Gorman, TX 76445 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gorman, TX, ZIP 76445
Around 03/29 is the usual last spring frost, about 213 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 226 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 Gorman, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Gorman has about 10 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 Gorman's last frost
03/29 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/18 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gorman compares
About 226 days separate Gorman's last and first frost, putting it 11,247 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,241 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Gorman can differ from the 76445 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Gorman's frost date answer different questions.