Hedley, TX 79240 Frost Dates
Hedley, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 194 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hedley 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 8 weeks until Hedley's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Hedley's last frost
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Hedley against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 194 frost-free days, Hedley places 19,613 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,486 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79240's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Hedley's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Hedley can differ from the 79240 normal.