Copperas Cove, TX 76522 Frost Dates
Copperas Cove, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 03/14 is the usual last spring frost, about 198 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/17, roughly 247 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Copperas Cove in Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 12 weeks until Copperas Cove's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/14 isn't a guarantee
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 02/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Copperas Cove against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 247 frost-free days, Copperas Cove places 7,780 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,745 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 76522's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Copperas Cove can differ from the 76522 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Copperas Cove's frost date answer different questions.