Groom, TX 79039 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Groom, TX?
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.
Groom 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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Groom before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Groom's last frost
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 Groom compares
At roughly 196 frost-free days, Groom places 19,068 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,461 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates covers what one yard in Groom can differ from the 79039 normal. zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Groom's frost date answer different questions.