Wheeler, TX 79096 Frost Dates
Wheeler, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/10, roughly 225 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/30, roughly 201 days after the last spring frost.
Wheeler 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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Wheeler's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/10 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/24 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Wheeler against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 201 frost-free days, Wheeler places 17,555 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,434 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79096's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Wheeler can differ from the 79096 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Wheeler's frost date answer different questions.