Muleshoe, TX 79347 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Muleshoe, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/22, roughly 237 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 181 frost-free days later.
Muleshoe sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Muleshoe before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Muleshoe's last frost
04/22 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/03 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Muleshoe compares
Muleshoe's growing season runs about 181 days, ranking 24,524 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,537 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 7a and Muleshoe's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Muleshoe's dates instead of trusting one.