FrostDateCheck

Mobeetie, TX 79011 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Mobeetie, TX, ZIP 79011

Zone 7a

Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/30, about 201 frost-free days later.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mobeetie in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 7a around Mobeetie 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 Mobeetie's last frost

04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/24 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/29 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Mobeetie compares

Mobeetie's growing season runs about 201 days, ranking 17,690 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,439 of 2,558.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Mobeetie's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Mobeetie's dates instead of trusting one.