Earth, TX 79031 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Earth, TX, ZIP 79031
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/22, about 237 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/23, about 182 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Earth 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 Earth has about 8 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 Earth's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/08 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Earth compares
About 182 days separate Earth's last and first frost, putting it 24,236 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,528 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Earth's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Earth can differ from the 79031 normal.