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Skellytown, TX 79080 Frost Dates

Frost dates for Skellytown, TX, ZIP 79080

Zone 7a

Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/02, about 209 frost-free days later.

Skellytown 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 Skellytown 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 Skellytown's last frost

04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/20 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/21 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Skellytown compares

Skellytown's growing season runs about 209 days, ranking 15,394 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,420 of 2,558.

Learn more

the frost range explains how to read the range around Skellytown's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Skellytown can differ from the 79080 normal.