Borger, TX 79007 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Borger, TX, ZIP 79007
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/12, about 227 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 198 frost-free days later.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 Borger, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Borger has about 9 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.
The actual range around Borger's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Borger compares
About 198 days separate Borger's last and first frost, putting it 18,385 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,455 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Borger's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Borger can differ from the 79007 normal.