days separate Iowa Park's last and first frost, putting it 10,794 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,189 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Iowa Park's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Iowa Park's dates instead of trusting one.