Anton, TX 79313 Frost Dates
79313, near Anton, TX: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Anton 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
Anton's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 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.
Anton against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Anton places 20,475 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,494 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 79313: the frost range, on how to read the range around Anton's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Anton can differ from the 79313 normal.