Eldorado, TX 76935 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Eldorado, TX, ZIP 76935
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.
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 Eldorado, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Eldorado 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.
Why 03/20 isn't a guarantee
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 Eldorado compares
About 232 days separate Eldorado's last and first frost, putting it 10,060 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,118 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Eldorado's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Eldorado can differ from the 76935 normal.