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Seagraves, TX 79359 Frost Dates

When can you plant in Seagraves, TX?

Zone 8a

The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/02, about 217 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 219 frost-free days later.

Seagraves sits in USDA Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 10 weeks of growing season left in Seagraves 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 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.

How Seagraves compares

About 219 days separate Seagraves's last and first frost, putting it 13,032 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,314 of 2,558.

Learn more

zone vs. frost date covers why Zone 8a and Seagraves's frost date answer different questions. the frost range covers how to read the range around Seagraves's dates instead of trusting one.