Breckenridge, TX 76429 Frost Dates
Breckenridge, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/23, about 207 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/10, roughly 231 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Breckenridge in Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Breckenridge's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Breckenridge's last frost
03/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Breckenridge against the rest of the dataset
Breckenridge's growing season runs about 231 days, ranking 10,180 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,127 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76429's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Breckenridge's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Breckenridge can differ from the 76429 normal.