Gatesville, TX 76597 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Gatesville, TX, ZIP 76597
Around 03/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 199 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/18, about 247 frost-free days later.
Gatesville sits in USDA Zone 8b (15 to 20°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
Zone 8b around Gatesville has about 12 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.
Why 03/15 isn't a guarantee
03/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/01 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Gatesville compares
At roughly 247 frost-free days, Gatesville places 7,807 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 1,759 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Gatesville's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Gatesville can differ from the 76597 normal.