Brady, TX 76836 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brady, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 213 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brady 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Brady before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Brady's last frost
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/23 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brady compares
At roughly 213 frost-free days, Brady places 14,491 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,365 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Brady's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Brady can differ from the 76836 normal.