Loraine, TX 79532 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Loraine, TX, ZIP 79532
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/04, about 219 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/05, about 216 frost-free days later.
Zone 8a (10 to 15°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 Loraine, not a forecast for this year.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8a around Loraine 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.
The actual range around Loraine's last frost
04/04 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/13 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Loraine compares
About 216 days separate Loraine's last and first frost, putting it 13,887 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 2,336 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Loraine's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Loraine can differ from the 79532 normal.