Llano, TX 76885 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Llano, TX, ZIP 76885
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/20, about 204 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 235 frost-free days later.
Zone 8b (15 to 20°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 Llano, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Llano 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 Llano's last frost
03/20 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. 04/11 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Llano compares
Llano's growing season runs about 235 days, ranking 9,603 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,024 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Llano's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Llano can differ from the 76885 normal.