Plainview, TX 79072 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Plainview, TX, ZIP 79072
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.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 Plainview, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Plainview 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 Plainview compares
At roughly 200 frost-free days, Plainview places 17,729 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,441 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Plainview can differ from the 79072 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Plainview's frost date answer different questions.