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Pampa, TX 79065 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Pampa, TX, ZIP 79065

Zone 7a

Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/28, about 198 frost-free days later.

Pampa 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 Pampa 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.

The actual range around Pampa's last frost

04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Pampa compares

Pampa's growing season runs about 198 days, ranking 18,371 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,453 of 2,558.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Pampa's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Pampa can differ from the 79065 normal.