Ballinger, TX 76821 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Ballinger, TX?
Around 03/22 is the usual last spring frost, about 206 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 233 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ballinger in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 11 weeks of growing season left in Ballinger before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Ballinger's last frost
03/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/02 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Ballinger compares
At roughly 233 frost-free days, Ballinger places 9,901 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,098 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Ballinger's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Ballinger's dates instead of trusting one.