Lubbock, TX 79410 Frost Dates
Lubbock, TX: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/24, about 208 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/11, roughly 233 days after the last spring frost.
Lubbock sits in USDA Zone 7b (5 to 10°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.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 11 weeks until Lubbock's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 03/24 isn't a guarantee
03/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lubbock against the rest of the dataset
About 233 days separate Lubbock's last and first frost, putting it 9,828 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,082 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79410's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lubbock's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lubbock can differ from the 79410 normal.