Midland, TX 79706 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Midland, TX, ZIP 79706
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/26, about 210 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/09, about 226 frost-free days later.
Midland 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 Midland 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
03/26 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 Midland compares
At roughly 226 frost-free days, Midland places 11,126 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,229 of 2,558.
Learn more
local microclimates explains what one yard in Midland can differ from the 79706 normal, and zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8a and Midland's frost date answer different questions.