Hawley, TX 79525 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Hawley, TX, ZIP 79525
Around 03/31 is the usual last spring frost, about 215 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 221 frost-free days later.
Hawley 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
Zone 8a around Hawley has about 10 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.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/31 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/11 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 Hawley compares
About 221 days separate Hawley's last and first frost, putting it 12,565 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,298 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Hawley's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Hawley's dates instead of trusting one.