Mason, TX 76856 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Mason, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/13, about 241 frost-free days later.
Mason 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
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Mason before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Mason's last frost
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/07 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Mason compares
About 241 days separate Mason's last and first frost, putting it 8,562 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,904 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Mason's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Mason can differ from the 76856 normal.