Dodson, TX 73571 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Dodson, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/01, roughly 216 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 215 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dodson in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Dodson before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Dodson's last frost
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/14 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Dodson compares
At roughly 215 frost-free days, Dodson places 14,201 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,358 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Dodson's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Dodson can differ from the 73571 normal.