Menard, TX 76848 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Menard, TX, ZIP 76848
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/07, roughly 222 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 204 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Menard, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Menard has about 9 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 04/07 isn't a guarantee
04/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 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 Menard compares
At roughly 204 frost-free days, Menard places 16,666 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,428 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Menard's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Menard can differ from the 76848 normal.