Andrews, TX 79714 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Andrews, TX?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/02, roughly 217 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/06, about 219 frost-free days later.
Andrews 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 Andrews before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/02 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. 04/20 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Andrews compares
At roughly 219 frost-free days, Andrews places 12,981 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,310 of 2,558.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Andrews's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Andrews can differ from the 79714 normal.