Fritch, TX 79036 Frost Dates
79036, near Fritch, TX: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/25, roughly 187 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Fritch, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Fritch's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/20 isn't a guarantee
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/05 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/04 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fritch against the rest of the dataset
Fritch's growing season runs about 187 days, ranking 22,433 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,508 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 79036: local microclimates, on what one yard in Fritch can differ from the 79036 normal, and zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7a and Fritch's frost date answer different questions.