Jayton, TX 79528 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Jayton, TX?
Around 04/06 is the usual last spring frost, about 221 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/04, about 209 frost-free days later.
Jayton 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
About 10 weeks of growing season left in Jayton before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Jayton's last frost
04/06 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/24 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Jayton compares
About 209 days separate Jayton's last and first frost, putting it 15,375 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,419 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Jayton's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Jayton can differ from the 79528 normal.