San Angelo, TX 76905 Frost Dates
When can you plant in San Angelo, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/20, roughly 204 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/10, about 232 frost-free days later.
San Angelo sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 San Angelo before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around San Angelo's last frost
03/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/01 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/12 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How San Angelo compares
About 232 days separate San Angelo's last and first frost, putting it 10,027 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,117 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in San Angelo can differ from the 76905 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and San Angelo's frost date answer different questions.