Dell City, TX 79837 Frost Dates
Dell City, TX: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/29, roughly 196 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dell City in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Dell City's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/13 isn't a guarantee
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/29 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/29 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Dell City against the rest of the dataset
At roughly 196 frost-free days, Dell City places 19,083 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within TX, it ranks 2,462 of 2,558.
Learn more
Before leaning on 79837's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Dell City's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Dell City can differ from the 79837 normal.