Peaster, TX 76487 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Peaster, TX, ZIP 76487
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/24, roughly 208 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 231 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 Peaster, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Peaster has about 11 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
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 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 Peaster compares
About 231 days separate Peaster's last and first frost, putting it 10,243 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,137 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Peaster's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Peaster's dates instead of trusting one.