Cactus, TX 79013 Frost Dates
Cactus, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 04/28 is the usual last spring frost, about 243 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 173 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cactus in Zone 7a (0 to 5°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 8 weeks until Cactus'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
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/11 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Cactus against the rest of the dataset
Cactus's growing season runs about 173 days, ranking 27,910 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,547 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79013's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Cactus's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Cactus can differ from the 79013 normal.