Wellington, TX 79077 Frost Dates
Wellington, TX: when does the frost end?
Around 04/01 is the usual last spring frost, about 216 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/04, roughly 215 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wellington in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Wellington's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/01 isn't a guarantee
04/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/21 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wellington against the rest of the dataset
About 215 days separate Wellington's last and first frost, putting it 14,110 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,344 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79077's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Wellington's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Wellington can differ from the 79077 normal.