Brownfield, TX 79316 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Brownfield, TX?
Around 04/02 is the usual last spring frost, about 217 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/08, about 220 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Brownfield, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Brownfield before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/12 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/17 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Brownfield compares
At roughly 220 frost-free days, Brownfield places 12,781 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,301 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Brownfield's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Brownfield can differ from the 79316 normal.