Dayton, TX 77532 Frost Dates
Dayton, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 02/20 is the usual last spring frost, about 176 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/04, roughly 292 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dayton in Zone 9b (25 to 30°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 14 weeks until Dayton's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
02/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/23 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dayton against the rest of the dataset
About 292 days separate Dayton's last and first frost, putting it 4,346 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 537 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 77532's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 9b and Dayton's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Dayton's dates instead of trusting one.