Denver City, TX 79323 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Denver City, TX?
Around 04/11 is the usual last spring frost, about 226 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/01, about 200 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Denver City in Zone 8a (10 to 15°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
About 9 weeks of growing season left in Denver City before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Denver City's last frost
04/11 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/26 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/27 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Denver City compares
About 200 days separate Denver City's last and first frost, putting it 17,781 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,442 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Denver City's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Denver City can differ from the 79323 normal.