Taylor, TX 76574 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Taylor, TX?
Around 03/08 is the usual last spring frost, about 192 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/21, about 257 frost-free days later.
Taylor sits in USDA Zone 9a (20 to 25°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
About 12 weeks of growing season left in Taylor before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Taylor's last frost
03/08 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 03/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Taylor compares
About 257 days separate Taylor's last and first frost, putting it 6,683 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,429 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Taylor's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Taylor can differ from the 76574 normal.