Claude, TX 79019 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Claude, TX, ZIP 79019
Around 04/15 is the usual last spring frost, about 230 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 196 frost-free days later.
Claude sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Claude 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.
Why 04/15 isn't a guarantee
04/15 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/31 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 Claude compares
About 196 days separate Claude's last and first frost, putting it 19,025 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,459 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Claude can differ from the 79019 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Claude's frost date answer different questions.