Grandfalls, TX 79730 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Grandfalls, TX?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/03, about 214 frost-free days later.
Grandfalls 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 10 weeks of growing season left in Grandfalls before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Grandfalls's last frost
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/19 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Grandfalls compares
At roughly 214 frost-free days, Grandfalls places 14,360 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,362 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Grandfalls's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Grandfalls's dates instead of trusting one.