Lubbock, TX 79413 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Lubbock, TX?
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.
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.
What to do before the first frost
About 11 weeks of growing season left in Lubbock before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Lubbock's last frost
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 Lubbock compares
At roughly 233 frost-free days, Lubbock places 9,831 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,085 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Lubbock's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Lubbock can differ from the 79413 normal.