Floydada, TX 79235 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Floydada, TX, ZIP 79235
Around 04/05 is the usual last spring frost, about 220 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 213 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Floydada in Zone 7b (5 to 10°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 7b around Floydada has about 10 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
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Floydada compares
About 213 days separate Floydada's last and first frost, putting it 14,507 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,366 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Floydada's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Floydada's dates instead of trusting one.