Paint Rock, TX 76937 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Paint Rock, TX, ZIP 76937
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/30, about 214 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 222 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paint Rock 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 Paint Rock has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/07 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Paint Rock compares
About 222 days separate Paint Rock's last and first frost, putting it 12,354 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,287 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Paint Rock can differ from the 76937 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Paint Rock's frost date answer different questions.