Bryson, TX 76460 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Bryson, TX?
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.
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 Bryson, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Bryson 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
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 Bryson compares
At roughly 220 frost-free days, Bryson places 12,887 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,306 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Bryson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Bryson can differ from the 76460 normal.