FrostDateCheck

Edmonson, TX 79032 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Edmonson, TX, ZIP 79032

Zone 7b

Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/29, about 200 frost-free days later.

Edmonson sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Edmonson 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.

How much risk comes with planting early here

04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/26 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Edmonson compares

About 200 days separate Edmonson's last and first frost, putting it 17,922 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,451 of 2,558.

Learn more

local microclimates explains what one yard in Edmonson can differ from the 79032 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Edmonson's frost date answer different questions.