Salado, TX 76571 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Salado, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/14, about 198 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/20, about 251 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Salado in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Salado before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Salado's last frost
03/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/22 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Salado compares
About 251 days separate Salado's last and first frost, putting it 7,338 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,623 of 2,558.
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local microclimates covers what one yard in Salado can differ from the 76571 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8b and Salado's frost date answer different questions.