Graham, TX 76450 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Graham, TX, ZIP 76450
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 220 frost-free days later.
Graham 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 Graham 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/10 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Graham compares
Graham's growing season runs about 220 days, ranking 12,776 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,299 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Graham's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Graham can differ from the 76450 normal.