Opdyke West, TX 79380 Frost Dates
79380, near Opdyke West, TX: the frost window
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/14, roughly 229 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 192 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Opdyke West 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
Opdyke West's growing season runs out in roughly 8 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 04/14 isn't a guarantee
04/14 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/28 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Opdyke West against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 192 frost-free days, Opdyke West places 20,567 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,498 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 79380: zone vs. frost date, on why Zone 7b and Opdyke West's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range, on how to read the range around Opdyke West's dates instead of trusting one.