Sunray, TX 79086 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Sunray, TX, ZIP 79086
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/20, roughly 235 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 187 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sunray in Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7a around Sunray has about 8 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
04/20 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/05 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/04 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Sunray compares
At roughly 187 frost-free days, Sunray places 22,435 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,509 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Sunray's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Sunray's dates instead of trusting one.