Wolfforth, TX 79382 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Wolfforth, TX, ZIP 79382
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/11, about 233 frost-free days later.
Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Wolfforth, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 7b around Wolfforth has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 03/24 isn't a guarantee
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/04 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/15 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Wolfforth compares
At roughly 233 frost-free days, Wolfforth places 9,883 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,094 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Wolfforth can differ from the 79382 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7b and Wolfforth's frost date answer different questions.