Blanket, TX 76857 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Blanket, TX, ZIP 76857
Around 03/26 is the usual last spring frost, about 210 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 230 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Blanket 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
Zone 8a around Blanket has about 11 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.
The actual range around Blanket's last frost
03/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/03 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/14 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Blanket compares
Blanket's growing season runs about 230 days, ranking 10,476 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,162 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Blanket's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Blanket can differ from the 76857 normal.