Ralls, TX 79357 Frost Dates
Ralls, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/05, about 220 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/05, roughly 213 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ralls 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 10 weeks until Ralls's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/05 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/18 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/22 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Ralls against the rest of the dataset
About 213 days separate Ralls's last and first frost, putting it 14,519 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,370 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79357's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Ralls's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Ralls can differ from the 79357 normal.