Menard, TX 76859 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Menard, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/07, about 222 days from today. 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Menard before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Menard's last frost
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
Menard's growing season runs about 204 days, ranking 16,667 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,429 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Menard's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Menard can differ from the 76859 normal.