Midland, TX 79711 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Midland, TX, ZIP 79711
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/26, roughly 210 days out. 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
Midland's growing season runs about 226 days, ranking 11,129 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 2,232 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Midland's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Midland can differ from the 79711 normal.